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I miss:
those long summer nights....playing at til the absolute last moment
I miss: chasing fireflies and catching them in jars..
I miss: hanging up in the limbs of those weeping willow trees
I miss: being able to leave your doors unlocked and windows open all night..to catch that summer breeze...and BE SAFE doing so!
I miss: those lazy days....idling away the hours, fishing on the creeks..using a cane pole, a piece of fishing line, a bent safety pin with a piece of spam or a biscuit as bait..catching those huge catfish...cleaning them on the river bank and cooking them in a huge old cast iron skillet right there on the bank.....rolling them in cornmeal seasoned with some salt and pepper...ahh I can still taste fresh catfish. caught in unpolluted waters...
I MISS: the simplicity and innocence of youth...unencumbered by cell phones and computers
I miss: when your best friend was actually your best friend....
I miss: fresh picked tomatoes out of my granny's garden
I miss: penny candy that was actually a penny...going into the little neighborhood store with a quarter......getting a small brown paper sack, filling it up with squirrel nut zippers, tootsie rolls, pkgs. of sixlets, sweet tarts, bubble gum, kit kats, and oh so many more...and feeling like a rich King...with all that wonderful booty.
I miss: family reunions up in the mountains where several hundred people gathered...to dine, visit, and share quality time...when people actually talked...
I miss: that simplistic, honest, and wholesomeness of yesteryear...