Gone but not forgotten: my time in a small town.
Not to go all John Mellancamp on you, but I've only been in Chicago for a quarter of my life.
When I got to see 43565, a documentary in rotation on PBS this month that brilliantly captures vignettes of small town life, I was able to fondly remember moments from my youth. Kids driving around town with nothing else to do but see who else is on the same route (ah, crusin' the loop) ... the annual fair (for me, the Bologna and St Gertie Fests were more on point) ... knowing more than you should about everybody's business ... all beautiful things about growing up as I did. Lebanon PA was a little more metropolitan than Sidney, Ohio (the zip code referenced in this piece) -- after all, we ended up with two zip codes before I moved on -- but it was/is Americana.
Just like in this movie, being in a town where the train whistle could be blowing at any time from traffic on the tracks that split the town in two ... you are missed.
IT SURE AS HELL AIN't 90210:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/45365/
IN SIDNEY, THE BICYCLE MUSEUM OF AMERICA:
http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/ohio/sidney
CHECK THINGS TO DO IN LEBANON (AS NONE OF THEM ARE IN THE CITY):
http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/pennsylvania/lebanon
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