Tuesday 4

Looking back...

Hosted by Ann!

Hello friends and once again welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.   I am listening to a nostalgic music channel right now with songs of the 40's  and it  made me think that perhaps we could discuss some nostalgia here. 

 1. What music were your parents listening to when you were a kid?  Does

 that music bring back memories for you? My parents had  probably 20 

 albums  of 101 Springs many of which  were Latin or Hawaiian Music.  

I  definitely remember this one.

2. What was your favorite meal and beverage as a teenager?  Is it still

 or have things changed for you? My mom made the best fried chicken, 

mashed potatoes, and home cooked, home canned green beans  with a 

bit of fat back.  She slow cooked the beans all day until  the water had 

cooked out of them..  so delicious! That with fresh tomatoes form the

 garden and warm butter corn bread! YUM!

3. As a teen did you live in a city, country, small town?  What was it 

like for you there.   Tell us about your hometown please? We lived on

 the very edge of a small city.  where yards were big and everyone had

 a great garden. We  could burn our trash  in wire  bins  after 4pm and 

 it was really almost like living in the country.  Both my parents were

  country born and bred..  so they enjoyed a country style life.  and I

 benefitted from   the country aspects of my life yet  we lived on a bus 

line and mom and I could easily ride the bus to the city  for shopping 

  or doctor, etc. So it was the best of both  worlds.  That was  great be-

cause we only had one car. Below is  a photo of our city in 1960,  be-

fore interstates and shopping centers.

4. Would you like to live in your hometown today? Why or why not? 

I do live in my hometown. And I much preferred it before shopping 

centers. I loved to window shop downtown.  So many lovely hat shops, 

 children stores,  and department stores. all of which  died away with

 the shopping center and now the shopping centers are a dying breed. 

We have one large shopping center remaining, but unfortunately, I 

haven't been to it  for years  due to the unsavory element it draws! We

 used to be known  as  a great city, of 200,000 but we are in a bit of 

decline.  Our liberal government has  produced a lot of crime and and

 a downgrade of education.  So very sad! Our churches, too, are in

 decline. Many  are  made up of a much older population with no 

younger folks interested. Younger families flock to the megachurches

 we have .. (2).  But that concerns me because they  attend, but do not

 get involved. The most recent church we left  is virtually dead now....

 we left because when the pastor left for a job in the capital, we could 

see the writing on the wall.  The church today is too small to pay a 

pastor. and without a pastor  they  continue to lose  the few members

 they have.