Marching Band Nostalgia #3
I recently posted about my high school marching band days and then found myself watching a Iowa girls' basketball district playoff game at the high school gym; however, since my…
Boredom Averted
Uninterested in the scintillating girls' basketball game just feet away, this little girl found ways to pass the time. Image Credits Video © 2026, Scott C. Sosna, all rights reserved.
Meandering Thoughts #62
As seen at Cathedral of St. Paul. What defines legitimate "home use?" The obvious use is for home stoups for whom need to bless themselves as they enter/leave someone's home.…
Letter Writing and Digital History
Mom wrote a letter to Grandmother when I was nine months old, thanking her for baby clothes. [Gotta love the AIR MAIL: despite the trials and tribulations of the United…
Homecoming Buttons
My grandfather attended Northwestern University before being drafted during World War II (for which I am eternally grateful, as he met my grandmother while stationed in New Mexico and therefore…
Book Review #4
Jill Eicher's book Mellon vs. Churchill: The Untold Story of Treasury Titans At War tells the post-World War I battles between the United States and its allies - primarily the…
Security Through Stupidity
Nostalgia and happenstance had me visit my former high school in Miles, Iowa to watch a girls' high school basketball game. Much had changed since I last visited 10+ years…
Ghosts of Radio Shack
After its 2015 and 2017 Chapter 11 bankruptcies and the sale of its intellectual property in November 2020, Radio Shack today is strictly an online retailer. Innumerable articles attempt to…
CVE by License Plate
Unlikely the car itself represents a real CVE but my curiosity got the best of me: what are 905 CVEs? Let's query and find out! There are 26 distinct CVEs…
Family History #1
My grandfather was an intelligent man, always looking for something to keep himself engaged in the world, to keep his brain nimble. While living in his retirement community, he told…