Sometimes when you are just going about your day, you will encounter a particular sound, visual, or smell that sends you flying back to simpler times. These experiences, among others, are just classic examples of nostalgia, that hard-to-put-your-finger-on feeling of longing for something from the past.

Dandelion field.

Calling all Elementary School Badasses.

We have high hopes for our kids spending all their time outdoors this summer, but we know they're going to end up in front of the TV at least a little bit. Feel better about their TV time with these educational shows on Netflix.

Calling all Elementary School Badasses.

There’s something very off about these empty places. We can feel it in our bones. The hairs on the back of our necks are standing on end and our guts are telling us someone’s watching us, lurking in the shadows, just out of sight. Can you feel it too, Pandas? The eeriness? The tension? The low-key anxiety? We hope it’s not just us.

hi there! i'm sage (they/them) and welcome to my nostalgia blog! this is where i post and talk about things that remind me of being a little kid! (posts that belong to me are in the #mine tag)

(Image Link)Our sense of smell contributes so much more to our life experiences than we know, and even though we're more likely to remember a foul stench than a good smell during our days we often remember key points by smell.And that's why we have so many smell memories associated with childhood- those are our formulative years, when everything is new and smells good and bad are a memorable sensory discovery.(Image Link)Who could forget how that box of crayons smelled when you opened it, or the oddly ca...