HI,
THIS BLOGGER HAS FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT !!!!!!!!!!! JULY BRINGS A HEAP OF MEMORABILIA HER WAY AND IT HAS BEEN TRACED DIRECTLY TO HOT DOGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE INNOCENT -- NOW MOSTLY INDIGESTIBLE-- YUMMIES SLATHERED WITH MUSTARD ARE THE CULPRITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE INDIGESTION FROM THE LITTLE TERRORS CAUSES FLASHBACKS OF LONG FORGOTTEN PLACES, EVENTS, AND MISTAKES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE SOME OF THE PLACES, THINGS, PEOPLE WE FELT WERE EITHER ENTHRALLING, , TERRIFYING OR MYSTIFYINGLY IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT IS A REALLY GOOD BAROMETER TO HOW MUCH WE HAVE LEARNED OR NOT AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE CHANGED OR NOT, AND HOW MUCH WE ARE WILLING TO ADMIT THE CHANGES IF ANY HAVE BEEN GOOD OR BAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!A STEP BACK IN TIME IS PART OF THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND IT'S ALSO PROBABLY PARTLY THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONSIDER THE BICYCLE. WHAT MEMORIES OF RIDING FREE AT LAST TO ALL THE NEARBY PLACES WE LOVED AND THE PARENTS DISDAINED. OUR FIRST FREEDOM WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF WHEELS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THE FIRST ACCIDENTS AND BROKEN WINGS FOR SOME,. THE FIRST CHANCE AT NEW LOVE FOR OTHERS. THE FIRST TRIP TO THE ICE CREAM SHOP OR DRUGSTORE FOUNTAINS WITH 25 CENTS BURIED DEEP IN OUR POCKET. THE FIRST EXPLORATION AND CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH NATURE AND POSSIBLY THE WATER WITH NO PARENTAL WARNINGS (ALTHOUGH SAFELY BURIED IN OUR HEADS TAUNTING US TO TEST THE LIMITS). FOR SOME THE FIRST JOB DELIVERING PAPERS AND COLLECTING THE WEEKLY COST OF THE PAPER!
WE FOUND FREDOM EXISTED WITH WHEELS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO FOLLOWED THE FIRST "REAL WHEELS" ALONG WITH DRIVING LESSONS OF A SCARY MAGNITUDE WHILE WE PRETENDED NONCHALANCE IN CASE WE LOST THE CHANCE TO LEARN !!!!!!!!!! THE FIRST ACCIDENTS THAT SCARED THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF US BOTH PHYSICALLY AND IN CASE WE LOST THE WHEELS TO DISASTER !!!!!!!!!!!! WE WENT FOR SHORT DRIVES AT FIRST WHICH LENGTHENED RAPIDLY AS WE TASTED MORE AND MORE FREEDOM AND THE ADVENURES NOW POSSIBLE WITH THESE NEW AND FAR REACHING FREEDOMS THAT SEEMED LIMITLESS AND MIND BOGGLING. AND IF WE WERE LUCKY THE EXPERIENCE SOON INCLUDED OUR OWN "DREAM CAR".
MINE WAS A BABY BLUE COUPE WHICH I NAMED "SHASTA" BECAUSE I SOON FOUND
"SHEHASTA" HAVE GAS, OIL, TUNING, NEW PARTS AND A LOT OF LOVING CARE. "SHASTA" WAS MY FIRST CHILD AND A DEMANDING, SPOILED BRAT BUT OH HOW ADORED SHE WAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE TOOK ME ANYWHERE AT THAT POINT I WANTED TO GO, CARRIED FRIENDS, CELEBRATED WITH US BY TRAVELING TO OTHER PLACES. SHASTA GOT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM AND CARRIED A YOUNG, HANDSOME MECHANIC ON HER SIDE FENDER SO HE COULD LISTEN TO THE MOTOR WHILE I DROVE IN FEAR AND HE SHOWED OFF ( HIS FEET AND TROUSERS MOSTLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW THAT'S A MEMORY FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!S
LIFE WAS NO SIMPLER THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!! WE HAD HAD RATIONING AND WAR !!!!!!!!!!WE LIVED WITH FEAR OF BOMBING. THERE WAS UNCERTAINTY AND CRUELTY BY OUR ENEMIES WHO KILLED THE PEOPLE WE LOVED. BUT THROUGH IT ALL PEOPLE HAD THEIR WHEELS AND COULD ESCAPE REALITY FOR A FEW HOURS OF RELIEF. THEY FELT MORE BLESSED THEN THERE WAS A REASON TO FEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
REMEMBERING "SHASTA" MAKES ME HAPPY NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE BECAUSE HAVING HER MADE ME REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF FREEDOM AND HOW LUCKY I WAS TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS AND BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT FREEDOM EARLY IN MY LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE ARE OTHER IMPORTANT MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH THAT PROBABLY HAD PERSONAL EARTH SHATTERING EFFECTS ON MY LIFE BUT NONE AS FREEING AS THE LITTLE BLUE COUPE THAT CARRIED ME ABOUT IN HIGH SCHOOL AS I USED "SHASTA" FOR MY CHORES FOR THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER WHERE I WROTE MY FIRST COLUMN FOR MY CLASSMATES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO, HERE'S TO "SHASTA" !!!!!!!!!!!!!! MEMORIES !!!!!!!!!!!! HOT DOGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE 4TH OF JULY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OUR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM TO BE !!!!!!!!! AND THE WHEELS OF LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
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