Wintry Day Nostalgia

Rooftops and deck wear a dusting of white this morning while other places not so far away got much more than a skift of snow yesterday. It is cold though. Shivery, toe-tingling cold.

You know how a picture or a word or even a fragrance can stir a person’s memory. Yesterday the picture of an old-fashioned little girl’s dress set me thinking of things past. Do you remember when…

…little girls wore pinafores in the summertime

…men wore hats and tipped them when they met a woman on the street, even if they didn’t know her

…men always removed their hats when indoors

…we rode in the backs of pick-up trucks and nobody had ever heard of seat belts

…a Coke and a candy bar were special treats because we didn’t get them very often

…wash day happened once a week and after that, wearing clothes were starched and ironed

…before children left the table after a meal, we asked, “May I be excused?”

…the words of teachers and parents were law and we didn’t talk back

Anyway, those are some of the things I thought of yesterday. I guess as I grow older, once in a while, nostalgia comes to call.

http://pen-l.com/Mystery.html

http://www.amazon.com/Blanche-Day-Manos/e/B0090018EI/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0