Huh? What's Up With That?

  interesting people...     There are so many people who have contributed beyond comprehension to this world, and yet, somehow we've never heard of them.       HUH ?   What's up with that ?     These are people who for one reason or another never became known even though their contributions to this earth were just as great as Edison, Carver, Bell, Whitney, Jefferson or any other inventor or major contributor to society.     Many additions were from African-Americans and therefore were not promoted or given their due as were their counterparts successes.     Some scientists and inventors have been content to let their accomplishments be overshadowed by more attention-seeking allies, enemies, and equals.    Still others allowed their corporate partners to literally steal their achievements.     And, there are those who by mere circumstance never reached the acclaim they deserve.  Such is the cas...

  historically speaking...                        Susan Tomlinson retired as a teacher from Franklin Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2018 in part because she had been diagnosed with a very rare cancer called leiomyosarcoma.   Her illness has become her  Encore Performance .     HUH ?   What's up with that ?    A friend told me having cancer is like having a new career,  she said.   You have new colleagues, new vocabulary, develop a new skillset, and you have a whole new schedule.       Is that how you came to terms with cancer?    Yes,  she confirmed .  That description helped me wrap my head around what I needed to do.  I can adapt to a new career even though it's not one I chose.  I embraced the whole idea and with my husband, have worked hard to research, learn, and pursue the best path for this new job . ...

times are a changin'...                                        dylan and delanoe       It seems the only things that are permanent are the end of life on earth and change .     HUH ?   What's up with that ?   Go back to your favorite city or other location five years after you last visited and you will see how different the topography looks.  Newly constructed, torn down, and renovated buildings contribute to an altered skyline.     Relationships constantly evolve and change .  Sometimes for the better, sometimes not.   Technology certainly leads the pathway of communication  change today.  New iPhones, new androids, new gizmos, new gadgets.    Medical advancements have allowed us to live far beyond the life expectancy of 40 years ago, or even as few as 20 years.    COVID-19 has certainly chang...

if i can dream...                                              earl brown  '68    The term,  Bucket List,  was made popular following the release of a Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman movie in 2007 of the same name.  Simply put, it is a wish list of things to accomplish before one's life ends, which is sometimes referenced as  kicking the bucket .      HUH?  What's up with that?     The film involves two opposites who by mere chance wind up in the same hospital room.  Both patients find out their futures are limited.  As different as the two men have lived their lives, they realize they agree there are similar things they want to do before spinning off the mortal coil.  Thus, they join forces and a Bucket List of things they wish to experience was created.     For some,  Bucket Lis...

choosing corporate....     I was in law school for one year when I was offered a full-time job with Brown and Williamson Tobacco  in 1975, Sherry Spence said.     Brown and Williamson Tobacco is a subsidiary of British American Tobacco Company and is located in Louisville, Kentucky.   HUH?  What's up with that?   Sherry is now retired, but she has a couple  Encore Performances going on in her life.  She works a couple days a week as a Human Resources Director for a family-owned business in Louisville and she  spends a lot of time with her grandchildren.     Let's start with your college days.  Where did you go and when did you graduate?   I went to UK (University of Kentucky) for two years, then transferred to U of L (University of Louisville) and graduated in '73,  she said.   I went to U of L Law School for one year.     You sandwiched in a short teaching career after graduating colleg...

  encore performances #6...    This is the sixth post featuring special  People Over Sixty (POS) who have retired and make an effort to keep relevant by finding activities and exercise that suits their personalities, needs, and capabilities.   Most of us find being older to be challenging in different ways than life presented at a younger time.  Chief among those changes are health issues that seem to crop up out of nowhere.  There doesn't seem to be a handbook or other guide at Barnes and Noble  or anywhere else on growing old gracefully.  It's an individual effort, but many seem to share the same discomforts and they are as common as losing one's car keys.  Still, the joys life brings are many and looking to the future and being a functional part of society can and should be exciting.        Day to day life unfolds and is presented in such a manner that we never know what tomorrow will bring each of us no matter our...

  how high the moon...                                          lewis and hamilton, 1940   So, your opportunity to try out for the Olympics back in '72 was quashed by the only injury of your career?  How did that happen?        The Olympic Trials were coming up and I was all set to try out,  Mike Hanna, Noblesville (Indiana) High School Girls Pole Vault coach recounted .  The Top 3 are taken and I had cleared 17 feet which would have qualified me.  A few days before the trials, I was practicing and had a bad vault and landed on what's called the front porch of the landing pit.  I caught my right foot on the edge of the pit and a shoe spike caught the mat and turned my ankle around.      HUH?  What's up with that?    How ironic.   And, that was your only injury in all your pole vaulting day...