Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
A recent road trip playlist got me thinking about how lucky we were to grow up in the 1970s. You won't find a better decade for music, I can promise you that. We had rock bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Kiss and Queen; softer rock like the Eagles, Elton John and Fleetwood Mac; soul [...]
My husband unearthed a real gem during his ruthless attic purge a few weeks ago. “Hey, I found this red and green coat,” he casually said Saturday afternoon. “I hung it in the garage to air out. Do you want to check it out before I take it to Goodwi—-?” He might have finished saying [...]
Tucked away in a basement room that used to be a wine cellar in our house’s headier days, stands a proud Zenith TV. An ode to simpler times, when everyone gathered around the same screen and made their program choices from three standard channels, the wooden console acts as a warm memory conduit all on [...]
This weekend, I watched a four-year old ride my old rocking horse on springs and I thought what every old person does in these situations, "They don't make 'em like they used it." I was referring, for course, to the toy. They make four-year olds exactly like they used to, which is why I'm shocked [...]
I have a secret workout weapon and I bet you do too. Mine allows me to surround myself with cool memories while I work up a great, shaky-muscle kind of sweat. It's just an old stairwell, but, since we bought the house I grew up in, it's been mine for nearly 50 years. At least [...]