NOSTALGIA!

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I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS… BUT I AM LISTENING TO CARPENTERS… AND EVERYTIME I HEAR KAREN CARPENTER, I FEEL SO SAD TO HAVE SUCH A TALENT LOST TO US LIKE SO MANY GREATS I GUESS.  I STILL REMEMBER LISTENING TO HER WHEN I WAS A KID AND IN THOSE DAYS WE HAD A REAL BULKY PORTABLE TRANSISTOR RADIO… MORE LIKE A FAMILY RADIO (12 BY 6 INCHES BIG - DURING THE TIME OF BLACK AND WHITE CRT TVS!)


STILL REMEMBER IT WAS A WHITE SANYO AND WAS KINDA BUSTED SO WAS HELD TOGETHER BY RUBBER-BANDS.  

IT USED... IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, 6 LARGE DRY CELLS… BATTERIES.  REMEMBER IT HAD AN ANTENNA THAT WE HAD TO POSITION SO AS TO GET A CLEAR SIGNAL!  LOL… 


I ALWAYS REMEMBER THE HOT AFTERNOONS WHEN THE SUN GLISTENS PAST THE HUGE ANGSANA TREE (NATIVE TO SOUTHEAST ASIA AND PROVIDES A LOT OF SHADE… KINDA DROOPY LOOKIN) THAT GREW IN THE FRONT… I LIVED ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN THE ARMY FAMILY QUARTERS.  IT WAS DURING THESE TIMES WHEN A MELANCHOLIC SONG WOULD AIR OUT OF MY MONO - RADIO SPEAKERS… THESE TIMES ARE ETCHED DEEPLY IN MY MEMORY AND I TEND TO ALWAYS FIND THEM TO BE MY HAPPIEST AND SIMPLEST OF TIMES.  SOLITAIRE IS PLAYING NOW… AN IMAGINARY TEAR TRICKLES DOWN MY RAGGED CHEEK AND AGAIN WHEN THE CRESCENDO SOUNDS, IT AMPLIFIES SCENES OF MY PAST CHILDHOOD… AND IT IS NOT UNPLEASANT MY LIFE.



HOPE YOU ALL REMEMBER YOURS AND HAVE A TEAR AND A SMILE.


LOVE YAZ...

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I saw a film on the life of Karen Carpeter on one of the sky movie chanels, what a voice she had and what a sad life too, god bless her thank you for sharing your memories :)