Nostalgia

When truancy goes wrong — It was way too sunny to spend the day cooped up in a classroom. Having been raised on comics in which characters often played truant to go on fishing trips or similar adventures, I decided to emulate them. I went into school to get my attendance mark on the register…

“No, no, don’t worry man… I’m all right.” I heard that voice. Out of nowhere. It was an unimportant phrase, uttered by a male voice with an American accent. The voice was quite ordinary, fluent and Midwestern with maybe a hint of Georgia. Nevertheless, when I heard the voice, I…

Poetry, inspired by a local writing group. — I could have sworn I buried it under the furthest tree to the right. I remember the dirt under my fingernails, and the ten minute walk to the barn. Yes, my breaths were laboured then, and tinnitus rang in my ears. I can’t be expected to recall the exact amount…

It was so hard to choose, but these are the ones I’m going with — The inspiration to write this article came from: Sandra Jasionowska — Nine Tracks From My Polish Childhood Gerald Sturgill — Eight Desert Island Tracks-Songs From My Early Childhood Most of the tracks below are from my childhood and younger years. I found it impossible to represent my musical tastes in just eight tracks because I like so many…

And other requests from people when they pulled into the old gas stations In 1960' my father in law, Bill, bought a full service Texaco station in the small town where he lived and a few years later he put my husband (his oldest son) to work there. My husband…

I say they’ve vanished, but I’m sure they’re languishing in a landfill somewhere! — I’m only in my mid 30’s but oh golly gosh, how times have moved on in only a couple of decades. Do you remember what you had to do if you wanted to watch a VHS tape again? You couldn’t just put it into the device and start watching. Not…