Cub scratches out a year

I am a person who, more or less, looks back at his life in eras.

The dictionary defines era as a long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic; a system of chronology dating from a particular noteworthy event; a date or event marking the beginning of a new and distinct period of time.

My years as a student, kindergarten until I graduated college, is era number one. This one is my longest since I have eras that last only a year or so. Sometimes those mix together.

My Capitol Hill era was over after five years in my early twenties and for three years of that tim...