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Winter in Mt. Upton, New York (Daily Gen X Photo)

This picture of two first-wave Gen-Xers was taken in 1969 in Mt. Upton, New York. I chose it for the Daily Gen X Photo because high quality winter photos from this era are hard to come by and I can almost guarantee you that one featuring a snow mobile is extremely rare.

Mount Upton is a hamlet on the Unadilla River in the town of Guilford in Chenango County, New York. The photo comes from a the Mt. Upton WordPress blog. The site was developed as an “informational site to impact all viewers by giving them a dynamic and interactive vivid picture of Mt. Upton’s history.”

The site chronicles the town’s history and features dozens of scanned images of yearbooks from the 1930s through the 1980s.

Here are a few more special photos from the site.

Vintage Snowman in Mt. Upton, New York - Late 1960s
Mt. Upton, New York – Late 1960s
Kids on vintage snow mobiles - Mt. Upton, New York - Late 1960s
Mt. Upton, New York – Late 1960s
Mt. Upton, New York – 1973
Mt. Upton, New York – Early 1980s
Kids skating on an ice pond - Mt. Upton, New York - 1970s
Mt. Upton, New York – 1970s
Ice Pond Skating - Mt. Upton, New York - Early 1980s
Mt. Upton, New York – Early 1980s

If pictures have anything important to say to future generations, it’s this: I was here. I existed. I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture. Click here to subscribe to the daily photo. 

Bridgy’s Nadia Comaneci Medal (We’ve Come A Long Way, Folks)

All you Gen-Xers out there who watched Nadia Comaneci score perfect 10s at the 1976 Olympics will appreciate the amusing irony of this picture. It’s my daughter Bridgy wearing the gymnastics medal she won yesterday at the Nadia Comaneci International Invitational. She wore it to bed last night along with her Minion pajamas.

The meet was held yesterday at Bart Conner Gymnastics Center in Norman, Oklahoma. Unfortunately, nobody played the theme to The Young and the Restless. =)

Bridgy’s Nadia Comaneci medal featuring an image of the popular gymnast.

That song was originally called Cotton’s Dream and was written for the musical Bless the Beasts and the Children. Despite popular belief, it did not play during Comaneci’s floor routine. It played in the days after, when ABC World of Sports swapped it with the original piano piece she used. Viewers loved it and it became affectionately known as Nadia’s Theme.

I’m so proud of how Bridgette did at the meet. She’s been sick this week and missed every practice. She forgot the sequence in her floor exercise, but still managed to score an 8.3. It was the first time she attempted the round-off backhand spring in competition and she did so great! She also competed on the bars, beam and vault. I think vault was her highest score.

Daily Photo

Today’s Daily Photo hails from Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It features the gymnastics team from Afon Taf School, 1976-77. These days, gymnastics leotards are very sparkly, but I kind of like the simplicity of the old ones. Old School can be good. (And, yes, people born between 1961 and 1981 who hail from Wales are Gen-Xers, too.)

Gymnastics in the 1970s
Gymnastics in the 1970s

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Welcome to the Daily Photo, a new feature for 2017. I will do my best to post a new image every day that reflects the life and times of Generation X. If you would like to submit a special photo for possible publication, please email me, jenx1967 [at] gmail [dot] com. Please click here to subscribe to the daily photo via daily posts.

Girl Scout Float, Kansas Parade, 1976

Daily Photo: Girl Scout Float, 1976 | Salina, Kansas | Source

It’s Girl Scout Cookie season! Check out this beautiful photo of Gen X Girl Scouts. They’re riding a float in a parade in Salina, Kansas, 1976. They’re members of the Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland.

Once again, my little girl Bridgy is selling Girl Scout cookies. Typically, we go around the neighborhood, but this year, we ended up at my Alma Mater! I attended Southern Nazarene University where generations of Nazarenes send their kids. Turns out, we are all old enough to have kids in college. Where did the years go? Shouldn’t I be at Eldon Lyon Park with my jam box listening to all the Jesus songs by Echo and the Bunnymen?

Anyway, some of my college friends asked us to take their kids cookies. What an honor! It was so great being on campus. You can see some pictures of our trip on Facebook. I couldn’t miss an opportunity to visit the prayer chapel where I spent so much time. All the prayers we have ever prayed are still being heard and answered. I was so happy to show it to Sully and Bridgy. I took Juliette there on a previous visit to campus. It will always be one of my most favorite places in all the world.

If you need Girl Scout Cookies, hit us up! Bridgy would love to bring them to you. Here she is on a foggy morning, holding her American Girl dressed in the Girl-Scout green. I love this color so much. And, I love the little purple scarf. Bridgy loves being a Girl Scout. Selling cookies is a highlight of her year. Thank you to all our friends who have generously supported her efforts. You are wonderful!

 

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