Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days: Good Old Days Series

I don't know anyone who doesn't, at one time or another, think about or talk about 'the good old days.' It seems to be part of our nature, especially as we age, to recall bygone days with grand affection. It's another form of 'comfort food.' Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days has almost two dozen stories celebrating and reminding us (and in some cases introducing us) about a time when life was less complicated and slower paced. It was a time that we want to believe we savored the 'here and now' and not the 'what is coming.' There was a 'catch' in my throat as I read the story about kite making (there were no kite kits back then). My heart skipped a beat reading about Fourth of July celebrations in the 'good old days.' It wasn't about fireworks; it was about patriotism we lived daily. Oh, how I long for that. My eyes misted reading about berry picking. That was something I did with Grandma Dockan. What fun we had 'working.' And I yearned for my father, long gone now. I can see his face, eyes crinkled with laughter when he and my mother put out cookies and milk for Santa. I always wanted to catch Santa. I never did. But I did hear reindeer hooves on the rooftop one year. This spectacular book is made better by the paintings from Good Old Days Magazine. Artist John Slobodnik's paintings are magnificent. They draw you in and place you smack dab in the middle of the story. Armchair Interviews says: Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days is one of the best gift books we've seen. The good times and even the tough times were tempered and made better with family, friends and faith. It is a book well worth reading and keeping. It is a book we need in these difficult times.