nostalgia/nɒˈstaldʒə/
Origin
Late 18th century (in the sense ‘acute homesickness’): modern Latin (translating German Heimweh ‘homesickness’), from Greek nostos ‘return home’ + algos ‘pain’.
A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.
a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.
"I was overcome with acute nostalgia for my days in college"
synonyms: reminiscence, remembrance, recollection; wistfulness, regret, sentimentality; homesickness
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Family, past
Owings from England conjoins Zelada from Spain through familial strands meeting
in St. Louis as Illinois marries El Salvador.
Memorials for friends
Maureen Gaitings
Gail Achterman
Paul Kohl, OD
Old Things in Print
Illinois River Story (Chicago Tribune), Dramatics magazine on method acting teacher, Lee Strasberg, Plant's Review of Books, odds and ends...
History & Timeline and Nostalgia
Self Portraits
Visual time-line
Some insight, more folly, overwhelming narcissism in the classical sense.
Chickmas, arrives near the 3rd week of December. Started in 1979, it continues to today.
Ornament accompanies an announcement.
Developed during a period of science study with no outlet for making or doing.
Contemporaneous. Click the chick.
