Here in the midst of my last 48 hours as a member of the working class I am getting a bit nostalgic. I think many of us, myself included, look at the past through rose colored glasses. Still, the question comes into my head, if I could have been born at any time in history, when would have it been?
Looking at my family history it should be before 1492, but for myself, I have always thought the time between the World Wars would have been an interesting time. My great grandmother on my father's side came across the United State in a covered wagon and lived to see a man land on the moon. How many wonderful changes did she witness? Yet, the people back then managed to maintain their independence and use the new technology to their advantage. My grandmother would tell us about fixing the car on the side of the dirt roads when it broke down. There was always a rifle in the car and the men would shoot a rabbit or a squirrel, the women would make a fire and cook it up while the man then fixed the car with the supplies they always carried with them.
Even with the new automobile it took two days to get to the city on rutted dirt roads, made by the people who needed to drive them. They would time their night stops to happen near a stream where they would catch fish and sleep under the stars. It was a slower time back then. A trip to the city was planned as much as a trip to Europe is planned now. They made their own stories up then, they didn't pay millions to Hollywood to make them up for them. A simple fish dinner, lemon in water, and some watercress picked down by the stream was a wonderful meal. Time with loved ones was more precious than a 8 dollar movie ticket.
Maybe, now that I am coming up to being a member of the unemployed I can finally slow down, if only for the summer, and live that simple life I seem to admire so much. Perhaps my mind will be changed by the time winter comes.
If you could have lived in any time, even the one we are living in now, when would it have been?
Looking at my family history it should be before 1492, but for myself, I have always thought the time between the World Wars would have been an interesting time. My great grandmother on my father's side came across the United State in a covered wagon and lived to see a man land on the moon. How many wonderful changes did she witness? Yet, the people back then managed to maintain their independence and use the new technology to their advantage. My grandmother would tell us about fixing the car on the side of the dirt roads when it broke down. There was always a rifle in the car and the men would shoot a rabbit or a squirrel, the women would make a fire and cook it up while the man then fixed the car with the supplies they always carried with them.
Even with the new automobile it took two days to get to the city on rutted dirt roads, made by the people who needed to drive them. They would time their night stops to happen near a stream where they would catch fish and sleep under the stars. It was a slower time back then. A trip to the city was planned as much as a trip to Europe is planned now. They made their own stories up then, they didn't pay millions to Hollywood to make them up for them. A simple fish dinner, lemon in water, and some watercress picked down by the stream was a wonderful meal. Time with loved ones was more precious than a 8 dollar movie ticket.
Maybe, now that I am coming up to being a member of the unemployed I can finally slow down, if only for the summer, and live that simple life I seem to admire so much. Perhaps my mind will be changed by the time winter comes.
If you could have lived in any time, even the one we are living in now, when would it have been?
