Category: childhood memories
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Nostalgic Poem and Essay Dump cont…
The arcades, the Caldors, the sweaty Ben Cooper masks, the local legends and myths, and the shortcuts through the woods to buy sodas and candy – all that seems to have dissipated and replaced with Candy Crush, No Trespassing signs, extinct department retailers that turn into seasonal Halloween stores, expensive escape rooms, and steel water…
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Drinking from the garden hose – major nostalgic poem and essay dumps, and there’s more to come.
He unknowingly channeled John Cusack, but he had Keanu Reeves’ hair in the movie Parenthood. He had to have been well into his twenties at the time, and I knew I had a better chance of figuring out how to record a show on a VCR while watching something else…
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Because…the glories of cruising into midlife crisis
…It’s also about taking some time to pause, process, and reevaluate your life – what got you from Teen Beat magazines to over-forty multivitamins? It’s overwhelming, and sometimes troubling, to think about how much time has gone by and how much we’d give up to have some of it back. Experiences like this cruise help…
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Nostalgic poems
I didn’t necessarily intend on having poetry on this blog. I have other places for that, and I wanted to stay true to the 80’s & 90’s trips down memory lane. But sometimes I conjure up some poetry that seems to fit the theme. Before I wrote anything else – stories, essays, forgotten grocery lists,…
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The Rink – when two different worlds collided – literally
The DJ was cool enough to play my Salt-N-Pepa CD, and I wasn’t used to anyone being cool to me about anything. On a slow weeknight or summer day, the employees, who dressed in striped referee shirts, let me roll alone in the center of the floor, right under the disco ball and multi-colored marquee…
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Let the bodies fall where they may – Garbage Pail Kids Tarot series Vol. 2
While we’re on the subject, pat yourself on the back if you were able to make it to The Champ in Mike Tyson’s Punch Out without the cheat code. You’ve already won at life.
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It took going home…Part 1
I wish I could tell you somebody famous lived here at some point. I wish I could tell you it’s a small place that hasn’t changed much in the last 20+ years. But I can’t. Considering this is the place I spent the majority of my childhood, it’s hard to verbally explain the mixed emotions…
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The Fool In You – Garbage Pail Kids Tarot series, Vol. 1
I got a Garbage Pail Kids tarot deck for Christmas this year – one, because I love anything having to do with tarot, and two, Garbage Pail Kids rocked my childhood. Except for the movie. That was beyond creepy, but in a weird way, gloriously pointless. Anyway, I had this tarot deck on my wishlist…
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The same mallrats we were back in ’89 – Part II
Goody Got It! For anyone unfamiliar with the late music store empire that was Sam Goody, the store was basically a go-to for all things pertaining to the melodies and beats which shaped our worlds and emptied our wallets. In general, the “record store” as we know it is almost completely obliterated. MP3’s and streaming…
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Things that used to matter, and maybe they still should.
High top sneakers and scrunchy socks Good Humor trucks The Fat Frogs sold by the Good Humor truck. Getting a sip of Dad’s beer. Colorforms (created in Jersey, by the way) 🙂 When the street lights flickering on told us it was time to get our asses home. The one friend with the nutty mother…
I Drank from the Garden Hose 