Thinking of time passages and our changing world through the years.
I took a quick sentimental journey this morning through my files to compare the differences in where we are today.
The Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia were good to me and sharpened my imagination for future adventures and fueled an ongoing determination for travels.
Everywhere I looked the pictures of adventure were endless and they would carry me far into the future .
While I write of the history of bygone days, I realize that, not only did I witness those changes, but I am a part of the actual developments that took place over the years.
My age placed me in that time as I recalled lifestyles, automobile changes, grocery stores developing into bigger and better shopping experiences, and they were closed on Sunday.
Welch was a bustling town in those days now gone.
So, Momma would take advantage of the Saturday night bakery sales to stock up on bread at (five loaves for a dollar). The comfort of homelife and involvement with grandparents and no fast food restaurants to interfere with regular meals at the table with family. These were the days that didn’t offer so many distractions. And before there were telephones in the home, friends and neighbors paused by the fence for conversation, sat on the porch in the evening or sometimes local ‘news’ was exchanged at the company store where women shopped. That visit served its purpose, not only for stocking the fridge, but getting the local news.
Pictures from the history of my past include the likeness of a 52 Ford pickup, which is what my husband used to teach me to drive a straight stick vehicle
The telephone I used came with an operator who asked “number please?” And we had to be attentive to the number of ring sounds so we would know if it was a call for our household.
Slower paced lifestyle, learning to improvise when need arose. And developing the ability to be creative during our earliest formative years. We did not have a television until I was in third grade. And the stations signed off the air at midnight as they played the Star Spangled Banner. We learned patience through having access to tv programs.
As for those mud pies we made, well the doughboy had nothing on us!
This is just a snippet of childhood that was developing us as creative adults!
Hope you enjoyed this journey with me for a few minutes.
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