Saturdays in Sunnyside
Almond cookies cooling on the window sill
The Waltons, The Electric Company, Guiding Light
Slide rules, the periodic table, frogs in formaldehyde
Archie Bunker, Maude, Carol Burnett
Gas lines, land lines, hopscotch lines
Typewriters, daisy wheel printers, Wite-Out, onion skin and carbon paper
8-track tapes, our Toyota
LA Law, St. Elsewhere, Chicago Hope, Harry and Tonto
Whose Life is it, Anyway? Annie, A Chorus Line, A Doll's House
Family with Sada Thompson and Meredith Baxter Birney
Jekyll Island, Disneyland, The Rustler
View-Master, Boggle, Etch-a-Sketch
John Dean, John Mitchell, G. Gordon Liddy, the Plumbers, Woodward and Bernstein, Deep Throat
Leonard Bernstein, ET, Shenandoah, Barry Manilow, John Denver, Robby Benson
Gym clothes, toe socks, overalls, Danskins, undershirts, white gloves, Mary Janes, clogs
Bell bottoms, dashikis, velvet dresses, jumpers, power suits, briefcases
Passbook savings accounts, CDs, free toasters and blankets, babysitting money
Family services, birthday blessings, a nap before Selichot, the Guggenheim, Katz's Deli
Simple times...sweet memories
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam who blessed me with the loving-est family, a secure childhood, wonderful experiences and opportunities, and tremendous powers of remembrance of simple, sweet, long-ago days and times.
Inspired by Ima on (and off) the Bima,this #BlogElul post is one in a series marking the days of the Hebrew month of Elul, which precedes the Jewish High Holidays and traditionally serves as a time of reflection and spiritual preparation for the new year.
