I’m even singing along to old hymns from the days when I would go to church for something other than weddings and funerals. (“O God, our help in ages past …”)It doesn’t take a shrink to realize that I’m yearning for a long-gone, less complex time. Maybe that’s why an old Van Camp’s pork and beans commercial keeps going through my rattled, nearly 59-year-old brain — something about simple pleasures being the best. Fortunately, that tune morphs into Billie Holiday’s soulful voice: “I’ll be seeing you in all the old familiar places …”Ah, yes. The old familiar places.

Source: New York Times June 18, 2020 21:45 UTC