Old Things

[anns_lace]

Since we are almost at the end of this year, I am in a reminiscent state. Mulling over things from my past (people too, but that's a different story.) In particular, things that used to be a "normal" part of life but don't even seem to exist anymore. Whatever purpose they served is either done in some other, (perhaps better or perhaps not better at

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[markmc03]

My mother used to have a flour sifter. My dad installed a huge one, built into one of our kitchen cupboards, because my mom loved baking so much. I never make anything from scratch so I can't remember the last time I even purchased flour

[anns_lace]

I like the idea of installing a flour sifter permanently in a cupboard. That would never have occurred to me, I don't think. In our house, all the baking supplies got tucked away in some cabinet, only to come out when there was baking to do (once or twice a week.) It was a medium sized kitchen, large enough to work in, but not with extra space to leave things sitting out when not in use.

I loved LP's also. Naturally i had my favorites, on which I knew every song in order, and where all the scratches and pops were, which became part of the music. And who doesn't enjoy a wood burning fireplace? The smells, the real wood, even the leftover cinders and dead fire smell -- I guess the pleasure goes back to our ancestral cave days when the fire represented life.

Lovely thoughts, Mark.