Tag: Nostalgia
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I’ve Been Pondering…
What does it say about my attitude this year that my witty coffee mugs have been replaced by this classic diner mug? Too many episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? Too many healthy habits affecting my witty edge? Thor’s Diner Scene? Pining for a simpler world? Discovering coffee tastes better in old fashioned mugs with…
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The Week In One Photo
It’s one of those weeks where I’m just going to ramble for a bit since I failed to take any photos other than this shot of the Mom’s Pantry Flashback puzzle my niece put together. I suppose I could have done a photo flashback feature of summer highlights, but I’m honestly too jaded to experience…
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Curious Foodie Review
My mother recently commented that she hasn’t seen me having so much fun cooking since enjoying my childhood Easy-Bake Oven and Harper has been amazed to be hanging out in the kitchen more often. I’ve wanted to try sheet pan meals and my first attempt in the Ninja Air Fry Oven was shockingly delicious. They…
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The Week In Seven Photos
I went old school this week listening to albums (ok, vinyl for some generations) on the new turntable, after I recently discovered sometime over the decades the old one gave up hope of ever being played again, and I’m amazed at how much I had forgotten about the experience. It was shocking to discover after…
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Ageless Or Aging Musings #7
How times have changed, I remember the excitement of Blockbuster Video carrying microwave popcorn back in the ’80s.
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The Week In Seven Photos
As a woman firmly planted in middle age as a member of Generation X, I found myself again this week watching the tragic events on the news with a tremendous feeling of sadness at the lives shattered and the continued loss of innocence for the new generation of children growing up in this world. Being…
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Holiday Movies
It took a bout with the flu to finally catch-up on a few of my favorite holiday movies. The holiday movie tradition began with a sentimental favorite from childhood, Miracle on 34th Street starring Maureen O’Hara and Edmund Gwenn, and over the course of a lifetime the holiday movie list continues to expand. Many of these…
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Musings About ’80s Nostalgia
Vaguely recall receiving actual letters in the mail during the ’80s. I remember trying windsurfing in the ’80s, but never looking this cool. For my version, picture a small, waveless lake and the sail barely leaving the surface of the water. I never attempted this in any decade and if I had it would have…
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1957
Debut studio album of Johnny Cash released in 1957 – With his Hot and Blue Guitar! (Folsom Prison Blues) Fats Domino – I’m Walkin’ – Reached #4 on the charts in 1957 1957 Chevy Oakland University Est. 1957 – Oakland University’s Meadow Brook North Barn (100-year-old barn) named 2016 Barn of the Year in the Non-profit Agricultural…
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