The Stone Age: the time before television, antibiotics, novocaine, smart phones, computers, jet planes, and fuel efficient cars, when a war brought out the united effort of the entire nation. Memories of practice air raids and food rationing; confession, first communion and indulgences; soda fountains; a despised race forced by law to sit in the back of the bus; fried catfish and hushpuppies; camping and bird watching; repairing things instead of throwing them away. Read on, in this assortment of recollections, about these and more subjects that will stimulate a twinge of nostalgia in those fortunate to have grown up at that time, and wonder in those who didn't live in the stone Age.