Hometowns: Reminiscing about the place where we grew up 22 Articles

by Emma Riley Sutton

I am from Creeks Bend. No one has ever heard of it, except for the 38 people who live there. There is an intersection, but no stop sign or flashing lights. We have a post office, grocery store, and a Dairy Prince, all in...read more

by Pamela Ashton

Days that live forever in the recesses of our minds, are those golden times of childhood. Because we moved twenty two times by the time I reached my eighteen birthday, I cannot focus well on just one dwelling place; howev...read more

by Linda Burleson

My hometown had a nickname, the "Sparkling City by the Sea". It was an apt name during my growing up years, though it is really on the Gulf of Mexico. Sitting on the seawall looking out at the bay, one actually sees spar...read more

by Donna Carroll Batton

I grew up in South Buffalo, New York, in the 1950's. Buffalo is a medium-size city, sandwiched between Lakes Erie and Ontario. One of the Seven Wonders of the World, Niagara Falls, is half an hour's ride away. Buffalo i...read more

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by Jim Huckabee

Hometowns: Reminiscing about the place where we grew up As I sit here musing over the title the first thing which pops into my head is Norman Rockwell-well, sort of. You wouldn't find my hometown in a famous painting, ...read more

by del lobo

Mumbai anyone? A huge metropolis it was back then and even bigger now. Some things have no doubt changed since I last lived there, nevertheless, happy memories remain for me. When I lived there, a few deca...read more

by Carol Gustke

I grew up in Fremont, Michigan; home of Gerber's baby food. Fremont had a population of about four thousand people. You seldom met anyone who hadn't worked in Gerber's factory sometime in their life. During the fifties Ger...read more

by Nita

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Wind so fierce it felt like being slapped across the face, the noise was so intense like a thousand herds of buffalo charging. It was so dark but I could see the headlights of many cars all stoppe...read more

by Leslie Keck

I grew up in Sarnia, Ontario Canada. It's a little city a couple of hours from Toronto, Ontario Canada.I loved growing up in Sarnia, it is such a beautiful place and felt more like home compared to a huge city. The stre...read more

by Kim Johnson

As you walk towards the architecturally perfect skyline you pass a variety of shops, outdoor cafes, quaint bistros, busy bars and nightclubs on the main street in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Many a visitor is stunned when t...read more

by G. C. Langley

The Washingtonian Syndrome I am a die hard Washingtonian and loved it in a way I never thought I would ever forget. That is the city of Washington DC. the nations capitol. I grew up there having memories of good t...read more

by Tobias Van Buren

Hello! RADBURN, NJ WHERE I WAS BORN - 12/17/39 Hey, it was the 36th anniversary of the WRIGHT BROTHERS, and in 1935 the FIRST DC-3! http://www.radburn.org/ Hope you enjoyed the site! Radburn is not an old to...read more

by Donna Mccay

Prairie blizzard winds howled across Coleharbor, North Dakota rattling our windows as Jack Frost painted his cool designs. Temperatures dropped so quickly to twenty below zero causing 20 foot drifts of snow swirling snow i...read more

by Akbar Ali

How I look into .. The petty villagers of those times It was late 50s. India was known for its chronic poverty. The turmoil of Second World War was just over a decade back. Many countries of the world were limping...read more

by Gary Maclean

DAD'S HOUSE Mom and Dad got a divorce when I was four years old. Mom had been awarded a life-long lease to live in Dad's house. She didn't get the property but she did get rights to the house and the property immediately ...read more

by Ethel Smith

Sharing some of my reminisces, about the place where I grew up, will undoubtedly leave the reader of the opinion that I come from a million years ago. I know that it was from a time towards the middle of the previous centu...read more

by Mary Tyrer

There will be many people around the world who will not know the place I am writing about as I tell of the place me and my siblings grew up. My grandparents came to town in 1949, the town was very small, my grandfather ow...read more

by whiteandorange

4/10/08 And this is where I grew up at and am presently living with TWO degrees, meaning that I have some form of education since getting out of high school; BUT have YET to locate a job/develop a career with my HOMETOW...read more

by Sienna Kristof

The place I grew up in is still the place I call home. Since then I have moved to other states, towns and cities, but have never truly felt at home. My hometown was cold and rainy, often grey and miserable. It was where my...read more

by Tara Rijon

I had not been back to my hometown in twenty years, and I wasn't really expecting to see much in the way of change. After having been gone for nearly a quarter of a century, the town still had a population of less than 20...read more