One day, when I was still in my carriage, as Mom told the tale, I was outside close to the backdoor where Mom could watch me through the kitchen window, Scrappy, our dog, began barking.
Scrappy rarely barked but that is another story. Mom looked out the window and saw Scrappy grab a rat that was climbing up my carriage, When Mom got outside, the dog was shaking that rat around.
I loved that dog.
The years between 1948 and 1968 witnessed significant events; some life-shattering. The Korean War, Hurricane Hazel, Vietnam, the Avro Arrow, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Bobby, and John F. Kennedy all shaped an era: smartphones, laptops, tablets, flat-screen
Music and movies
informed how we dressed; what we talked about and the games we played. There is
a movie Avalon, which I will return to in the chapter on television, that sums
up how family life could have changed.
TV Trays and dinners
became common. Our Friday or Saturday night dinners shifted from the dining
room to the living room where we watched TV while we ate.
Radio, I am unable to pin down the exact date radio entered my world: however, I believe I was five when the voice-in-a-box captured my attention. Radio expanded our world.
Jingles
from those early days, Bubble, Bubble, Fizz, Fizz…” and others still
occasionally play on my mind’s soundtrack
The
shows that I am able to recall are
Hopalong Cassidy and The Lone Ranger. .I had toy guns, cowboy hats, and
holsters.
I
hear the words of the characters that
comic books had introduced me to, it was a long-lasting relationship. One that
began and continues through images and words, today.
""Our backyard was an active place. BBQs, picnic, croquet, badminton and even lawn darts. Picture this, tossing a steel or metal-tipped, plastic finned, dart-like object into the air. Why? To hit a target placed some distance away Like horseshoes but pointy. What could go wrong?From a work in progress 38 Lunness.
My intent is to complete and publish 38 Lunness by mid-October this year. I will provide updates and other related information here, so sta...
