Good Ole Days

With the climate in our world, I find it relaxing to walk down Memory Lane..

By Anonymous

Not stepping on a crack or you’ll break our mothers back ... paper chains at Christmas, silhouettes of Lincoln and Washington ... the smell of paste in school and Evening in Paris.

What about the girl who dotted her is with hearts? The Stroll, popcorn balls, & sock hops.

By Anjum Wasim Dar

From Rawalpindi, Pakistan

New Years Day brought joy and excitement because the schools would close. Cold hazy mornings would be filled with breakfast gatherings in front of the fireplace. The low table [in height like the Japanese tables,] would be laid with specially prepared meat dish called Hareesa. The famous Kashmiri breakfast delight eaten hot, with baked naan served with kebabs and pink salty tea or Namkeen Chai.

By Harvey Wike

When we moved onto our farm outside Fredericksburg, PA, the road past our house was an old dirt road.

I guess at times we could be called Hucksters, as we would load up our produce from the farm, take it to the town of Lebanon, PA, in a Dodge panel truck and sell the produce door to door.

Common American Superstitions and Their Origins

By Jennifer Thompson

In remembering the black-eyed pea and cornbread tradition of New Years Day, I realized that for years now I have been reminded to do that by my family for good luck. I asked a friend of mine who had come up with that why it was supposed to bring good luck. He replied that he had no idea. And so this got me thinking of several common superstitions and their origins.