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Nowadays, at age 58, many things from my youth are reaching their 50 year anniversary.
At this time, October 1963, my family had moved from Southern California--where I, a huge music lover since I was born, had enjoyed the Beach Boys and girl group records--to Spokane. I remember going door-to-door in my new neighborhood on Halloween that year, frozen red apples on the trees, throwing rocks in the snow at the street light, getting into pirates (I still have a pirates cartoon book I created back then), and the songs "Sugar Shack," "Deep Purple" and "Rhythm of the Rain" playing in the soundtrack of my youth.
Fifty years ago our cupboards were just about empty come the end of every month back then. I remember the Salvation Army giving us a Thanksgiving or Christmas "basket" of food that late 1963 (including a turkey and Jiffy Pop!). What a wonderful treat it was. (I give every year to the Salvation Army this time of year in memory and thanks.) And seeing for the first time The Wizard of Oz movie on TV.
Next month, November 1963 , came President Kennedy's assassination. (More on that later, as November 2013 comes around.)
Then, a few months later, in February 1964, The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and for me, the music lover, a new era had arrived: going figuratively from flat, boring mono black-n-white to exciting 3D stereo psychedelic colors. What a great time to be a young kid growing up!
Today, my health is good, my cupboards are filled with food, and life is good. I am so thankful.
"Memories are life's handshake with the heart," my grandfather often said to us grandkids.
At this time, October 1963, my family had moved from Southern California--where I, a huge music lover since I was born, had enjoyed the Beach Boys and girl group records--to Spokane. I remember going door-to-door in my new neighborhood on Halloween that year, frozen red apples on the trees, throwing rocks in the snow at the street light, getting into pirates (I still have a pirates cartoon book I created back then), and the songs "Sugar Shack," "Deep Purple" and "Rhythm of the Rain" playing in the soundtrack of my youth.
Fifty years ago our cupboards were just about empty come the end of every month back then. I remember the Salvation Army giving us a Thanksgiving or Christmas "basket" of food that late 1963 (including a turkey and Jiffy Pop!). What a wonderful treat it was. (I give every year to the Salvation Army this time of year in memory and thanks.) And seeing for the first time The Wizard of Oz movie on TV.
Next month, November 1963 , came President Kennedy's assassination. (More on that later, as November 2013 comes around.)
Then, a few months later, in February 1964, The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and for me, the music lover, a new era had arrived: going figuratively from flat, boring mono black-n-white to exciting 3D stereo psychedelic colors. What a great time to be a young kid growing up!
Today, my health is good, my cupboards are filled with food, and life is good. I am so thankful.
"Memories are life's handshake with the heart," my grandfather often said to us grandkids.
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