Mad Men

This is a long one, but bear with me. I think you’ll be glad you did. I’ve been watching Mad Men. (#don’tjudgeme). Image from here. What??? Susan in the Boonies has been watching Mad Men??? (and yes, I said, please, #don’tjudgeme) First, let me tell you why you shouldn’t (because I know many of you …

I’ve been thinking a lot about the 1960’s lately. It was the decade of my early childhood, of course, but I’ve also been re-visiting the ’60’s in my imagination, lately. First, I recently finished reading The Help, a book about African-American women working as maids in the homes of well-to-do white families in Jackson, Mississippi, …