Born in 1942. Lived on a dirt road in a house the old man built that had an indoor bathroom. My grandmother who immigrated to this country [legally] in the early 30’s, was aghast at the idea of s...ing in the house.
I’d go back to those years in a heartbeat, despite the polio scares and hiding under the desk in drills because the Russians were going to bomb us. Took a turn with a relative in the spotter posts up on stilts by the firehouse where you watched the sky for bombers sneaking in below the radar.