MEMORIES

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Memories

 

Memories of Penny Candy

Gas at 17 Cents a Gallon

Bryl Cream

Blue Suede Shoes

 

Memories of Sock Hops

The First Black and White Television

Earning One Dollar per Hour

The First Kiss

 

Today the World has Changed

I hope I adapt

When I have to

And Yet Keep my Rich Heritage

(An old Post Office on Vancouver Island)

 

I still remember being a young boy and going to the neighborhood store (which is no longer there) and purchasing a handful of penny candies for a nickel. A little older, I would buy a bag of chips, a coke and a couple of bubble gums for 17 cents. Those memories and many others make adapting in today's world a bit complex. Those times are gone but they remain a part of me. They are pieces of who I am today.

 

They add a depth and richness to my current life and yet there is a part of me that grimaces when I pay four dollars for a gallon of gas or two dollars for a bag of chips. Then I tell myself - that was then (1950) and this is now (2014). The world has changed and I can adapt with it.

 

 



 (The new skyline in Detroit)

 

Some things like fancy cell phones are still uninteresting to me and "foreign". I don't adapt and I don't miss it either. A cell phone that just sends and receives calls is enough for me for now. Memories of pay phones and party lines still linger. A cell phone that rings and I can answer is enough of an adaptation for now.