"(There used to be one at the airport, but it is long defunct.) So while you are depositing a check, getting cash or taking a free lollipop from the counter, you can ride between floors with ease. As a child, I loved going for a ride. "Look how fast we are going!" I would say to my sister, and we would ride up and down several times, our pockets full of lollipops."
"I LOVE OLD-FASHIONED things, too. When I was growing up, reading the Little House books and Anne of Green Gables made me long for bonnets and rag dolls. I was always wildly out of step with my peers. I played with paper dolls and jacks. And it's something I have taken into adult life - I love quilting and sewing, like to bake and relish reading a book. Anything away from a screen. The tension between nostalgia and technology is ever present for me."
There are just two working escalators in Wyoming, both located in Casper bank buildings, with an airport escalator long defunct. A child in Casper enjoyed riding those escalators and collecting free lollipops. A mother joked that the escalators were like oil boom-and-bust while a father preferred taking the stairs. An adult embraced old-fashioned activities such as quilting, sewing, baking, and reading, and also enjoyed traditional toys like paper dolls and jacks. Children combine technological fluency—using apps and video calling—with playing tops and jump rope. A creative writing teacher observed most student stories are fantasy or science fiction, often dystopian and populated by non-human creatures with scarce resources.
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