Deb and I have been friends since meeting at a winter teen picnic in the 1970s, and have had many, many adventures together. #friend #friendship #lifelongfriend #lifelongfriends #lifelongfriendship #buddy #buddies #companion #booncompanions #companions #lunch #luncheon #bingsdiner #diner #diners #fiftiesdiner #fiftiesdiners #50sdiner #50sdiners #sloppyjoe #sloppyjoes #sloppythursdays #sloppythursdaysatbings #frenchfries #twicecookedfries #1970s #pennsylvania #winter #endofwinter

The painting "TOWN" hangs on an irregularly striped wall in my first house, behind my mentor teacher, Doris, who's celebrating her retirement. 1980s. #interior #interiors #homedecor #homedecoration #interiordecoration #interiordecor #oilpainting #painting #paintings #portrait #portraits #mentorteacher #mentor #teacher #publicschoolteacher #publicschoolteachers #publicschools #publiceducation #smalltown #smalltowns #mifflintown #friendsofmyyouth #childhoodfriends #lifelongfriends #friends

Friends and Dogs make life more fun. #dog #dogs #doglover #doglovers #dogphotographer #dogphotographers #dogowner #dogowners #canine #canines #pet #pets #furbaby #furbabies #familymember #familymembers #dogpack #dogpacks #friends #lifelongfriends #buddy #buddies #friend #lifelongfriend #visit #coffee #coffeemorning #milroy #hippypad #teacupyorkie #yorkie #tinydog #tinydogs

I lost my best friend to suicide over forty years ago. Treatment for Bipolar, or Manic Depressive Illness, has improved tremendously, but our country still needs far better mental health resources. Christmas, 1982. #friend #friends #friendship #lifelongfriends #lifelongfriendship #christmas #holidays #wintersolstice #christmastree #holidaytree #1980s #suicide #suicideprevention #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #988SuicideandCrisisLifeline #988 #suicideprevention

I made this Halloween mask in the 1980s for my lifelong friend, Joan, who just passed away last week. #friends #friendship #lifelongfriend #lifelongfriends #Halloween #halloweenmask #halloweenmasks #1980s #Autumn #fall #celebrate #celebration #mask #masks #disguise #costume #costumes #dressingup

Tena and I talk every day here on facebook, but actually ran into each other live at the Mifflintown I-HOP for the first time in decades. What fun! #friend #friends #oldfriend #oldfriends #friendship #lifelongfriends #mifflintown #ihop #pancakes #breakfast #juniatacounty

Lifelong Friends are the Best! Cyn and I met in 1967 in Junior High and have been encouraging each other's creativity ever since. #creativity #lifelongcreativity #lifelongfriends #friends #friend #friendship #harrisburg #greenstreet #1960s #juniorhigh #tuscaroravalleyschool

For thirty years, I was privileged to live on the Hungry Run Creek in Burnham. This was our backyard. 1995. #nature #outdoors #snow #snowfall #winter #solstice #1990s #twentiethcentury #mifflincounty #hungryruncreek #thehungryruncreek #friends #lifelongfriends #friendship

Halloween Eve Lunch at Bings Diner in Burnham. #halloween #allhallowseve #holiday #holidays #halloweeneve #bingsdiner #diner #50sdiner #50sdiners #burnham #pennsylvania #centralpennsylvania #friendship #lifelongfriend #lifelongfriends #lifelongfriendship #kooks

I lived in my only apartment less than three years, but still return there often in dreams. #apartment #apartmentlife #1970s #twentiethcentury #midtwentiethcentury #dream #dreams #panama #jamaica #friends #friendship #buddies #lifelongfriends #mifflintown #bridgestreet