18, the Voting Age

“You’ve come a long way, baby,” was the tagline for a Virginia Slims commercial in the 1970s. The ad touted female empowerment with a cigarette made just for women. I know, there’s so much wrong there, but stay with me. I think that phrase…

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I need more time daydreaming and drifting off topic. Do you? I need more bird song, dragonflies, and steadily bloating frogs as they fill their bellies with insects day after day. I need more tolerance for cold, wet weather so I learn what the…

1974

I’ve been saying for a while now that I don’t like our current life and I want 1974 back. Of course, I was 9 years old then, with no responsibilities, and memories of a happy childhood. I wanted my 1974, not the real 1974….