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8 Feb 2026 9 minute read 2 comments BinduWrites
Part 1: Eloor-The Industrial Town of Memories Across continents today, the vast FACT family carries a shared memory of M.K.K. Nair, the visionary first Chairman and Managing Director who transformed FACT into more than just an industrial giant. Unde...
26 Jan 2026 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Considering that we have lived apart for most of her existence, and much of it in completely different states, even, there’s an awful lot I feel like I’ve missed out on over the years with Emma. Visitation time is awesome, but it only c...
4 Jul 2025 12 minute read 2 comments jasonmcgathey
July 11 Emma walks through back door saying she feels like a “sack of meat” after long day. I came across Firestarter today, in my boxes of books, and give it to her to read – she seems excited. I make this creamy ravioli from Dinnerly...
12 Jun 2025 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
We have a few more relatively quiet days. Dad M and Cheryl sent $200 for Emma to spend this summer, which was really cool of them, so Erin takes her shopping - 2 brand new shirts, a couple of pencils she loves, a spiffy water bottle are the procee...
6 Jun 2025 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
McKayla and Emma, sitting on an interstate divider near Livingston, Kentucky These summers have become so epic in my mind, and I try to never take them for granted. My daughter Emma is 16 and currently lives with her mom and sister in Kentucky...
22 May 2025 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Glass House, as it came to be known over time, was a memorable and dare I say even legendary residence located at the corner of Mulford Avenue and McClain Road. Well, the house is still there, of course – it’s just that the people and circumstances...
9 May 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
This day begins as a virtual, bizarre repeat of the one before it, except downsized to Bucyrus scale. Or maybe a parallel universe where you find yourself in Bucyrus instead of a fairly nice casino in another state. Once again I dip out...
2 May 2025 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
My first Kevin and Lynn encounter of this trip is something of a Shanghai attack, unexpectedly encountering them down in the continental breakfast area of our West Virginia hotel. I’ve met them before, of course, and they are roughly th...
25 Apr 2025 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Day One curious logo for place allegedly promoting happiness A strange though perhaps apt logo choice, for a place allegedly promoting happiness About a month before the unplanned Florida trip, I found myself taking a much happier, antici...
20 Mar 2025 16 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
We get up on Wednesday and are still in this holding pattern, waiting on Mom's ashes and the death certificate paperwork to be processed. Erin and I of course took Dad's truck last night when driving back to the hotel. She badly wants...
