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Poetikat's Blasts From the Past
http://www.cultclipsgenx.blogspot.com/
Random clips from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Movies, music, television - whatever pops into my head. A trip down memory lane for Generation X adults.
Recent Posts
Reigning cats and dogs (and birds, and fish and rodents) - Part One.
It all started with Smoky. I’m not really sure where Smoky came from in the first place, and I’m even fuzzier about where he ended up. I was five years old when Smoky came into my life. He was my first kitten. He was small, all-black and h...
A Room of One’s Own
As a child, I was fortunate to have a father who had a good job and a mother who had good taste. This facilitated a number of things to my benefit: plentiful food on the table, a charming and well-appointed wardrobe and a lovely big bed...
What’s that buzz?
It’s August--my least favourite month of the year. Why? Well, I’ll tell you. It isn’t just the fact that August brings waves of heat and humidity. No. It is also the peak season for one of my worst fears: the dreaded wasp. I have a few phobia...
The Drowning Pool
Pool Party – That’s mom in the middle and I’m the one looking off to the left (in the pink). Around about Grade Five (in 1971), some bright spark in the education system decided that it wasn’t enough to torture me with physical edu...
I’ve come a long way, baby!
Poetikat does not endorse smoking, but these girls “came a long way” first. It’s my one year anniversary on July 29, for Blasts From the Past, so I thought I’d dig up some earlier posts and let you all have a peek at some of my favo...
Summer Retreat
Click pic for source. Hello fans and friends of Blasts From the Past. As I’ve been laid up with a sciatic nerve issue, I am taking a break from BFtP for the time being. I hope to be back on track once again some time in the not-to...

