So sorry bloggers that I have strayed from the pack. I could make excuses, tell you that bringing my husband home and hiring a care-taker and working full time has kept me too busy to "jot a line or 2". Instead I'll just appologize and move on!
Today as I write I am spending the last 47 minutes of my birthday analyzing the last 65 years. Of course I dont remember the first few. I was a kid and did kid things. But I remember living in Utica, telephone party lines, our 1st TV with 1 channel and that came on at 4pm. I remember walking to school 16 blocks with no days off for snow and walking home for lunch. I remember playing outside with neighborhood kids with imaginations that were wild. I remember corner stores and neighborhood pharmacies, penny candy and drive-in movies. A time when doctors made house calls, dentists were just for toothaches and on Easter you always had a new outfit that included gloves and a hat. I remember when stores were closed on Sundays and the Pledge of Allegance was said in school daily. I remember the princess phone, the days when school mascots didn't have to be politically correct, and the jitter-bug. I remember when a school had a dress code and when people dressed up to go to church.
So much has happened over these 65 years. I've witnessed many changes - some good, some bad and I look forward to many others.
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