NOSTALGIA

LOOKING BACK....LONGING FOR GOOD OLD DAYS....SOME NEVER HAD THE GOOD OLD DAYS.  I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE BORN IN 1939, SO I RECALL A SIMPLER TIME.  AS I WAS ENJOYING THE SIMPLER TIME, OTHERS WERE DYING IN WARS, BEING PERSECUTED, BUT I DID NOT KNOW THAT THEN.  SO, I WAS PLEASANTLY IGNORANT OF THE REAL WORLD.  MY WORLD WAS VERY SMALL....IGNORANCE IS BLISS, AND LIVING IN A PEACEFUL BUBBLE OF FARM FIELDS,  VEGETABLE GARDENS, THE SMELL OF A SUMMER SHOWER ON A TOMATO GARDEN...MOMMY AND DADDY...AUNT NORA AND HER LEMON PIES.  BUT, I HAD A CHILDHOOD ALL OF MY OWN.   IN A WAY I WAS VERY BLESSED BY THAT FALSE PRESENTATION OF WHAT THE WORLD REALLY WAS.....THE DOWN SIDE IS THAT THIS GAVE BIRTH TO A HAUNTING DISEASE.....NOSTALGIA....A HORRIBLE DISEASE...WANTING SOME THING YOU CAN NEVER HAVE AGAIN...LIKE A CHILD PRESSING HIS NOSE AGAINST A STORE WINDOW PANE....LOOKING AT AN ELECTRIC TRAIN THAT HE WILL NEVER HAVE...