For those of you on Facebook (probably 99 percent of you:) you know about TBT (throw back Thursday), that's the day everyone drags out their old photos and posts them for the world to see. Â Sometimes I think it should be "throw up Thursday" because its a bit self-indulgent and, ugh, part of me cringes at seeing photos of me when I was 30 pounds lighter and 100 pounds more carefree. Â But, in the spirit of TBT, I'll share a couple of images.
The first is of a water pump in the home of  late Amish writer Elizabeth Coblentz taken back in the mid-90s.  I remember this pump so well. It sat in a little water closet off the kitchen and when it was time to wash up for supper, you just approached the pump, gave the handle a few quick pulls,  and cold, refreshing water would come spilling out. You'd then quickly soap up and lather your hands and then stick them in the still-running water before pulling the handle again for a final spurt of water.   Ah, great memories of that place. More and more Amish settlements today allow indoor plumbing so I haven't seen one of those pumps in a long, long time.
The other image was taken around the same time, way back in the mid-90s when my brother was living in California. Â At first I thought maybe it was taken on the Santa Monica pier. Â But clearly the coastal area behind me looks pretty mountainous and relatively rural. Â So I can't figure out where it was taken. Â Maybe someone recognizes the exact spot? Â Ah, yes, and you are probably wondering about the "peace sign" around my neck. Â I wore it a lot in the early 90s. Â Occasionally, someone would come up to me and admonish me for wearing a "broken cross" (apparently the "peace sign " can be construed as such), but I simply thought I was being 'cool' wearing the item. Â Back in the early 90s peace signs sort of enjoyed a resurgence of sorts among people my age who were coat-tailing off their parents nostalgia. Â The one I am wearing in the picture came from my mother who grew up in the heyday of the 60s. Â I'm hoping that wooden peace sign on the leather necklace is still around somewhere either in my house or back at my parents.
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