Should I call Mabel by the name on her death certificate? The one left by her late husband Norman , or maybe after her first husband Jennings, who was a legend, so much so that she kept his things even after marrying again. George Gittens, her father left a strong name and she remained proud …
Driving up Hampton can be a challenge during rush hour as the left-hand turn to our street had no turn signal. So if the traffic has a break, boom… the street before it, is a shortcut home. It was raining that night, as it had been for a week straight. Me and my son played …
My Story: I had seen this coming for a week. Random things ending up next to the dumpster on West Park avenue. As I turned on to the street that Wednesday evening, I saw the Subaru with the back open, slowly being filled to capacity. The alley lay beside the house with the dumpster …
Dr Jensen is a funny Doctor, the one with all the jokes. His college years paperwork has silly aspects, Mad Magazine style humor and his time at the local hospital had jokes on a daily basis. His “funny bone” is connected the “longevity bone” which is connected to the “ancestral bone”. Dr Jensen is humorous. …
She dreamed of Paris often, especially when the Fall collection come in at Department Store where she once worked. This small town girl worked hard to get into college, University of Missouri (Go Tigers), and graduated with a degree in Home Economics and Design. Her time on the floor of a retail floor prepared her …
Few of the Dumpster Archeology stories have a distinct happy ending and the Jensen Collection is one that does. What we know now at the end is more beautiful and interesting that previously thought. Dr Jensen’s Collection gave us inspiring moments and then was returned back to the family. This is a wonderful outcome for …
Death is hardly the end of the story for an Artist. A new paragraph is continually being written as long as their essence lives in the work they leave behind. One however could say metaphorically, the period at the end of the “life” of an artist ….. is the day they can no longer create …