Monthly Archives: August 2026

Our Shrinking Summer Vacations

People of a certain age enjoy telling our younger friends how things were so much better when we were kids. Of course, they always have a snappy comeback or two…. Read more »

Memories of Pizza Mix and Potted Meat

Recently, we reminisced about Tang, candy cigarettes, Sugar Babies, Bazooka and other products from our youth. That opened the floodgates. Many of you shared memories of products we rarely see… Read more »

The Lessons of 9/11, 25 Years Later

The events of September 11, 2001, are still fresh in my mind. It’s hard to believe that today’s 30-year-olds were in kindergarten when terrorists took so many lives, and changed… Read more »

Whatever Happened to the Friendly Skies?

I vividly remember my first flight. Chattanooga to Memphis, in the late 1960s. My oldest sister had moved there, and my mom and I went to see her. As a… Read more »