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Don't forget to pack your sauce22 comments

Meg wrote 3 months ago: I found this ad in the July 28, 1967 issue of Life Magazine. It tickled me because – check it … more →

Tags: Work, Travelling, Sign of the Times, 1960s, life magazine, Old Crow, tuckaway fifth, drunks on the go

Wanna flya Cessna?16 comments

Meg wrote 3 months ago: In one of thousands  hundreds  dozens  several boxes of mementos from my youth, currently taking up … more →

Tags: Old Enough to Know Better, Nostalgia, News of the Weird, Sign of the Times, 1960s, life magazine, 1967, cessna, older than dirt

Song of Joy12 comments

Meg wrote 4 months ago: My awesome sister gave me this Captain & Tennille CD for my birthday!  THANKS, BETS! We had this … more →

Tags: aging, Rant, Memories, kids, Old Enough to Know Better, Nostalgia, Grandparents, 1990s, Music

Roadtrip!18 comments

Meg wrote 4 months ago: I’m heading south tomorrow, with my new pal Laurie, who blogs over here. She’s flying in … more →

Tags: Blogging, Old Enough to Know Better, Travelling, Vacationing, Women, Foolery, Road Trip, Virginia Blogfest

Charlie's Angel15 comments

Meg wrote 5 months ago:  Oh, Farrah. By the time of tonight’s evening news, your death tribute got bumped in favor of … more →

Tags: Tributes, 1970s, tribute, Farrah Fawcett, celebrity death

Reunited (and it feels so good)15 comments

Meg wrote 5 months ago: Did I mention that I was going to my 20 year college reunion this past weekend? What? I didn’t … more →

Tags: Memories, Why I'm The Way I Am, Old Enough to Know Better, Nostalgia, 1980s, babies, Small World, Central PA, Friends

Make new friends and keep the old...12 comments

Meg wrote 5 months ago: …one is silver and the other’s gold. That’s how the song goes, anyway. We used to … more →

Tags: aging, Memories, Why I'm The Way I Am, Old Enough to Know Better, Nostalgia, Special occasions, Social Norms, Blogging, Sign of the Times

Wild Kingdom27 comments

Meg wrote 7 months ago: YOU GUYS. As if things could get any worse after the horrifying discovery of a snake in my bedroom, … more →

Tags: 1970s, Critters, bugs, Wild kingdom, Marlin Perkins, centipede

Life on the farm12 comments

Meg wrote 7 months ago: The title of this post may be misleading, because I’m not going to tell you aaaaaallll about g … more →

Tags: Why I'm The Way I Am, kids, The Great OUtdoors, Nostalgia, Central PA, 1970s, farm life

Uncle Bill's Store13 comments

Meg wrote 8 months ago: I have a couple of Uncle Bills. You’ve already met one of them; today I’m writing about … more →

Tags: Memories, Work, Nostalgia, 1980s, Central PA, Sign of the Times, Grocery Store, Troup Bros., first job

Buddy, can you spare a dime?13 comments

Meg wrote 8 months ago: Neglected Dime Originally uploaded by Bob.Fornal I was listening to classic rock on the radio the ot … more →

Tags: 1970s, 1980s, History, Memories, Music, Nostalgia, Sign of the Times, Cell Phones, Dime

The Digitizing of America: Brigantine13 comments

Meg wrote 8 months ago: Remember the NBC Nightly News series that was called THE FLEECING OF AMERICA?  Well, yesterday, as I … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Memories, Family, kids, parenthood, Nostalgia, babies, Vacationing, Sign of the Times

Go Speed Racer, Goooooo!7 comments

Meg wrote 8 months ago: Go Speed Racer, Gooooo! Soup Husband Curt used his finely-honed Dad Instincts recently when he purch … more →

Tags: Nostalgia, Speed Racer

Time to change9 comments

Meg wrote 9 months ago: Time To Change I post this in honor of my oldest son, who is nearly 13. Lately his looks are changin … more →

Tags: Motherhood, aging, kids, parenthood, Nostalgia, Perspective, Milestones, adolescent, Peter Brady

Cold-medicine induced dreams11 comments

Meg wrote 9 months ago: If any of you have been following my whining over on Facebook, you know that I have a head cold. I d … more →

Tags: Why I'm The Way I Am, Old Enough to Know Better, Nostalgia, 1980s, Social Norms, Central PA, Sign of the Times, cold medicine, Marching Band

To Grandmother's House We Go17 comments

Meg wrote 9 months ago: Contrary to the rumors, I am, in fact, still alive and writing this here blog.  I just got a weensy … more →

Tags: Memories, Suburbs, Old Enough to Know Better, 1990s, Nature vs Nurture, gross, Small World, Vacationing, News of the Weird

Scarred9 comments

Meg wrote 10 months ago: Way back in the Prehistoric Days (the 1970s), cable TV was in its infancy, and most families I knew … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Memories, Why I'm The Way I Am, Old Enough to Know Better, parenthood, 1980s, 1970s, Perspective, scarred

Saving the environment?13 comments

Meg wrote 10 months ago: We needed light bulbs… so I decided to throw caution to the wind, forego the super-cheap incan … more →

Tags: Life-changing Gadgets, Rant, Nostalgia, Social Norms, Music, Sign of the Times, Light Bulbs, recycle, Green

They day I stopped being "cool"19 comments

Meg wrote 10 months ago: Well, in reality I probably began my descent into uncoolness long before Saturday night, but that … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Life-changing Gadgets, aging, Why I'm The Way I Am, kids, Parenting, Old Enough to Know Better, parenthood, Social Norms


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