Tag: nostalgia
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September 20, 2007 06:50 PM EDT --
We haven't done this for awhile. Join in if you feel like a little reminiscing.
Finish with a childhood or past memory.
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October 19, 2007 06:38 PM EDT --
We haven't done this for awhile. Join in if you feel like a little reminiscing.
Finish with a childhood or past memory.
more
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January 26, 2008 11:41 PM EST --
'' HALF PAST 50'' copyright 2008, Lonnie Ray Fowler
Just past midnight , proud stay-at-home mama, Bridget; let us all know that Jan 26th, today, was her father Steven's . . . more
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April 17, 2008 07:39 PM EDT --
Something interesting and a bit amusing to my husband and I as newer residents to a mountain community are the old vehicles left sitting on private property. Once the owner is finished with them, . . . more
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June 20, 2008 01:33 AM EDT --
I think we are just now beginning to appreciate what we've lost. The "Greatest Generation" struggled through the Great Depression years and then into the hard fopught years of World . . . more
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June 13, 2006 03:42 PM EDT --
Across two continents
Home so far behind
In a whole new existence
Familiarity need to find.
Endearing accents, voices
Olive skins, hair dark hue
My language, intonation
And only tears course through. . . . more
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November 21, 2006 07:07 PM EST --
There are two movie scenes that I remember as a child where although the films were Black and White, I saw color in my mind's eye.
First scene; A silent film in which Charlie Chaplain is walking . . . more
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November 27, 2006 07:28 AM EST --
Will winter vex us still
tomorrow and again?
Will snow linger lazily
in the folds of yon fen?
Robin’s songs I long for,
singing in the bright of morn.
How dear t’will be . . . more
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April 09, 2007 10:50 PM EDT --
I keep thinking about the fact that a greater percentage of homes had domestic help than had a bath tub!!
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Show this to your children and grandchildren . . . more
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December 21, 2007 10:50 AM EST --
As I have mentioned in an earlier article, many years ago I received this great game called the Voice of the Mummy. The game board was a three dimensional pyramid with a plastic sarcophagus on the top. . . . more
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May 23, 2007 12:37 AM EDT --
San Bernardino is the home to the very first McDonalds. Today, my daughter and I stopped by the site of the original McDonalds and took some photos to share.
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May 17, 2008 05:42 AM EDT --
I'll be chronicling what's been going on during my absence from Gather. Currently, I'm coming down from a psychotic manic state. I don't want pity; I don't need sanction. . . . more
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February 27, 2006 03:11 PM EST --
The Broomstick Bazooka - James Fox -
Junior High - 0, Thin Blue Line - 2
Junior High was out for the summer, and the batteries in my transistor radio were . . . more
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August 25, 2007 02:42 PM EDT --
How I miss the sound of the train chucketty chucking along
snaking rails
the eerie sound of its horn cutting a path through unyielding darkness
that carries one's mind on a mysterious journey . . . more
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September 22, 2007 05:46 PM EDT --
The penny candy counter in Taylors General Store was a wondrous sight. There were open bins filled with just about every kind of candy that my four year old self could imagine.I had to stand on my tiptoes . . . more
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February 17, 2008 01:13 PM EST --
Those of you who "read" me regularly know I write a lot of stories based on my Grandma Alice. Eventually, I'd like to compile them all into a book of some sort, but don't really know . . . more
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February 24, 2008 02:04 PM EST --
A Horse to Remember
Someone asked me if I ever looked for my childhood horse friend among the herd of horses running free here at the Indian horse camp where I live. It's funny that I don't. . . . more
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June 30, 2008 10:52 AM EDT --
Does anyone remember pictures of Breck shampoo girls in popular magazines?
Do you remember when Sal Mineo and Paul Anka sand, "You can always tell a Halo girl; just one look and stars are glistening . . . more
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December 10, 2007 12:41 PM EST --
For me, certain scents bring back so many memories. The smell of a toasted tomato sandwich calls to mind my Grandma Hull: two pieces of white bread toasted and thickly layered with real mayonnaise, topped . . . more
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August 24, 2008 05:51 PM EDT --
Sun dapples
through the swaying branches
overlooking the porch
Years have grown them
majestic in height and beauty
Children laughing
trailing steps down
and up again
Years . . . more
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