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A few fond memories of growing up in the 60's and 70's in rural Michigan:

I remember the party line phone we had with a rotary dial and the eavesdropping gossipy neighbor as well! We had a 19 in B&W TV that could pick up three stations on a clear day with aluminum foil on the rabbit ears.

My parents were divorced and we were dirt poor but we didn't realize it really. I had a great childhood, used to walk a mile to my neighbor’s house or about three to the nearest town/crossroads with a store. We had favorite swimming holes where we and all our friends would go all summer long, didn't cost a dime.

After we learned to ride a bicycle, we rode all over the county and to our cousin’s house on Sand Lake. When I got older, I hitchhiked constantly with not even a thought that a stranger would harm me. I feel so sorry for the present generation of kids that can't go outside and play or be out of their parents sight for even a minute nowadays because of all the perverts out there.

My brother and me were comic book readers and for a dollar, you could buy almost ten of them, if I remember correctly.

Our clothes washer was round and had an open top, after you washed the clothes you ran them through the ringers that were attached to the machine. Then you took the clothes out to the solar clothes dryer AKA the clothesline lol! Clothes smell so good after you take them off the line!

We also had a garden and grew onions, cucumbers, radishes, peas, beans, pumpkins, squash, carrots, etc. There is nothing like going out to the garden, picking a bunch of veggies and cooking them up, talk about fresh! No frankenfoods back then. Ah, I miss many things from those days, don't get me started, lol!