About Life in the 50's and beyond...
Welcome to Life in the 50's and 60's and beyond .... where I write about my childhood memories, music of the 60's and about life in the country.
I am a mother, grandmother, farmer's wife, business owner, and retired teacher.
Reaching down (ew) into the back of the toilet…..That’s how I started my birthday today. Even before I had a good cup of coffee. But when you are ready to flush….and nothing happens… what are your options? Luckily (?) the … Continue reading →
These past few hot days have reminded me of summer when I was young. No air-conditioning anywhere; not in homes, not in businesses, not in hospitals. My poor mother had both of her children in the middle of July…and spent … Continue reading →
She’d been obsessed by the Beatles since she first heard “I Want to Hold Your Hand” in 1963. For Christmas that year, a HiFi record player was her only request. She spent hours playing their music. Her life was defined … Continue reading →
It was Spring, 1960. The last day of fifth grade. The last day of school. There were two fifth grades in our small town elementary school. I don’t know how we got split into two grades back in those days, … Continue reading →
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Dark winter mornings filled with mud and snow. Muggy summer sunrises sweating before the work was even begun. A hard life of labor, washing the teats of the cows before milking, mixing milk replacement for the calves, hauling water and … Continue reading →
Originally posted on Retired Ruth:
? ? ? In the early 1960’s, when I hit the preteen years, Easter became about fashion. For weeks before Easter, I would search through the Sears and Roebuck catalog to look at the latest…
photo prompt by Bjorn Rudberg “And that’s the story.” He looked at me and then at the sign, and then back at me. “I don’t believe a word of it. It reminds me of an old fable, or a really … Continue reading →
