For me, the mention of those three items conjure up thoughts of the '60's and '70's....the days of "Make Love, Not War", bell bottoms and fringed vests, LSD, campus demonstrations, Viet Nam.
Not that I was actively a part of any of it. (Okay, I wore bell bottoms...) I was a straight-laced, conservative girl in the 60's and by the early 70's, I was married to a pretty straight-laced, conservative guy. But no one escaped the influence of the 60's and 70's. It was everywhere! Turning on the TV every night brought all these strange and foreign images into our family rooms. To me, the 60's had a kind of sleazy feel to it. I don't know. All these new things... beaded curtains..."turning on and tuning out".. water beds...(whoever thought THAT one up?) the psychedelic colors and patterns....Twiggy and the London Look.... I really wasn't a fan.
So why do I even bring this up? It probably has everything to do with the fact that we've sprung for a hot tub! But no worries. There won't be any wild parties here, like I imagine took place in the days of "free love". Nope. Sad to say, it's for therapeutic purposes now. These old bones and muscles crave its warm massage and I thought we'd better get one now, when I can still climb into it! I suppose there would've been more of a fun factor to it years ago, but maybe having relaxed and loose muscles will be fun now.
If you drive past our place and see the glow of a lava lamp (one of the boys left one here from their college days -I guess they made a brief resurgence in popularity.) know that I'm having a "groovy" time in my hot tub, about 40 years late. And if you hear someone hollering, do me a favor and come and help me get out of it!
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