E D Skinner
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Family

I Quit
Posts
12/1/14

Work, that is. I turned in my notice today. As of New Year’s day 2015, I will no longer be a full-time …

Family, Always Family
Posts
11/23/14

Terri is the middle child in our family. That’s her in the light-colored coat and hat in the foreground.

Our …

Twists and Turns
Posts
10/12/14

Two years later, he would have a heart attack. I vividly remember him on the bathroom floor in his underwear and Mom …

Spam of the Day
Posts
8/14/14

This one is rather obvious – who writes these, pre-teens?

In the graphic above, I’ve highlighted in …

Edward Blake Skinner
Posts
8/8/14

This is my grandfather – my father’s father – Edward Blake Skinner. He was the first of four …

Keep or Discard?
Posts
7/30/14

Long hair, moustache but no beard yet, I was in transition.

This was the Vietnam era and few draft-age boys or their …

Build a Better Mine
Posts
1/26/13

This year’s flu, in spite of the preventative shots, has completed its round through our family.

From reports, …

Icey Soccer?
Posts
1/16/13

Hockey is frigid, football is cold, soccer is warm and baseball is hot, right?

I checked the weather and sports …

Christmas Is Complicated
Posts
12/25/12

… and should be.

Past, present and future are all there at once. Childhood memories, who is and isn’t …

He Said, She Said
Posts
9/8/12

He: No, dear. [pause] Does it bother you that I pick up sluts on business trips?

She: Did you say, …