Fond memories
Trip to antique market was a walk through my past.
Thoughts for the day
On a trip to Harrisburg this weekend we stopped at the Old Sled Works in Duncannon, a large antique and craft market housed in the factory that made, among other models, Lightning Guider runner sleds, like the one I inherited from my Dad when I was a kid.
The place also features a small car display, an old soda fountain that was active until a few years ago, and some vintage arcade and pinball games.
I love wandering the booths at antique markets because of the little bits of ephemera that trigger happy memories, like the “Space Hop” game that took me back to ninth grade, when we played it in our Earth and Space science class.
But the real winner was this Avon cologne bottle shaped like a 1964 Mustang.
When I was small, one Christmas it was “my” gift for my Grandpop. Of course, Mom picked it out for me, I was too young. But I was good at determining what was cool. I thought this was so cool I blew the secret on the phone with him in November.
It must have been a good gift, though. It sat on his bookshelf — even after he passed away — until my Grandmom sold the house in Philadelphia in the early 2000s. That bookshelf, filled with works by Alistair McLean, John D. McDonald, Alexander Kent and so many others, was the foundation for so much of what I read today.
The simplest things can bring back the fondest memories.
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