Beneath the Wraps

          A year in April I had started a class called Sociology of Ageism.   A class that seemed more to do with life than with career choice. It was during this class that I was able to meet one of my favorite instructors that I had during my three years online.   She was really quite animated and did her entire lecture with the camera on.             I had seen other instructors use the camera before the lecture started, but not for the entire lecture.   I don’t know how many students watched the video.   I was the only one present for her live lectures.   I had become familiar with Zoom during those three years at school.   I did not realize that this year it would be an essential for so many.           I’ve had several instructors who cared about their students as well as the subject they were teaching.   I didn’t have many w...

I remember hearing about the Hostess bankruptcy ( here and here ) back in 2012 – the year I started my blog.   I’d written down some ideas and had collected some pictures to go with a post that never got posted.   I would miss the delicious cream-filled treats.   I would not be able to make “Twinkie” trains with Jenna https://www.somewhatsimple.com/how-to-make-a-train-cake/   © 2019 SOMEWHAT SIMPLE, DESIGN BY  LINDSAY HUMES. But as I was working on my post, it was announced that Twinkie would stay ( here ) and so I never posted it (as the title was "No More Twinkie Trains"). or purchased Ding Dongs or Hostess Cupcakes again. In 2016 Hostess announced a rebirth for their products ( here  and here ).  However, the icons no longer appear on the box (eg Captain Cupcake, King Ding Dong, and Twinkie the Kid) and the snacks are about a third of the size from what I remember (for example, the foiled ding dong cov...