Results tagged “nostalgia”

When we were kids the shed at the bottom of our garden was scary. An odd place that smelled weird, had cobwebs everywhere, and who knows what living underneath the boxes.

Brought a grin to my face that the smell hadn't changed at all.

The British seaside. There's nothing like it. And you really appreciate it when you've been away for so long. So many good memories. Buckets, spades, sandcastles, ice creams, arcades, and getting sand where sand doesn't really belong to be.

And in true British fashion, ominous clouds are ominous. But rain on the beach is all part of the fun really.

Going back to England last week was amazing. But far too short. Living in the desert means it's awfully easy to forget just how green it is over there.

And to visit those secret places you played as a child is an odd feeling isn't it?

It's those little tastes of where you came from that you end up missing.

Now I wouldn't necessarily say I'm resistant to change, but why mess with a winning formula that has worked since I was a teenager?

It always makes me smile to spot something that we used to take for granted but is now very hard to find. Remember when this was the only way to talk to someone if you weren't at home? Using actual cash. Coins even.

I picked up the receiver but there was no dial tone. Suppose it was too much to ask for it to actually work.

Because I know you were curious, I'm still flying the flag for Dr Martens boots. See?

Now granted they get a little less use during the summer here in the desert but I do what I can regardless.

Whenever I see someone else wearing them I give them the all knowing nod and wink. These days, and especially here in the US, you don't see that many people wearing them.

"Ah but that's because they suck and most people aren't stuck in a timewarp" I hear you cry.

I like to think it's because we're a special lot, with our DMs.