It’s 1995. I’m 4 years old, in my pajamas, planted in front of my television. In the VCR is a VHS tape with a recording of the 1987 A Garfield Christmas special. A Garfield stuffed animal (also in his pajamas) is within reach. Cut to a Sunday morning with my grandmother. At the kitchen table, she sits with her instant coffee reading the “funnies.” Populating the newspaper page are the likes of Cathy, Dilbert, Peanuts and, of course, Garfield. It’s […]

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June 18, 2026

When we last left off, I was twenty pages deep into the expansive Glynn family scrapbook. During my brief pause, my curiosity about the family and their memories grew. I turned to The Strong’s online archive—formally known as the Brian Sutton-Smith Library & Archives of Play—to bolster my previous “investigation.”
Through my research, I learned that, despite my initial assumptions, Maxine and Alfred were a childless couple. According to the National Library of Medicine, a third of couples during the 1930s […]

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February 13, 2026

It’s 2025. Are you reading this on your smartphone or computer? It’s apparent that modern society is attached to its digital devices. When it comes to memories and our social media accounts, we all experience the same cycle. We take a photo with our phone. The photo gets added to the Photos app, buried among thousands of previously snapped images. It’s new today, but within a week, this image will be buried by tens—possibly hundreds—of newer ones. We upload it […]

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September 12, 2025