tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post4519198124435945475..comments2024-03-28T09:50:50.042-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: In the Good Old Summertime!Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84006359967728007202010-07-05T09:26:41.183-04:002010-07-05T09:26:41.183-04:00I worry that kids today don't know what to do ...I worry that kids today don't know what to do with unstructured time. We used to amuse ourselves by re-enacting our favorite television shows, building forts in the woods, or just rambling (my mother had no clue about how far we went or what we were doing).<br /><br />One year I set up a stand to sell sea shells--on the beach. Funny thing--people actually bought them.<br /><br />Once a friend and I created and solved a mystery, based upon a bloody band-aid.<br /><br />And summer always meant Nancy Drew books, which I would read in one sitting. Did they really cost 50 cents in those days? Or was it a dollar?Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74415435010749522052010-07-03T16:22:23.001-04:002010-07-03T16:22:23.001-04:00Sequoia national park..I'm aching to go there,...Sequoia national park..I'm aching to go there, but I always punk out and go to Yosemite instead. Is it really just as wonderful but without the crowds? Actually once you get out of the valley, Yosemite is not crowded - it's the "scenic overlook" people you have to avoid.Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46433511736703111802010-07-03T11:24:10.359-04:002010-07-03T11:24:10.359-04:00When my cousin would come to visit we made marione...When my cousin would come to visit we made marionettes and performed shows for the neighborhood kids. My mother even made us long satin formals to perform in: teal for Tish, rose for me. That memory remained so dear that during the Viet Nam War campus unrest, another art student and I formed a marionette company, made our own 36-inch marionettes, constructed a completely collapsable stage and toured five Midwestern states in a U-Haul truck. The summer our son was 8 he made an entire suit of armor out of cardboard, painting it silver. But, not satisfied, he marched to the downtown library, checked out some books on Mediaeval weaponry, and made a second set, astoundingly accurate. Our summers definitely made us more creative, a quality I see less and less in recent generations. Thank you, Rhysannoxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775887050572970228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21032147012227047082010-07-03T09:22:16.534-04:002010-07-03T09:22:16.534-04:00And Hank, Mad Magazine reminds me that we'd go...And Hank, Mad Magazine reminds me that we'd go to the New Jersey shore with my mother's two sisters and their families and put on skits using Mad Mag as the plots. I think the parents had enough to drink that anything we produced was funny!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12326066965665941242010-07-03T08:00:46.653-04:002010-07-03T08:00:46.653-04:00Yes, reading in the back yard with a chocolate mil...Yes, reading in the back yard with a chocolate milkshake or a root=beer float in some kind of metal mugs we had around. Our annual two-week camping trip to Sequoia National Park, where we swam in icy water and made treasure hunts with maps and little pieces of tin foil money. And laid on our backs in a big open area at night while my mother explained the constellations. And sang military songs around the campfire led by my dad (who of course served in WWII but wasn't the Army type, at all - he ran the ship newspaper and then manned a radio outpost in outer India!).<br /><br />My sons used to suit up in garb from the "dress-up" box, which for boys was stocked with old vests and hats and sashes, and they'd take their homemade wooden rifles (because I wouldn't buy them guns) and march out into the woods. <br /><br />So this topic is reminding me to can some of my to-do list for today and just sit outside with a good book all afternoon! Thank you.<br /><br />EdithEdith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.com