David S. Atkinson's Blog, page 43

Strength Of A Marriage

People wonder about the strength of a marriage. Well, my wife went away for a week in Cabo with her friends a week ago without us finishing the last two episodes in the most recent season of Stranger Things. She got back today and I did not watch even part of either of these episodes while she was gone. I waited.

I think that says it all.

Bi-Monthly Book Plug!

Bi-monthly book plug!

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Remember? I’m doing these twice a month now in order to have to write fewer blog posts that require actual thought.

Dead Malls Week Day Finale

Dead malls week finale! This time, another personal connection: Crossroads Mall in Omaha:

Dead Malls Week Day Six

Dead malls week day 6. Let’s have a second personal connection, Southroads Mall in Bellevue, Nebraska.

Dead Malls Week Day Five

Dead malls week day 5. Let’s turn this personal with the first mall I ever saw die, starting way back in 1994, Center Mall in Omaha:

Dead Malls Week Day Four

Dead malls day four.

Dead Malls Week Day Three

Dead malls day three:

Dead Malls Week Day Two

Dead malls day two.

Dead Malls Week Day One

Since I mentioned dead malls yesterday, let’s have a whole dead mall week. Day one:

Oh, That’s Right. I Remember Now.

We’ve been watching season 3 of Stranger Things and I’ve been getting nostalgic for all the old malls, thinking about how they are dying. Then the show mentions all the controversy about the rise of the malls back in the late 70s-early 80s and and all the downtowns and local shopping districts that those malls killed. Nostalgia aside, it’s harder to feel as sad about the malls remembering that. Maybe these things just go in cycles.