…most of the kids I knew walked to school. Now most of them get driven to school by their parents.

…kids didn’t sit in carseats. They stood behind the driver and yammered in her ear.

…there weren’t as many freeways.

…computers were fabulous, mythical objects. Now even your grandmother has one.

…JFK was already dead. (Yes, I do know where I was when Kennedy

was shot. I was in diapers.)

…and so was C.S. Lewis.

…the best cartoons were on Saturday morning. Especially the Bugs Bunny–Road Runner show.

…Quick-Draw McGraw and Huckleberry Hound were on TV right beside Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

…there was a boring show called Viet Nam on TV the rest of the time.

…and all the shows were in black-and-white–even the ones that said they were in living color.

…I hated math. Later, I majored in it. Go figure.

…8-track tapes weren’t cool yet.

…we were going to the moon Real Soon, and when I grew up I’d go too. We did, too, but I haven’t yet.