Black Monday (also known as Black Tuesday in some parts of the world due to time zone differences) was a global, severe and largely unexpected stock market crash. Its impact was feared to be catastrophic, but its effects were gone within two years. Why my parents saved this paper is a mystery to me. Chalk it up to things you might want to ask at the next seance you attend. Maybe this financial crisis occurred at an inopportune time in their lives, like near retirement? Or maybe the answer lies within its pages. Who knows? There are some other puzzling newspaper pages that we found while going through my parent’s belongings, a few pages from a NYC paper from 1898. This paper is so old that great care must be taken while handling it. Another mystery to solve.

I find it amazing that its headlines could be reprinted with today’s date, still work and readers would believe that they are reading the latest news. On this date in our house, Anne and I were celebrating the birth of our second son, David. I am writing this post in his house’s dining room. He is a father now, with two sons of his own, making me a grandfather. What goes around comes around.