Nostalgia.

[twoton]

I try not to linger in Nostalgia because it inevitably makes me sad to be there. I'm very susceptible to nostalgic blues. A long time ago (TOS) I would get nostalgic about other people's nostalgia.

As I've gotten older, though, nostalgia has taught me to enjoy the moments I'm in and can motivate me to not miss opportunities to create new nostalgia. Which, of course, will inevitably make me sad after I've added it to the collection.

 

[MickeyLee]

Reading hour at the library. That was my Saturday afternoon jam.

 

[Tight_N_Juicy]

Reading hour at the library. That was my Saturday afternoon jam.

I'm gonna start doing that again.

 

[TexanStar]

I'm gonna start doing that again.

 

[NCbear]

Theme parks in the NC mountains.

That is all.

NCbear (who knows how difficult it is to get tickets to the one based on the Wizard of Oz that’s only open once a year for four consecutive weekends)

 

[Enid]

 

[Enid]

 

[Enid]

Scilla Gabel, Sophia Loren's body double, 1957

 

[rbkwp]

lovely
the above, days of old
beautiful the black and white pics, THANKS

 

[1139089]

I miss the fun I had from buying a simple pencil when I was a kid.

 

[MickeyLee]

New school supplies. Best day of the year. Empty notebooks with crisp pages have always been my favorite.

 

[1139089]

New school supplies. Best day of the year. Empty notebooks with crisp pages have always been my favorite.

Hehehe I was going to say that, but it was easier to find a picture of a pencil.

 

[MickeyLee]

Hehehe I was going to say that, but it was easier to find a picture of a pencil.

The new pencil smell. Or, actually, pencil shavings scent.

 

[thirteenbyseven]

Mailbag Monday 1979: In which our parenting skills are taken to task

Ah, one of my favorite female images of my youth. This is for @Enid who is positive LPSG members such as myself (see my previous post regarding 2019 Captain Marvel) are chauvinistic, Cro-Magnon knuckle-draggers who have absolutely no hope at redemption.

 

[meningreentights]

I try not to linger in Nostalgia because it inevitably makes me sad to be there. I'm very susceptible to nostalgic blues. A long time ago (TOS) I would get nostalgic about other people's nostalgia.

As I've gotten older, though, nostalgia has taught me to enjoy the moments I'm in and can motivate me to not miss opportunities to create new nostalgia. Which, of course, will inevitably make me sad after I've added it to the collection.

We can't get back what is gone. If the little community where I grew up was still one giant loving neighborhood, I'd move back. It's now full of drug heads.
Instead, I choose to be that kind of friend to people in my own life. It's received with tremendous gratitude, and warmth. I sure get a lot of hugs. Maybe, the love and laughter I share is magic. Who knows?

 

[Squirrel1]

New school supplies. Best day of the year. Empty notebooks with crisp pages have always been my favorite.

How about the smell of a newly opened box of crayons?

 

[LaFemme]

Mimeographed sheets. Aha! I am old!

 

[NCbear]

5-cent gum. 89-cents-per-gallon gas. Station wagons with wood sides. Shag carpet. Wood paneling. Vinyl upholstery. Porn moustaches. White tennies. Boom boxes.

NCbear (who could go on and on)

 

[Squirrel1]

 

[twoton]

Going to O's Fries in Oakland late at night. One big paper tray could feed half a dozen tipsy people at the end of a warm spring night.

No, not that Oakland. Not California, I mean. I mean in Oakland down on Forbes Avenue, just down from the Cathedral of Learning.

I wonder if that place is still there. Could prolly check the web, I suppose. I remember seeing a sign, says something like they go through 15 tons of potatoes every week to make fries.