To help us cope with the insanity of the present, we need Christmas movies, nostalgia, brain candy, and pop culture to help us make it through.
I will be posting more about all these things in the days ahead. We need some aid and comfort in these days.
Granted, we can’t bury our heads in the sand, but we need diversion.
This weekend has been one of nostalgia and remembering the cool stuff from my youth. I was born in 1969, my childhood was in the 1970s and I came of age in the 1980s. As a teenager (1982-1988) MTV was an influence on me as well as other media and culture of the era. Watching music videos this weekend has been great. Enjoying junk food of the era was fun.
It’s always interesting to look at older things with older eyes and current sensibilities. Looking back to what was helps us all appreciate where we have been and hopefully where we are going next. This blog is a good thing about the present.
I can say that there is a comfort in remembering the past to deal with a difficult today. Everyone should do that. Granted, not everyone has warm fuzzies about the past. Whatever one can do to help cope with what we are going through now is something I suggest. Nostalgia has its place, but like a mountaintop we cannot live in that space for very long, unfortunately.
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
Peter De Vries
We are in the Christmas season which is a hard time for me. Nostalgia is a powerful thing. Holiday memories come from a Christmas tree, church services, songs, food, gatherings, and more. All of those things can stir up emotions.
My father, grandfather, and grandmother are no longer with us. I miss them very much. They were a huge part of the holidays of the past and I so wish they were still with us.
Sure, nostalgia is present in other things and can trigger feelings under the surface. It’s like we all have things that make us pine for the things of the past. Nostalgia can be a great thing but it comes with a cost to your heart.
This is a Fisher-Price pull along telephone. One could say its a kids first mobile phone.
The Monkees were a band in the 1960s and 1970s that were made for television. Peter Tork, a member of the band died today at age 77. Rest in power Peter.
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