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Summer is Coming
A Road Trip Down Memory Lane
As a kid, we did road trips all the time. They were not fun. But as I got older my sister and I did road trips and they were fun.
This past week in my writing class we read Joe Brainard’s I Remember. It gave me a great many thoughts and send me down memory lane.
I remember strawberry soda, winos, and the Jackson Five playing on the jukebox.
I remember read meat and yellow meat watermelons that grew in Ms. Paramore’s garden.
I remember tea cakes and pickles from Ms. Tiny
I remember Ms. Fannie Mar watched everything, doing laundry and making her dinner
I remember playing in her grass because it was the best grass in the whole neighborhood
I remember when my dad build a fence around our yard, even though there was a still scary alley with overgrown weeds we could cut through to get to the next street.
I remember playing kickball in the street, using different pieces of trash for bases and stopping when cars came, playing till dark and sweating profusely cause we were professionals
I remember riding my bike up and down the hills (how did we have little hills in the flattest part of Texas) I am afraid only the garbage man knows.
I remember playing on the church ground and when that little boy jumped off the outside stairs because he thought he would fly. He didn’t.
I remember when there was a meeting at the church and old people and the young argued.
I remembered when I couldn’t go outside to play on Sunday’s until church was over and when my mother used to send me to church with Ms. Fannie Mae who went to the church with the old old people. Ms. Robelow taught Sunday school.
I remember when the Nazarenes came to teach vacation bible school in the summer
I remember accepting Jesus into my heart, it changed everything and being stumped because it didn’t fell the way I thought it would feel. I expected an explosion, not a whisper.
Look and Enjoy the View
Seeking Submissions
Is your mission in life to help women achieve their goals for great physical health?
Have you taken the perfect trip and want to tell everyone about your adventure?
Maybe you have launched your fashion design career with sweat, blood and stain remover.
Fill In The Gap Magazine is looking for your stories. We are a magazine designed for women of color to inform and entertain. We give information that helps people make it. But we also laugh and enjoy life. If you have a story that you think will fit with our magazine, please submit it to uppcreative@yahoo.com.
Pack For Where You Are Going
When I packed my apartment the last time I moved, I knew there would be things I would not need where I was going. Things like a sofa, TV, a bed frame were just going to be things I would need to store, so I decided they needed a new home.
I knew where I was going, I wouldn’t need those things. So I made arrangements to get rid of them. After all, I couldn’t have those things cluttering up my new space.
Sometimes when you are making changes in your life, God gives you the opportunity to let go of some things you don’t need. Yet He also teaches you to pack for where you ARE going.
I have learned some new things over the last six months. It has been challenging. It has been fun. It has been a process.
Over the next couple of months, I will launch a new magazine which I am excited about. I will tell you more about it over the next couple of weeks and get your input on some of the features of the magazine. I want to share information in this project that changes your life.
In the meantime, I will be making sure to pack the things I need to make the project work. I will be sure to get rid of things that will hinder it. I will try to spend more time loving what I am doing instead of worrying about it.
Over the next couple of weeks, take a look at what you are doing. Make sure you are doing something you love. Make sure that it inspires you and drives toward your passion. And make sure you pack all the things you need to make it successful.
Peace and Hair Grease.
Karen
For Long Distances Use Baggage With Wheels
If you are going a long distance, make sure your baggage has wheels. Make your suitcase a help and not a hindrance.
Somedays You Pack a Suitcase and Run
You are going somewhere. It is promising. You toss some things in a suitcase and go. Keep your bag ready to go because you never know when the time will come.
What Do You Pack?
When you go somewhere most of the time you need to take a few things with you. I know depending on where you go determines what you take with you. What do you pack it in?
The idea of a suitcase was an afterthought. At the time it was created, only rich people traveled, and they used large trunks because they could also bring servants to carry them. The chosen method of travel were ships, and trunks worked best in the bottom of a leaky ship that tossed items around. Trunks were made with metal bases, sealed with rubber to keep water from getting in. It made it difficult for a person without servants to travel.[1]
According to the Smithsonian, more people began traveling for the sake of traveling at the beginning of the 20th Century. Transportation was better with many more ways to travel and it was not just for rich people anymore.
The suit case was originally created to hold a suit. There was a compartment inside for the shirts, and sometimes even an attachment box for a hat. It was designed to hold a suit and had a handle to be carried. Before that, there was a carpet bag which could hold a few items and was also able to be carried.
Once the idea of suit cases caught on, it became an industry. Historians said that our luggage reflects our modes of transportation. This is very true today as we have to pack our suitcases based on whether we drive, fly, sail or travel by train. Each mode of transportation has its own rules about what we can/cannot bring.
As I think about what I will take on this journey, because I know everything and the kitchen sink can’t go, I have to think about what will I carry it in. I think about this a lot when I travel because I know, whatever I take, I will carry. Let me say that again, whatever I take, I will carry.
One of the things I learned in 2018 was that I have to carry the things that I want. I do. Not my kid, or family, or friends. I should not load things up in a car or a cart unless I intend to keep the car or cart as long as I keep the things. I have to carry my own things.
I try to choose suitcases that make that job easier. I like smaller ones that I can lift. If they have a handle and wheels that can rolls then I am a superstar.
I know choosing the suitcase before I decide what to put in it is the best way for me. So how do you pack for your trips
[1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-humble-suitcase-180951376/
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