In the capacity of a writer, my head trip designation is the ‘70s. I’ve arrived in order to add credence without clobber for the setting in Part 1 of my Contemporary work in progress. (Drafting chapter 26 – 1497 words thus far)

In chronological time, I identify with the Sixties more than any other era. However, several memories persist from the decade associated with high gas prices, Watergate, and Vietnam:

I drove a green AMC Gremlin. My vehicle was one of many in around-the-block lines to get gas. Rationing and going to the pump on odd/even days played into it. Daylight saving time stuck around all year in 1974.

When the film Love Story debuted in 1970, I stood in an around-the-block line to get inside the Avon Cinema in Providence.

That same year, when I was a college freshman, there was plenty of dissent toward President Nixon’s announcement to escalate the War by dispatching troops into Cambodia. Then, what happened during the student uprising at Kent University on May 4th, prompted a nationwide student strike which I honored.

By the time I launched my teaching career in 1973, female instructors were allowed to wear pantsuits in the classroom.

*May the head trip you embark on invigorate your imagination to enrich the stories you tell.

My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far.

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