Remember 8 Track tapes?
Oh Yes....those bulky boxy tapes you had to have a case to cart them around!
This has been the rainiest Arkansas summer I can remember in a long time. Usually this time of year we are crunching across the grass, hosing the dust off everything, and carefully observing the burn ban by county!
Listening to the thunderstorm the other night memory carried me back to pilfering through Dad's 8 track tape collection. Staring endlessly at the machine that magically played the tapes and hearing Eddie Rabbit sing "I love a rainy night". I am amazed at how far we have come from records to 8 track, cassette tape, on to C.D. ( which I thought would be pinnacle for a while). Now everything is digital....I don't mind...Kind of like it actually. I am a techno geek in disguise!
Still needing to update my T.V.'s to flat screen...I wonder what will be next? Everything seems so convenient and compact...what will be the next frontier? I am anxiously awaiting! Still can't help loving all those childhood memories.The first was a portable record player with a casr for all my fave 45's...The Micheal Jackson Thriller album cover, Prince 1999, boombox christmas for me was the coolest. Had to carry it everywhere...til I got tired of hauling it around!
Graduation yielded a huge stereo cabinet with 100 watt speakers and U2's The Joshua Tree! My kids have ipod nano with Mp3's....so do I! Love the flashbacks though...great memories. Dick Clark is famous for saying " Music is the soundtrack of your life" ...So true. Each song represents a particular point in time. That is really cool to me.
This week my son started Jr. High at the same school I attended. Of course, I made him a power point map with all classes marked with stars! I am totally a techno geek! Walking down the halls sparked all kinds of memories from that time period. Almost like when you go into an old historical home and can almost feel the energy that has passed through it.
Enjoy these moments...create many more.
In Wilma's Grace
Stephanie
