The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. ~Lesley P. Hartley
It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe--though we didn't know it at the time. We know it now because it's in the past, because we have survived.~Susan Sontag
Would anyone be interested in participating in a Time Warp Week at the end of the month? What Week you ask? Why the week when you ditch your character's dull and clumsy modern era to in favor of a jolly, good flashback. Anyone, anywhere, anytime except now. Dust off those lovebeads and drag out the waistcoats, because it's time to go retro--and then some.
(And, yes, this is totally a networking occasion. Because you just know Jord and Ba'al hooked up during the French Revolution.)
To start things off, here's a question: Where were [you*] during _______.
1) 1920's 2) Victorian Era (1837 - 1901) 3) Two months before they arrived in NYC.
The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it. ~Wendell Berry