the toxic impulse of nostalgia

“…I consider nostalgia to be a toxic impulse. It is the… yearning delusion that the past was better [than the present]…” - John Hodgman, in Vacationland

Last night, we opened a package of cookies from the Publix bakery and my husband made a pot of coffee. A young couple, both in their early 20s, sat on the couch in our living room. They are getting marre…