A recent blog post I read promised to ‘take me back in time’ with photos of candy from my youth. Who can resist a tagline like that, I was sucked in and went to the site to gaze at memories from my youth. Sadly, although there were a couple childhood favorites like candy cigarettes, [...]
Tag Archive: baby boomer memories
Snow Days
Here in western North Carolina we’ve recently been dealing with a bit of winter weather. Looking out my window, snow still covers the ground from last weekend’s storm, even as the rain attempts to wash it away. One of the reasons I moved to North Carolina was to enjoy milder winters, and so far [...]
Holiday Favorites
In my last post I mentioned that part of my holiday tradition includes watching the movie, “The Santa Clause” every year. Can I share something else with you? It’s not the only holiday movie I make it a point to watch yearly. What others share that designation?
Well, of course, there’s the animated cartoon [...]
Santa Please Bring me…
One of my holiday traditions is watching The Santa Claus with Tim Allen. There are tons of funny moments in the movie, but there is one section that brings back memories every time. It’s the point where Laura and Neil are discussing the point at which they stopped believing in Santa Claus. [...]
Over the River & Through the Woods…
I took the turkey out of my freezer this morning so it could thaw in time for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving? When did that happen?
Of course that started my thoughts on a trip down memory lane.
Thanksgiving was a pretty important holiday when I was a child. I remember my grandmother baking pies for what seemed like [...]