•September 4, 2019•
Jerry L. Ginther
NP Guest Columnist

If you still live in the city or town where you were raised, pause for a few moments on a peaceful day and listen for the sounds of current activities.
Are they different from past years?
You may begin to contemplate the sounds you hear today and reflect on sounds from yesteryear. Are they familiar sounds from years past or are they new?
At first you may not be aware of sounds that are no longer there. As a matter of fact, if you are 50 or 60 years of age, someone your age or even an older person might remind you in a conversation of a sound that at one time was common to daily life in the community.
Such a conversation could start an avalanche of memories that lead to comments such as, “Yes, I remember that and do you remember…?”
In a small town you can often hear noises from nearby locations, sounds of industry or construction.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.