Jessie Newburn – Jessie Newburn Writer

A very gray day

Experiences4 hours ago19Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today was--at least where I live--a very gray day. (We had a spectacular, fiery sunset minutes ago, but that's a side note and not the purpose of this post. It was pretty darn spectacular, though!) I had planned to do a number of errands on this very gray day, starting at the Canton Car Wash for…

Someday, we’ll be together …

Little Bits22 hours ago24Views 0Likes 0Comments

Awww. I was recently encouraged to--and did--watch "The Big Bang Theory." (There's a strong line of Aspergers in my family and the show provides a lovely reminder that some folks cannot read social cues--something my child self and all-my-life self knows well.) I loved the show--much more than I thought I would. Truly did. After watching TBBT,…

Mesmerized

Cultcha2 days ago16Views 0Likes 0Comments

Timothée Chalamet may be a scrawny little thing--a young 'un as well (at least from my chronological perspective), and yet I find myself entranced and completely focused each--and every--time his face slow-moes up on the screen in the Bleu de Chanel commercial featuring him. The music doesn't hurt either. Thank you, Martin Scorsese. Well done!

Zillennial nonsense

Generations2 days ago15Views 0Likes 0Comments

For the record -- and before you all go echo-chambering yourselves into more nonsense -- there absolutely is not a Zillennial generation. Nor is there a #GenZ. Generations are typically 20-23 years in length in recent centuries and are getting longer, not shorter; so this whole 14-years-for-Millennials and the same number of years for…

Mission (effectively) accomplished

Cultcha3 days ago14Views 0Likes 0Comments

On occasion I click and open the emails from my county government. In today's email was an announcement about a HoCo Lights neighborhood guide to finding homes and businesses decorated with elaborate and fun holiday lights. I think this is grand. I really do. And it's a great project for the county government to take on. They…

Coincidence? Reticular activation? Spying phones?

Things I Ponder3 days ago36Views 0Likes 0Comments

I present evidence in that modern-day discussion and pondering of whether our phones and devices are listening to us and presenting potentially relevant ads. Yesterday, after a most lovely day with my brother's wife Clara Maria down at Jose Andres's Jaleo (oh, do try The Jaleo Experience!) and a stroll around the Downtown Holiday Market in…

Whoa, Rudolf

Little Bits4 days ago19Views 0Likes 0Comments

That is one very, very large Santa ... and Rudolph, as well. Not my cup of tea -- and thankfully -- not my next-door neighbor. Each to our own!

Well, I can tell by the way …

Cultcha5 days ago22Views 0Likes 0Comments

I must have seen this ad a good dozen times before I realized that was John Travolta in there. I mean, I could see the cool factor of said Santa as he strutted about in the commercial, and I do associate many a Bee Gees' song with the Saturday Night Fever and John Travolta, but I…

He couldn’t not do it

MemoriesDecember 1, 202357Views 0Likes 0Comments

When news of (now expelled) Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) and his web of lies first came to my attention, I knew right away he was one of Them--one of 'those people' who can't not lie. (Santos did more than simply lie a lot to get expelled. Lies are one thing. Fraud is another.) And while as…

But where?

Little BitsDecember 1, 202336Views 0Likes 0Comments

Tryna figure out if a message someone sent me really happened or if I dreamed it. So many tools, platforms and options to consider. Was it an email message I read? Or one on Linkedin? Maybe it was Facebook, or a text? And if it was email, which? (I have a few.) Or, maybe it was…

Must. Have.

MemoriesNovember 29, 202381Views 0Likes 0Comments

It's an interesting thing to witness -- how much the world changes, especially in the course of one's own lifetime. Some changes are huge and grand such as a nation's boundaries redrawn through war or peace, or a new technology (for me, handheld GPS) that changes Everything. Many changes are small and incremental, but add…

Click-clack-clack

Little BitsNovember 29, 202319Views 0Likes 0Comments

Some articles I write flow. Others, erg, don't. Yet deadlines loom and publications need to go press (legit, this article on my plate is for a print newspaper), and so I go on. *** In looking for an image to go with this post, an old typewriter popped into mind. I actually did elementary, middle-school and high-school homework on a…