LITTLE PEGGY: the first edition

i was sitting in my room this evening reminiscing, which isn't uncommon... and i decided that i will implement a new theme to my posting... at random i will post what other people call flashback fridays... but instead of limiting myself to just fridays, i will just call it: LITTLE PEGGY.

i start today's post off with quite the memory...

the year was 1990, which made me 11 and i got, for my birthday, the most coveted item of any child in the late 80's- early 90's... THE WALKMAN! holla! i was ecstatic and busied myself for days, sitting by the radio, aching for my favorite songs to be played on the "fisher and todd" show, so that i could hit record and do my best to edit out the talking/commercial parts and get just the song!

yes boys and girls... this is what we had to do pre-CD/iPOD!

when my tape was fully loaded i threw on my white roller skates- yes i said roller SKATES-- and set out to get lost in the summer sun and my tunes!

side note: the neighborhood of my childhood was one of the most perfect neighborhoods to grow up in... i guess every kid feels this way about where they grew up, but i am claiming this one... sorry dudes. not only were there a ton of kids to play with at random and wide open feilds and a big creek to play in... but the P shape of the neighborhood meant that i could get on my bike or, in this case, my skates and ride around and around to my heart's content and not worry about the "fast" traffic that 1300 west was! so one could find me, quite often in fact, doing just this.

this day was no different. armed with my self-made play-list that was clipped to the front of my acid-wash jean shorts, i took off.

i can still feel the light breeze on my face that was created by my momentum. i can see the dilliar's red trees that lined their yard and looked forward to hitting the shade they created every time i passed by... but best of all... i can still hear this tune in my head. it was brand new to the radio and i had never heard it before. i LOVED it and would stop to rewind and rewind over and over again. what an energizing song! what a great way to spend a long summer day!