Sometimes I hate getting older

The other day I was shopping in a local natural food store
when the cashier asked me if I wanted a plastic bag or a paper bag. I said I wanted a plastic bag because I used
them at home for trash. She looked at me
strangely and said that paper would be more environmentally friendly. I smiled
and stuck with the plastic.

As I was leaving the store I flashed back on my childhood
growing up in the 40s and 50s and smiled.

In those years milk was delivered to our home in bottles.
When finished we would leave them on the back porch …read more