This morning I heard on WLOX news that a Fema trailer off Ingalls Avenue in Pascagoula caught fire and the occupant died from smoke inhalation. Yet another tragedy wrought indirectly by Katrina. Nostalgia for what was yesteryear not yesterday is overwhelming most of the older citizens of Pascagoula. The City Council agreed that they do not want highrise condos, they want a family oriented "small town" city. In my younger years we had lots of entertainment . We had the Ritz and Pix theater in town. There were two drive-in theaters, Lake Drive In and Do Drive In. Moss Point had the Joy theater. Beach Park had a pavillion where you could roller skate and other times you could dance there. We had local beauty pageants at the park, bands, bingo and booths were set up to sell crafts and food. Remember when you could go into a photo booth, insert a quarter and you got instant pictures of yourself? I still have some of those pictures. There was a red brick post office that was very pretty when compared to the one we have today (it has not been repaired). A Fema trailer is our post office for over ten months now. We have a chance to build a much nicer town but absolutely NOTHING is happening. I can understand the nostalgia for the past because things were so much better than the life we are living now.

Today I had my two young grandsons with me and we whiled away the day by talking about everything, watching, "Creature From The Black Lagoon" on TV and playing the piano. They both seem to be naturals on the piano.


Before I took them home we spent a little time on the beach.