The Creative Notebook

I have a sixteen year old.  I watch her make her way through high school, and it causes me to think back to my days in the same school.  So that’s our prompt for today.  Think back to your teen years, your high school days.  Do you have fond memories?  Would you rather forget it?  Were you Mr/Ms Popularity or did you hide in the back of the class.  Does school bring back wafts of formaldahyde from biology or the fragrance of acne treatment cream as you got dressed each morning?  Take out your journal and write about it.  Sketch your school.  Make a collage of things that remind you of your teen years.

We’ve upgraded to a digital tv and are ready for the big conversion.  It’s so much lighter and the tv stands we used to have to have are optional now since we can hang this one on the wall.  My old tv was huge and heavy.  I remember as a kid when we converted from rabbit ears and three channels to cable.  It was a huge deal and not everyone could afford cable if it was even available in your neighborhood.

How has t.v. changed for you?  How has it impacted your life?  Sometimes we take it for granted since everyone seems to have a television in each room of their house.  Write about it.