Is Neverland Dead
I have to wonder if...17 total reviews
Comment from Sanku
Youhave written what exactly I often used think when I watch today's children.
e made our own toys; balls and fans with paper and leaves ;paper boats during rainy season and float then down the rivulets sometimes even having a race, putting ants as passengers! we girls would play hopscotch and skipping rope or there was 'the ring' -tennikoit as we would call it.
we could play many games with stones. When our cousins came on a visit from metro cities we would envy their fancy toys and dolls..we would eat raw mangoes and guava off the trees ....
Sigh Your post took me down the memory line...Thanks for that
reply by the author on 28-Dec-2024
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Youhave written what exactly I often used think when I watch today's children.
e made our own toys; balls and fans with paper and leaves ;paper boats during rainy season and float then down the rivulets sometimes even having a race, putting ants as passengers! we girls would play hopscotch and skipping rope or there was 'the ring' -tennikoit as we would call it.
we could play many games with stones. When our cousins came on a visit from metro cities we would envy their fancy toys and dolls..we would eat raw mangoes and guava off the trees ....
Sigh Your post took me down the memory line...Thanks for that
Comment Written 28-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 28-Dec-2024
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I can only surmise you grew up far from where the USA lies. Maybe Micronesia or Japan/ I am curious where tennikoit came from. I could find no definition. Thanks for your review.
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India. tennikoit or ring tennis used to be a popular ame for girl .No idea of its origin A circular rubber ring is flung over the nets with the players on either side trying to catch it... I no longer see this played ..
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Thank you
Comment from kahpot
Those were the days, when being outside was a desire, need, and fun, enjoying those times with friends (face to face) not face book, and the excitement and exercise was also a terrific feeling, very well written****kahpot
reply by the author on 25-Dec-2024
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Those were the days, when being outside was a desire, need, and fun, enjoying those times with friends (face to face) not face book, and the excitement and exercise was also a terrific feeling, very well written****kahpot
Comment Written 24-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 25-Dec-2024
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Ingenuity, creativeness, spirituality, and personal accomplishment were all part and parcel of the chemical makeup of a child's mind along with an indomitable spirit. Aaah... I cherish the memories.
Comment from Pam Lonsdale
I haven't read you in a while, but I do remember your excellent photography.
You've given these memories an authentic sense by using terms like "sodie-pop bottles" and referencing games and candies that I once enjoyed myself. Kick the can was a favorite in my neighborhood.
You need to close your quote after 'foolishness.'
Adventures ... made to view, not lived (make live) to be consistent.
We lived in a very special time, and I raised my children to enjoy the same things that I did. I have to believe there are still children who know many of these games and who still walk barefoot down dirt roads.
This was terrific, Tom. Good luck in the contest.
xo
Pam
reply by the author on 20-Dec-2024
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I haven't read you in a while, but I do remember your excellent photography.
You've given these memories an authentic sense by using terms like "sodie-pop bottles" and referencing games and candies that I once enjoyed myself. Kick the can was a favorite in my neighborhood.
You need to close your quote after 'foolishness.'
Adventures ... made to view, not lived (make live) to be consistent.
We lived in a very special time, and I raised my children to enjoy the same things that I did. I have to believe there are still children who know many of these games and who still walk barefoot down dirt roads.
This was terrific, Tom. Good luck in the contest.
xo
Pam
Comment Written 20-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 20-Dec-2024
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Corrections have been made, and after researching. Thank you.
Comment from Debbie D'Arcy
I agree, Tom, the youngsters today are brought up on screen and virtual entertainment! I enjoyed this nostalgic trip down Memory Lane, packed full of fun, danger and adventure, with never much of a thought by our parents that there might be predators or unsavoury characters out there. I would suggest 'Dickensian' rather that 'Dickenese.' But a magical read, Tom. Good luck! Debbie
reply by the author on 20-Dec-2024
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I agree, Tom, the youngsters today are brought up on screen and virtual entertainment! I enjoyed this nostalgic trip down Memory Lane, packed full of fun, danger and adventure, with never much of a thought by our parents that there might be predators or unsavoury characters out there. I would suggest 'Dickensian' rather that 'Dickenese.' But a magical read, Tom. Good luck! Debbie
Comment Written 20-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 20-Dec-2024
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Thanks for the review and suggested Dickensian, which is what I originally had until someone said otherwise. Since, I googled and 'sian is the go to ending.
Comment from Ric Myworld
Yes, some of us were lucky to experience the "Never Never Land" phenomenon. And I've thought many times, just like you, how sad it is that children of today will never share our experiences. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2024
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Yes, some of us were lucky to experience the "Never Never Land" phenomenon. And I've thought many times, just like you, how sad it is that children of today will never share our experiences. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 19-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2024
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Good to hear from you once more. It may be that your silence has been for lack of releases on my part, but then I haven't seen any that I recall of yours. Are we on hiatus? I have only two in 30 days, I think. Thank you for the review..
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Yes, I'd noticed you haven't been around much. But I understand that sometimes we just need a break. I break most of the time, seldom posting more than every month or two. I'm figuring that's about all readers can stand from me. :-) It's always a pleasure, brother Tom.
Comment from evilynne
That is certainly a well written journey into your Neverland. Your childhood certainly sounds exciting and entertaining. My own was much less so; I was basically a bookworm and basically boring. My occasional adventures included hopscotch, jump rope, roller skating on sidewalks. I never learned how to ride a bike. Even at that, nowadays kids have less in the way of nostalgic memories. I enjoyed reading the account of your memories. Best of luck in the contest! Evi
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2024
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That is certainly a well written journey into your Neverland. Your childhood certainly sounds exciting and entertaining. My own was much less so; I was basically a bookworm and basically boring. My occasional adventures included hopscotch, jump rope, roller skating on sidewalks. I never learned how to ride a bike. Even at that, nowadays kids have less in the way of nostalgic memories. I enjoyed reading the account of your memories. Best of luck in the contest! Evi
Comment Written 19-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2024
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Thank you
You must be younger than I
Still, I am betting our times as a child were better than todays younguns
Comment from T B Botts
Hello Tom,
thanks for the journey back to my childhood. I never captured newts or salamanders, but Lord knows I took miles long bike trips to places I'd never seen before, sometimes even running in to rather dangerous places, usually in pursuit of a place to fish. When I was twelve I delivered papers and started mowing lawns. Prior to that, I'd rake leaves or shovel snow or collect pop bottles. The local junk yard used to buy newspapers also, so myself and a friend would load his wagon and go on paper drives. When I only had a penny or two, I'd go down to Mac's Trading Post and buy a single pretzel from a potato chip can. They were thick with salt and the idea of ever getting high blood pressure never even entered my mind. There was actually penny candy available back then too. Now a five cent pack of gum costs well over a dollar. Speaking of gum, I could buy Black Jack, Clove, Beeman' Pepsin gum and a three pack of bubble gum that came in a stick called Chum Gum. When I could get it, it was the best. Baseball cards, marbles, playing army or cowboys and Indians. I guess they're all things of the past, but that's too bad. Perhaps if times ever get tough enough, kids will be forced to go outside and learn afresh what fun was all about. Well done my friend.
Have a blessed evening. Tom
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2024
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Hello Tom,
thanks for the journey back to my childhood. I never captured newts or salamanders, but Lord knows I took miles long bike trips to places I'd never seen before, sometimes even running in to rather dangerous places, usually in pursuit of a place to fish. When I was twelve I delivered papers and started mowing lawns. Prior to that, I'd rake leaves or shovel snow or collect pop bottles. The local junk yard used to buy newspapers also, so myself and a friend would load his wagon and go on paper drives. When I only had a penny or two, I'd go down to Mac's Trading Post and buy a single pretzel from a potato chip can. They were thick with salt and the idea of ever getting high blood pressure never even entered my mind. There was actually penny candy available back then too. Now a five cent pack of gum costs well over a dollar. Speaking of gum, I could buy Black Jack, Clove, Beeman' Pepsin gum and a three pack of bubble gum that came in a stick called Chum Gum. When I could get it, it was the best. Baseball cards, marbles, playing army or cowboys and Indians. I guess they're all things of the past, but that's too bad. Perhaps if times ever get tough enough, kids will be forced to go outside and learn afresh what fun was all about. Well done my friend.
Have a blessed evening. Tom
Comment Written 18-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2024
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Yep/ You named a dozen more things to recall, especially the varied gums. We lived a cherishable life our children and grands haven't. What will they write of in 2050???
Comment from karenina
Heck yeah! You are writing for the right audience! Many of us (though not all) grew up in that idyllic time of the mid-fifties to mid-sixties when an "Etch-a-Sketch" was about as technical a thing with a screen as we could find... (And mostly it was fun turning it upside down and "shaking away" the image)
Just for equal time, we girls often joined in on the fort building, bike riding, mini-Olympic game competitions, toboggan run "icing" and other awesomely REAL things that our neighborhood boys did.
(We were for equality even when it wasn't cool)
I've caught my share of Salamanders in a little brook in the woods behind our house! (I grew out of that squeamish hobby)--
The movies! Can you imagine a parent giving a child fifty cents to get a ticket to a double feature? Maybe another fifty cents for enough candy to keep the dentist in business for another year!
My mom used to put my "older" brother (12) and me (7) on a CITY BUS and let us ride by ourselves to the Theater! Not in today's world!
We played cards with our neighbors -- there were three boys (Tom, Dick, and Harry, I kid you not) -- and we'd land at one kitchen table or the other once the sun dipped in the sky and have marathon sessions of card games or Monopoly, Parcheesi, or Battleship.
(And for kicks we'd binge drink on Kool-Aid)
MY grands KNOW when they visit their "devices" are confiscated at the door. They do so begrudgingly, I admit. However, without them as a psychological "crutch" we've had many a rousing game of Pictionary, Boggle, Jenga, or "cards."
This is a wonderful summary of memories from back in the day when parents could say "Look at that hawk" and kids didn't immediately open their phones.
LIFE is not virtual. I hope every parent, uncle, aunt, or grandparent helps their children to wean away from "cloud" memories and hypnotic addictive online games...
True it'd cost a hundred dollars to take a family out to the movies these days... Popcorn alone may require a visit to a loan officer...
BUT we LIVED it, didn't we? And those experiences BIND us in a way a text or a TikTok influencer never will!
Merry Christmas, Tom!
I loved taking this stroll down memory lane and "Dickenese" is rather adorable, btw...
Again -- I hope you are healing well and look forward to more of this in 2025!
Cheers!
Karenina
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2024
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Heck yeah! You are writing for the right audience! Many of us (though not all) grew up in that idyllic time of the mid-fifties to mid-sixties when an "Etch-a-Sketch" was about as technical a thing with a screen as we could find... (And mostly it was fun turning it upside down and "shaking away" the image)
Just for equal time, we girls often joined in on the fort building, bike riding, mini-Olympic game competitions, toboggan run "icing" and other awesomely REAL things that our neighborhood boys did.
(We were for equality even when it wasn't cool)
I've caught my share of Salamanders in a little brook in the woods behind our house! (I grew out of that squeamish hobby)--
The movies! Can you imagine a parent giving a child fifty cents to get a ticket to a double feature? Maybe another fifty cents for enough candy to keep the dentist in business for another year!
My mom used to put my "older" brother (12) and me (7) on a CITY BUS and let us ride by ourselves to the Theater! Not in today's world!
We played cards with our neighbors -- there were three boys (Tom, Dick, and Harry, I kid you not) -- and we'd land at one kitchen table or the other once the sun dipped in the sky and have marathon sessions of card games or Monopoly, Parcheesi, or Battleship.
(And for kicks we'd binge drink on Kool-Aid)
MY grands KNOW when they visit their "devices" are confiscated at the door. They do so begrudgingly, I admit. However, without them as a psychological "crutch" we've had many a rousing game of Pictionary, Boggle, Jenga, or "cards."
This is a wonderful summary of memories from back in the day when parents could say "Look at that hawk" and kids didn't immediately open their phones.
LIFE is not virtual. I hope every parent, uncle, aunt, or grandparent helps their children to wean away from "cloud" memories and hypnotic addictive online games...
True it'd cost a hundred dollars to take a family out to the movies these days... Popcorn alone may require a visit to a loan officer...
BUT we LIVED it, didn't we? And those experiences BIND us in a way a text or a TikTok influencer never will!
Merry Christmas, Tom!
I loved taking this stroll down memory lane and "Dickenese" is rather adorable, btw...
Again -- I hope you are healing well and look forward to more of this in 2025!
Cheers!
Karenina
Comment Written 18-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2024
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You are so sweet, perhaps more so than eating sugar straight from a cook aid pack
I seem to live in the world describe. They were the best if times with no or few worst of times
Thank you
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You are so sweet, perhaps more so than eating sugar straight from a cook aid pack
I seem to live in the world describe. They were the best if times with no or few worst of times
Thank you
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Great trip down memory lane!
Comment from Douglas Goff
Neverland will never die as long as there are still imaginative little ones. Peter Pan and Wendy may be in a nursing home, but the magic is still there, I should suspect.
Great, thoughtful read!
D
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2024
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Neverland will never die as long as there are still imaginative little ones. Peter Pan and Wendy may be in a nursing home, but the magic is still there, I should suspect.
Great, thoughtful read!
D
Comment Written 17-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2024
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The kid in me still dares life to come on down even if one day it will end
Comment from Wayne Fowler
Nicely written.
Yes, we were just relating our years of youth and freedoms to some of our much youngers. they couldn't believe how wildly we roamed, hitch-hiking and such.
Best wishes.
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2024
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Nicely written.
Yes, we were just relating our years of youth and freedoms to some of our much youngers. they couldn't believe how wildly we roamed, hitch-hiking and such.
Best wishes.
Comment Written 17-Dec-2024
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2024
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You bet him
Life was good and is why the memories live on
