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The Grandfathers Who Taught Me How to Live

July 25, 2026 by C.J.

Grandpa Barney's birthday a couple of years ago

Two men born twenty-one days apart in the summer of 1923. Two boys shaped by the Great Depression. Two grandfathers who taught me that a good life is built less by extraordinary moments than by showing up for the ordinary ones. There are certain coincidences in a family that do not seem particularly remarkable when … Read more

When Magazines Were Used For More Than Reading

November 3, 2023 by C.J.

I am eternally grateful that I was afforded the opportunity to have an amazing relationship with both of my grandfathers. They were both born in the summer of 1923, within two weeks of each other. Both of them grew up on farms during the height of the Great Depression. They would both find their way … Read more

The Grandfathers Who Taught Me How to Live

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