The Past
As we get older why do we fixate on the past. It is not uncommon for one of my friends on Facebook to mention an event or something special about growing up in our home town of Bronte. The nice part is these memories are always about the good times, the fun times. Some how our mind acts as a filter leaving behind the reisdue of those bad or uncomfortable experiences. Our lifestyles have changed over the last 50 years. We are more affluent and have more stuff, but in many ways we are not as happy. As kids we spent most of our time outside. Whether fishing up the Bronte Creek at the abutments, swimming at the Bronte Pier diving board or playing road hockey in the Fall and skating on the creek in the Winter. One of my fondest memories was hanging out at the old Riverside Restaurant. In many ways it was our "Arnolds". At one end there were windows overlooking Bronte Creek and the bridge on Lakeshore Road. That special spot was home t...