Monday, April 25, 2016

Small Cities

The Cabinet Maker went to look at a new job yesterday afternoon and I went along for the ride. We traveled through several small Finger Lakes cities; Canandaigua, PennYan, Geneva.... The clusters of small shops and businesses are reminders of a bustling yesteryear. I'm sure in years gone by the streets and yards would have been filled with adults and children enjoying a sunny Sunday afternoon, but yesterday the yards and sidewalks were strangely silent, a reminder instead that the computer age has taken over and is holding us hostage in our very own homes... Well, that and we can not let our children out of eyeshot least they be seen by neighbors who will surely call CPS. I miss the days of Leave It to Beaver.
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  1. Tom4:20 PM, April 25, 2016

    I had wonderful caring parents who let me do things in the '50s that would be unheard of today.

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    1. Martha4:34 PM, April 25, 2016

      Sometimes I feel like we're living in the Twilight Zone.

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    2. Tom7:25 PM, April 25, 2016

      Speaking of the Twilight Zone, have you ever visited Rod Serling's grave?
      http://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/2014/11/you-are-entering-twilight-zone.html

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    3. Martha8:36 PM, April 25, 2016

      Maybe we really were in the twilight zone yesterday. We made it all the way to Ovid. Who knew that a few miles more could have taken us right to the grave of Rod Serling?

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  2. Cloudia8:38 PM, April 25, 2016

    I miss the life of the neighborhood too

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    1. Martha9:13 PM, April 25, 2016

      Sometimes the emptiness feels so very sad. No dogs, no kids, and not very many grown ups either. Even the street in front of my mom's house is empty.

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  3. Linda7:33 PM, April 26, 2016

    ME too.....
    Cheers!
    Linda :o)

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    1. Martha9:36 PM, April 26, 2016

      One day not long from now, there will be adults with no recollection of ever having played in the woods or having gone to the playground without Mom or Dad.

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  4. Rachel10:45 PM, April 26, 2016

    It's super sad that kids miss out on so many things we enjoyed as kids...ice skating at the nearest outdoor rink, hise and go seek at night with a whole bunch of kids on the same street, 4 square and jump rope in the street with the same bunch of kids during the day, bike riding all day (sometimes with a friend on your handlebars), backyard Bible clubs, building forts in the woods, etc. Such good memories.

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