Source: Julian Stratenschulte via wsj.com. A boy jumps into a swimming pool in Hanover, Germany.
Tag: Holiday
Summer Breeze
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Sweet days of summer, the jasmine’s in bloom
July is dressed up and playing her tune…
Listen to Jason Mraz’s cover of Seals & Crofts’ classic here:
Photo Source: Your Eyes Blaze Out
21° F. Winds from NW @ 17 MPH. Today’s Plans?
Eric’s Excellent Adventure
In Celebration of Modest Christmases Past
A long time ago in a country far, far away, America had less of everything and holidays were easier and more modest.
Only 50 and 60 years ago, well within human memory, Christmas was a plainer, simpler affair. Everyone—even the rich, but certainly the poor and in-between—had less. Because America had less. You’d get a sweater and socks instead of five toys, or five toys instead of 10. Technology was something that existed at places like NASA. No one’s wish list had a hoverboard, an iPad, or a brightly wrapped drone. There were more big families, whose children understood that even Santa couldn’t cover them all.
You could make gifts. Or you could buy one after saving up, and the recipient could guess the sacrifice involved. And because there were fewer gifts, the one you got made a big impression.
And so a nod to the more modest Christmases of years past. These memories came with a declared or implied, “We didn’t have much, but . . .” And this was said not with resentment or self pity but a kind of pride and wistfulness. […] Continue reading “In Celebration of Modest Christmases Past”