#lifelongfriends — Public Fediverse posts

My best friend, Doug, at my annual Christmas Eve Open House in 1977. #friends #friends #friendship #oldfriends #christmas #christmastime #wintersolstice #solstice #winter #holiday #holidays #punch #greenpunch #christmaseve #xmas #xmaseve #gifts #giftgiving #visitor #visitors #guest #guests #mifflintown #juniatacounty #lifelongfriends #lifelongfriendship #brothers #brothersofdifferentmothers #1970s #vintagechristmas #twentiethcentury

Portrait of my late friend, Joan, reclining in the bathtub with cans of Tab soda, in 1977. Watercolor and Magic Marker, 2026. #art #arting #makingart #artist #artists #artistscollective #artcollective #tab #soda #dietsoda #coke #cocacola #bathtub #fiberglass #fiberglassbathtub #fiberglassbathtubs #failedproducts #latefriends #lifelongfriend #lifelongfriends #childhoodfriend #childhoodfriends #beauty #naturalbeauty #naturallybeautiful #browneyes

Lisa and her new car. One might call it a "Fiat Accompli." Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. #newcar #newcars #usedcar #usedcars #littlecar #littlecars #tinycar #tinycars #goodgasmilage #goodfortheecology #goodfortheearth #simpleliving #purchase #theamericanway #consumerism #friend #friends #lifelongfriend #lifelongfriends #teacher #teachers #lewistown #miffincounty #visit #visitor #visitors #fiat #fiatcar #fiatcars #proud

I sketched this plant in the parlor of my late friend, Marian, on Christmas day of 1989 as we watched John Waters movies. #ink #penandink #inkdrawing #penandinkdrawing #plant #houseplant #christmas #holiday #holidays #happymemory #memories #friend #friends #friendship #lifelongfriend #lifelongfriends #sketch #sketching #sketches #1980s #welcoming #goodolddays

Good Brunch, Good Friends, Good Times, and a Good Day to You, too, Sir! #friends #friend #oldfriends #lifelongfriends #friendship #friendlytimes #hangingout #hangingoutwithfriends #bingsdiner #americandiner #fiftiesdiner #burnham #bingsdinerburnham #mifflincounty #gooseday #centralpennsylvania #pennsylvania #nutrition #goodnutrition #friedfoods #americanfare #delicious #delectable #goodtoeat #goodeats #classicrestaurant #classicdiner #vintagediner #vintagediners #classicdiners #eatingout

I may be a confirmed Hermit, but I still think it's healthy to have brief human contact, at least once a week. Our Gang, smoking on the porch, Sunday night. #friends #friendship #friend #lifelongfriends #buddy #buddies #hanging #hangingout #hangingoutwithfriends #smoking #vaping #sundaynight #gathering #social #socialbility #beingsocial #visiting #hermit #hermitting #hermitsclub #porch #porchsittin #porchsitting #sittingontheporch #visitingontheporch #porchlife #spring #springtime #summer

Portrait of Jon Mertz--musician, artist, progressive, liberal, political activist, movie-maker, husband, father, cat-lover, founder of Artpig International, and lifelong friend. Watercolor and Marker. #portrait #portraits #watercolor #watercolors #watercolorandmarker #markerandwatercolor #markersandwatercolor #artwork #art #arting #artist #artists #musician #bass #band #bands #littlechicago #friction #friend #friendship #lifelongfriends #makingmovies #artpig #artpiginternational #filmmakers

Deb and I have been friends since meeting at a winter teen picnic in the 1970s, and have had many, many adventures together. #friend #friendship #lifelongfriend #lifelongfriends #lifelongfriendship #buddy #buddies #companion #booncompanions #companions #lunch #luncheon #bingsdiner #diner #diners #fiftiesdiner #fiftiesdiners #50sdiner #50sdiners #sloppyjoe #sloppyjoes #sloppythursdays #sloppythursdaysatbings #frenchfries #twicecookedfries #1970s #pennsylvania #winter #endofwinter

The painting "TOWN" hangs on an irregularly striped wall in my first house, behind my mentor teacher, Doris, who's celebrating her retirement. 1980s. #interior #interiors #homedecor #homedecoration #interiordecoration #interiordecor #oilpainting #painting #paintings #portrait #portraits #mentorteacher #mentor #teacher #publicschoolteacher #publicschoolteachers #publicschools #publiceducation #smalltown #smalltowns #mifflintown #friendsofmyyouth #childhoodfriends #lifelongfriends #friends

Friends and Dogs make life more fun. #dog #dogs #doglover #doglovers #dogphotographer #dogphotographers #dogowner #dogowners #canine #canines #pet #pets #furbaby #furbabies #familymember #familymembers #dogpack #dogpacks #friends #lifelongfriends #buddy #buddies #friend #lifelongfriend #visit #coffee #coffeemorning #milroy #hippypad #teacupyorkie #yorkie #tinydog #tinydogs

New Edition’s Bobby Brown Says Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination ‘Feels Incredible’

It’s been nearly half a century since a group of childhood friends from the Orchard Park public housing…
#NewsBeep #News #Music #AU #Australia #BobbyBrown #BostonGlobe #Entertainment #lifelongfriends #MichaelBivins #MichaelJackson #NewEdition #publichousingprojects #Rock&RollHallofFame #RonnieDeVoe #vocalgroup
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/529222/

I lost my best friend to suicide over forty years ago. Treatment for Bipolar, or Manic Depressive Illness, has improved tremendously, but our country still needs far better mental health resources. Christmas, 1982. #friend #friends #friendship #lifelongfriends #lifelongfriendship #christmas #holidays #wintersolstice #christmastree #holidaytree #1980s #suicide #suicideprevention #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #988SuicideandCrisisLifeline #988 #suicideprevention

I made this Halloween mask in the 1980s for my lifelong friend, Joan, who just passed away last week. #friends #friendship #lifelongfriend #lifelongfriends #Halloween #halloweenmask #halloweenmasks #1980s #Autumn #fall #celebrate #celebration #mask #masks #disguise #costume #costumes #dressingup

Tena and I talk every day here on facebook, but actually ran into each other live at the Mifflintown I-HOP for the first time in decades. What fun! #friend #friends #oldfriend #oldfriends #friendship #lifelongfriends #mifflintown #ihop #pancakes #breakfast #juniatacounty

Lifelong Friends are the Best! Cyn and I met in 1967 in Junior High and have been encouraging each other's creativity ever since. #creativity #lifelongcreativity #lifelongfriends #friends #friend #friendship #harrisburg #greenstreet #1960s #juniorhigh #tuscaroravalleyschool

For thirty years, I was privileged to live on the Hungry Run Creek in Burnham. This was our backyard. 1995. #nature #outdoors #snow #snowfall #winter #solstice #1990s #twentiethcentury #mifflincounty #hungryruncreek #thehungryruncreek #friends #lifelongfriends #friendship

Halloween Eve Lunch at Bings Diner in Burnham. #halloween #allhallowseve #holiday #holidays #halloweeneve #bingsdiner #diner #50sdiner #50sdiners #burnham #pennsylvania #centralpennsylvania #friendship #lifelongfriend #lifelongfriends #lifelongfriendship #kooks

I lived in my only apartment less than three years, but still return there often in dreams. #apartment #apartmentlife #1970s #twentiethcentury #midtwentiethcentury #dream #dreams #panama #jamaica #friends #friendship #buddies #lifelongfriends #mifflintown #bridgestreet

https://soulforzen.com/how-to-cultivate-lasting-friendships-tips-for-staying-connected-across-distances/ #FriendshipMatters #StayConnected #SocialWellness #StrongerTogether #LifelongFriends #VirtualConnections #CherishFriendship #EmotionalWellness #HealthyRelationships #JoyfulLiving #MeaningfulConnections #SupportSystem

Our weekly morning Coffee Klatch in the Milroy Hippy Pad. #coffeeklatch #coffee #hippies #hippypad #milroy #weekly #morning #riseandshine #caffeine #friends #goodfriends #lifelongfriends #sunandmoon

More than 4 decades later… #lifelongfriends #France

Three of my favorite people and one of my favorite artworks in the world are in this photo. Burnham, 1994. #1990s #friends #bestfriends #friendship #lifelongfriendship #lifelongfriends #buddies #creatives #90sstyle #1990sfashion #1990sdecor

Joan--a lifelong friend I've known since toddler-hood. We attended Sunday School together as kids! #sundayschool #methodist #watercolor #lifelongfriends #art #artwork

Audrey catches the buss. Vira loves her aunt. #dogs #doglover #doglovers #dogphotographer #childhoodfriends #lifelongfriends

The kind of "High School Reunion" I can get behind--all good friends, just none from my actual graduating class! #juniatahighschool #juniata #reunion #friends #lifelongfriends

I've been in many gangs in my life, but the Artpigs were the most important. 1994. #1990s #gangs #friends #lifelongfriends

Lifelong friend Gumby has always played Trilby to my Svengali, but only in the most wholesome central Pennsylvanian way. Academia, 1976. #1970s #Pennsylvania #lifelongfriends

Lifelong Friends are the Best Friends. #friends #lifelongfriends #centralpennsylvania #1970s

Another item ticked on my 23 things list.
Visit somewhere new.
I highly recommend barefoot fish. Weird feeling like pins and needles and, after the initial adjustment to that sensation, highly relaxing. Shared this wonderful experience with six dear friends I have known for over 50 years.
#23thingsin2023
#lifelongFriends