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Nov. 20, 1953: Now it's time to leave the capsule...if you dare...

Barbara,



Welcome to your 70’s…


Why, it’s not the end of a decade…But, the first day of the rest of your life…





Let’s agree to minimize our time with “half-full” folks…Like Jim, in the Doors’ “The End”…


And maximize our participation with purveyors of positivity…like these guys...


And, in case WE don’t get their message, in the song, they repeat it multiple times…


"Only the beginning..."




The above image reminded me of another favorite from this band...and I found it paired with another "TIMELY" one for today's celebration and every day's...







ON THIS DAY IN 1953…Nov. 20...


The aforementioned "capsule" was the warm security of your mother's belly...where ALL of your needs were met...


Let's join Peabody and Sherman and take a trip in their Wayback Machine...





Commencing countdown engines on…Leaving one decade for the next...



YES! There’s still time to leave Earth and escape FROM the monkeys 




[Reader: Finding...being led to this next song is yet another example of WHY I LOVE MY RETIREMENT "JOB"...]


"You'll wonder where the decades went...when you brush your years with REINVENT..."




Nostalgia Fans...


Before...



After...





If you're not yet ready for space travel...how about the bus...???




Nanny, a.k.a, "Julia Burns" - my grandmother (Mom's Mom) grew up in Brooklyn on Chauncey Street and knew "Mrs. Dennehy" - the person who cared for Jackie while his mother worked selling subway tokens...


As Joe the Bartender, Jackie used to talk with an unseen customer - "Mr. Dennehy:




Check, please...Reality Check...


As I’ve come to see LIFE…TIME is a mixture of Up's...Down's...and a lot of in-between's...






Music for Space Travel through TIME...






CLOSING SET...You were 11...


First song gets us in a celebration mode...And the second...despite it's arrogant lyrics...reminds us that...


"time is always on our side"...








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