The Corner Store…

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I remember when growing up, if Mom forgot something at the grocery store, she would send the kids to go pick up the wayward item. We would walk down to the corner store which was about a mile away. Now this was not a neon lit 7-Eleven like we have today. It was a very small country store selling only the essentials. The weird thing is that there was no concern or fear sending us down the road. We knew not to walk into the street. We arrived at our corner store safe and sound, were polite to the shopkeeper, paid for the needed product, and walked back home. Nowadays you would not think about sending the kids on such an excursion. But it was a different time…a simpler time…

Stay groovy…

–Susie

Florida…

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One of the peculiar things about Florida in the winter: You sometimes need to turn on the heat in the early morning when it’s cold, but you have to turn on the air conditioner in the afternoon on that very same day. It’s still better than living up North.

Stay groovy…

–Susie

Icicles…

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I recall living with my family in Indiana. We were all swimmers, and we practiced at our local YMCA. It was an indoor pool, as the freezing winters would have made an outdoor one impossible. So after we finished practice, we chose to wait outside for one of our parents to arrive to pick us up. Being kids, we thought it was fun to stand outside in the cold with our hair dripping. Sure, we had our hats on, but our exposed hair would feel the impact of winter. After only a few minutes, we would have icicles dripping off our manes. And we thought that was awesome…

Stay groovy…

–Susie