Nostalgia... Do you ever feel it? What for?

[BikeWriter]

1. A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
2. The condition of being homesick; homesickness.

Inquiring minds want to know! :shrug:

[BikeWriter]

1. Mama's cooking.

[Hugin]

2. Yes... But, chewing an antacid usually quiets it down.

;)

[BikeWriter]

4. Oh, heart burn, huh?

:)

[Hugin]

8. Seriously...

A few years ago I emerged from an unplanned hiatus from the human race...

The world had changed... I was a stranger in a strange land. Nothing
made any sense anymore.

I sometimes miss what I left behind.

[BikeWriter]

13. I hear you. I feel like I fell down a rabbit hole.

[Squatch]

3. Yeah, my Dad.

RIP 1998

[BikeWriter]

6. Hey, I know that feeling, Pard. I have that all the time.

:hug:

[Squatch]

7. There hasn't been a day gone by since that I haven't thought of him

[Heidi]

5. Yes, sometimes.

I think it's mostly homesickness. I miss my the smell of Chanel No. 5 in my mama's hair, my baby brother's manly hugs and sweet way of saying snarky things ("It's sad, but listen . . . it's funny, too."), drivin' around in the truck with my best-girlfriend-Bob, my Granny's blackberry cobbler and her Thanksgiving dressing, the sound of my little sister's maniacal giggle, TU football games with my dad. Those sortsa things.

[BikeWriter]

10. You named some of mine on several of those...

Mom's favorite cologne was Chanel No. 5, as was one of my exe's. Mom's cobblers were delicious and her cornbread dressing was to die for.

[Heidi]

12. Cornbread dressing.

My Granny's the only one in the family who can make it right. My mother tries every year, to rounds of groans. Her dressing is soooooooooooooooooo wet, that the minute my little brother smells it cooking, he says, "Got straws?" :rofl:

[BikeWriter]

14. Mom knew to an ounce how much broth to use...

She used chopped celery and lots of green onions. It was delicious. Mine is usually pretty good, too. ;-)

[Heidi]

17. OK, you've gone and done it, Mister BikeWriter.

Recipe, please. :cry: My PM box is always open to you, my friend. :hug:

(Also, it's 6:22 p.m. here, and I'm staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrving. :D)

[BikeWriter]

31. I've never used a recipe for dressing; I always wing it, but...

Just for you I looked for a recipe that sounded almost right for a small batch, then modified it.

Cornbread Dressing

Ingredients
4 cups crumbled cornbread
3 or 4 pieces bread or biscuit, crumbled
2 cans chicken broth (13-3/4 ounce)
1 large onion, chopped
3-4 bunches green onions, chopped
3 ribs celery, chopped
3 eggs raw
3 eggs boiled and halfed
1 cup butter
1/2 teaspoons thyme
1 teaspoon sage
(Adding giblets is optional, I do. Sometimes I'll add a pound of chopped sauteed livers and make an entire meal of this.)

Saute the veggies in the butter until clarifying. Do the livers, too, if you include them. In a large bowl, combine the cornbread and chicken broth; allow to soak. Add the onions, celery, butter, and raw eggs, mixing thoroughly.
Pour the mixture in a large baking pan. Arrange the boiled egg halves in a circle in the surface of the mixture. Sprinkle liberally with paprika. Bake in a 350-degree oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until it reaches desired brownness.

[Left Is Write]

9. Yes. All the time.

But I have to run my daughter to school now, so further conversation will have to wait. :)

[taterguy]

11. college sunday brunches

A dozen folks or so, we'd gather at a big house, bring different newspapers and read the best parts out loud, all while sipping coffee and munching on omelets. I only have a current address for one of those people but think of them often

[Heidi]

19. That was my J-school experience, exactly.

Nothing more fun that a bunch of cynical, hungover journalism students gathering on Sunday mornings to read the papers. Thanks for reminding me, taterguy. :hi:

[SCDem]

15. Often - yes and for odd things (normally complained about!)

I feel nostalgia over LA traffic jams.

[Shine]

16. I'm a parent, it comes with the territory. Plus, I'm a sentimental gal.

watching my children change as they grow is a bittersweet journey that can move me to tears.

[xmas74]

18. Can I put in my old breasts, hair and body?

It was quite the sight once and now it's disappeared.

I really miss it!

[Heidi]

21. Ha!

You're not old, gf! I'll bet you're younger than me. :hug:

I look forward to the day when the ol' menstrual cycle is one of those memories. :thumbsup:

[xmas74]

22. 32 in December.

Bearing a child is what took the old body away. You can never have hips quite like that again.

And losing the menstrual cycle would be nice but I've heard some horror stories about menopause. Saves money on tampons but then you might have to look into spending even more on HRT.

[Heidi]

24. Oh, before they lock us for talking

about women stuff, I just want to say: I look forward to a time when I can direct my energy, 10 days out of the month, entirely to my art and other pursuits, rather than suffering cramps, giant and painful breasts, and general tiredness. No hormones or other aids for me. I'm gonna meet menopause head-on just like my maternal Cherokee forebearers did. It's a natural part of life, and one I've looked forward to since I was 11. :thumbsup:

P.S. You're a _young 'un, gf! I think women who've had babies have a beautiful ripeness that we un-mothers will never have. :hug:

[xmas74]

26. Thank you (before they lock the thread).

I plan on meeting menopause the same way. At the most I would consider herbal supplements.

For almost three years after I had my daughter I did not menstruate. It had been long enough after nursing that I should have started and they didn't like how young I was at the time (28). Lots of shots of Provera for a time until I started again and it's never been the same since.

Going by family history I have another 15-20 years of this crap. I'm looking forward to it.

[Heidi]

27. Is there a DU Group where we can talk about

stuff like this? I wish there were place to discuss experiential evidence that women can take advantage of their Moons for creative and spiritual purpuses. I've found, in the last decade, that embracing the woman-ness of the cycle has made it possible for me to live without hormones, and (in large part) misery.

I'm adopted, so I don't really know what the future holds for me. But I ask for menopause every Christmas. ;)

[xmas74]

28. Maybe the Feminism group

would be accepting of this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=341

[Heidi]

30. Thank you, xmas74.

I'll read the Feminism group tomorrow morning. Any guidance from a friend of Khash is received as a light by me. :hi:

Edited to add: Don't tell Khash I said that. It'd just embarrass him. ;)

[xmas74]

36. He loves to be embarrassed.

And I need to read the Feminism group today

[LynzM]

20. Yes, for Europe...

And the time Briarius and I spent doing a lot of random travelling and exploring there. Not sure how much actually has to do with missing the physical location, and how much the particular time, as I haven't been back over there since :(

[BikeWriter]

40. I'd love to visit there. My Sister did, and...

she visited the Cathedral in London where two of our ancestors married in the 1500s.

[Initech]

23. I feel nostalgic for the pre 9/11 days.

You know - the days when you could fly a 747 from LA to New York or the days when you could watch network news without having the shit scared out of you by right wing hacks like Sean Hannity...

[BikeWriter]

35. Back when the worst thing the Prez did was get humjobs?

[Initech]

39. Yup,

Or how about the days when you couldnt turn on the TV without hearing about terrorism?

Or the days when you could actually argue with someone who was a Bushbot?

[CBHagman]

25. I have fond thoughts...

...about living in New Jersey during the 1960s. As kids we went everywhere on foot and by bicycle, only rarely needing the car. We didn't even have a stoplight in our town!

Also, being a baby boomer, I simply do not get or care for the rapid-fire, busy-busy-busy (BUSY!) approach of advertisers nowadays. That means I can watch an opening sequence/listen to a theme song on a TV program without having to change channels, fidget, or sigh loudly.

I particularly detest the idiot who came up with the idea of cramming advertisements for the next program into the show one is watching. No longer can I read the credits on most channels, because of course they can't roll without the network shrinking them so as to fit the noisy advertisement for the next program into the screen. Even PBS does those little inserts on the screen (I don't know the proper name) during the airing of a program. I don't mind the channel's logo, but I do hate the pictures, text, etc., they force into the screen.

Now I'm not nostalgic, just ANGRY. :grr:

[rbnyc]

29. Performing, recording, playing music.

This weekend we were upstate where my husband was recording an album. On one of their breaks I got a chance to play guitar for a while. I hadn't realized how much I miss playing.

Also, they asked me for some feedback on a couple things, and I was very nostalgic for my engineering days. I'm really good at it. I suggested just a couple adjustments to one of their songs and it sounded a million times better. And they liked that I could just come out and say, "roll off the high-end in the main vocal, and mix the first guitar heavier than the second" etc. instead of saying, "umm, it sounds pretty good, ummm...."

I also get nostalgic for Knox College, Sedona Arizona, Austin Texas, and playing with Legos.

[GalleryGod]

32. These Four.

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. Oh, yeah

[RevolutionaryActs]

34. Yes, my daddy

:hi:

[twenty2strings]

37. Nostalgia is dangerous...

I tend to go with Dickens on this one. "It was the best of times and it was the worst of times." Even today. If you remember and cherish the hand picked rosy pink memories of whatever your favorite decades were,while blocking the simultaneous horrors of that same time from recall,you take part in a mindset that I believe is actually very destructive. I really should start a "flip side" thread on this subject. It's easy. There are lots of old things I love about the past...but there never was or will never be such a thing as the "good old days". My favorite line is the title of a Milton Nasciomento song Made famous by Flora Purim. "Nothing will be as it was,tomorrow". Now that comforts me. Thanks for listening:hi:

[u4ic]

38. The thing I get nostaglic for most

is the chance to do the things I ended up NOT doing. My life is not consumed with regret, but there are some things I wish I could have done, done differently, or perhaps not at all.

I am where I am, and it's all part of life's journey...