MONDAY MUSINGS: DON'T LET THE GRASS GROW UNDER YOUR FEET

MONDAY MUSINGS reflect how full the month of September can be even in retirement. I am not one to generally let the grass grow under my feet, but it must have been on Miracle Gro this month... Where did September go?

Usually, there are stretches where activities are in short supply and one yearns for something to do. This past weekend was not one of those- First time back at the Greenhouse helping organize and sanitize plant containers, a mitzvah challah dropoff followed by taco lunch with a friend,  services both Friday night and Saturday eating meals in the Sukkah helping another friend celebrate her new 8th decade, catching the first half August Wilson's 2 1/2 hour play Gem of the Ocean with Alan, a junior high bud of mine playing Mr Selig, the peddler, a quick yummy dinner, an excellent high school production of Radium Girls (Kudos to all the aspiring young thespians), a Korean miniseries

topped off with an unexpected couchsurfer Bostonian Angelina, who had just finished a mountain climbing competition (placed 3rd-see pic) in Horseshoe Canyon, only to discover her plane back North was cancelled...

What a great weekend!

 

Thank goodness I got that grass mowed on Thursday!

FOTO FRIDAY: OCHO

 

FOTO FRIDAY: When my daughter was little, OCHO was her favorite Spanish number. 

My favorite Canadian couchsurfer treated me to his favorite cookie recipe.  The batch makes 4 cookies but it decided to make 3.

Who knew his baking could evoke this special yummy memory?

 Last week's FOTO FRIDAY was:REFRAMED

TBT: CENTRAL

TBT: Yesterday was a monumental day back in 1957. Read on to understand its importance back then. Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site is a must-see when you come to visit.

September 23, 1957

On this day 62 years ago, four African American journalists - reporters Alex Wilson of the Memphis Tri-State Defender, James Hicks of the Amsterdam News, Moses J, Newsom of the Afro-American newspapers and photographer Earl Davy of Little Rock - were attacked outside Central High School after providing cover for the Little Rock Nine to enter through a side entrance under police escort. 

Shortly after the attack near the school, Alex Wilson wrote about what happened to him on the morning and the choice he made that day:

"The disgraceful incident... occurred about 8:20 a.m. Monday, near the 16th and Park Street entrance of Central High. 

I parked my car about two blocks from the intersection. Newsom and I were in front with Hicks and Davy following, when we began the long, apprehensive walk. 

We had firsthand knowledge of where the nine stout-hearted Negro students were to enter; and we set off at a fast clip to be on hand when they arrived at the campus entrance.

About midway of the final block, we picked up a tail of two whites. They made no comment. We kept moving forward. 

A crowd of about one hundred faced the school (away from us), waiting for the nine students to appear. 

Then, someone in the crowd of whites spotted us advancing. 

Suddenly, the angry eyes of the entire pack were upon us. We moved forward to within ten feet of the mob.  Two men spread their arms in eagle fashion. One shouted: "'You'll not pass!"

I tried to move to the left of the mob, but my efforts were thwarted. I made a half-turn left from the sidewalk and went over to a Little Rock policeman, who was standing mid-center of the street. 

"What is your business?" he asked. I presented my press card. He took his time checking it. Then he said: "You'd better leave. Go on across the sidewalk" (away from the mob at my heels). 

I followed his suggestion. After taking several steps, I looked back. The officer was near the opposite sidewalk, leaving the angry pack to track me. 

The mob struck. I saw Davy being roughed up. Hicks and Newsom were retreating from kicks and blows. I stopped momentarily, as the boots and jeers behind me increased. 

Strangely, the vision of Elizabeth Eckford, one of the nine students, flashed before me as she with dignity strode through a jeering, hooting gauntlet of segregationists several days ago. Maybe, too, my training as a U.S. Marine in World War II and my experience as a war correspondent in Korea, and work on the Emmett Till case [a young African American boy who was lynched in Money, Mississippi, for whistling at a white woman] influenced my decision during that moment of crisis.

I decided not to run. If I were to be beaten, I'd take it walking if I could - not running."

Special thanks to Facing History and Ourselves (the Wilson article) and Indiana University Archives (Wilson photos taken by Will Counts).

U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service s

MIDWEEK MUSINGS: IMAGINE

 MIDWEEK MUSINGS  bring with it a breath of relief as the Jewish new year has granted a reprieve even in the weather yesterday. I really felt my load was lighter after bouncing back and forth for services at both the Temple and the Synagogue on the Day of Repentance for this day of reflection. 

We certainly don't have to wait for these 24 hours to start the mental cleansing, but it is indeed a welcome respite to do nothing else. I am fortunate to have holiday memories with both of these congregations. The haunting music of the cello/ violin at Temple touch one's inner core as do the ancient melodies of the ancient chanting at the Synagogue. 

One needs time to do nothing mundane but do what Jews have done for 5787 years and that is to pray. Pray to be a better person and to make this world a better place. We start with ourselves and hopefully our actions can be received by those who will also pass it on... 

Topping my prayers I have also added-

May the day not be distant o Lord, when we no longer have to have security guards present at our houses of worship... 

tUESDAY tUNES : QUEEN OF ROCK 'N ROLL :INSPIRATION OF THE KINGS

As far as deciding upon a tUESDAY tUNES  choosing the artist was a no-brainer, as it had to be Sister Rosetta Tharpe who I was introduced to at last weekend's play, Marie and Rosetta. 

See yesterday's blog entry if you missed it. 

Now which tune to pick? It might have to be more than one.

STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING EVERY DAY

Here's a compilation of some of her work

COMPILATION

MONDAY MUSINGS A SERENDIPITOUS ENCOUNTER

 MONDAY MUSINGS is about me walking into the Fine Arts Center theater expecting a movie screen; instead the stage was both our seating and a funeral home backdrop. My ticket for Marie & Rosetta was the best surprise ever- a powerful musical of the duo of Marie and Rosetta written byGeorge Brant. The setting is a Mississippi funeral home.

Before the play began, the folks next to me shared photos of visiting Cotton Plant, Arkansas, where Rosetta was born. I'll be...  

The play focuses on
1946 when Rosetta and Marie had their first rehearsal before they went out on the road together as a duo.  biographical dialogue and music made me want to know more.

 Rosetta was known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, raised in the church singing gospel music with her Mama. Her mother was a traveling evangelist who played the mandolin and she had Rosetta singing and playing the guitar by 4 years old and performing with her by 6. By 38, Rosetta became the first gospel singer to get a major label with Decca. She sped up gospel songs with jazz and blues and tore them up on her electric guitar. 

Chuck Berry said his whole career was one long Sister Rosetta Tharpe impersonation. Others like Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton and Keith Richards all credit their music to her. Wow.  She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Marie and Rosetta will have another performance Sept 25 at 7.

You don't want to miss it. What a phenomenal performance!

FOTO FRIDAY:REFRAMED

FOTO FRIDAY: REFRAMED as in seeing something from a different perspective can be mentally refreshing... And a thrift store find did just that in the physical sense... 

A framed print of two young girls by a piano said, "Take me home." Yet, it wasn't the print that made the sale but its exquisite framing. I knew exactly which of my paintings needed reframing.

Background: 35 years ago, my watercolor instructor Selma Blackburn taught me about underpainting. For subject matter, I used the dancing statues in the old courtyard of the Little Rock Art Museum. Some of you may remember them. 

Anyhow,  zoom in to see the matting...

*Big shout-out to Mike for helping move the wire hanger and supervising its hanging.

Last week's FOTO FRIDAY was SPECIAL HOLIDAY STUFFED ONIONS, which did freeze well and received rave reviews.

tBT: 2012 NEW YEAR

TBT: 2012 It's a family affair in Little Rock 2012 with cousins for Rosh Hashonah 5775 if this is now 5787.

(L to R) 

Front row Lori (30) Steven (25)

Back row Noah, Becky and Max, the dog  

with my folks in our family home on Grant.

Missing cousins due to college were Matt at Northeastern and Elliot at Missou.

(Don't you just love that my Dad is wearing his sperm shirt?)

MIDWEEK MUSINGS:THE SPICE OF LIFE

 It's time for the LifeQuest fall classes and Monday was my first class and I joined 14 other seniors in a one-time special 3-hour glass fusion workshop...  The best part of these classes is not just the subject matter but meeting new folks with similar interests...

LifeQuest is for seniors 52+ to participate in a variety of classes ranging from board games to lectures, discussion groups or more active classes like getting out of our chairs.

This quarter I also enrolled in another workshop on AI & Scamming besides 8-week classes in German Art, Intro to the World of Tea, Masters of NonFiction: Montaigne and Thoreau, Sips through Time and Line Dancing. I hope to also slip into some Photo Sharing classes & Obit Writing!

LifeQuest recognizes socialization is so important for seniors and one is never done learning embodying what I hold dear:  DIVERSITY is the spice of life...

tUESDAY tUNES: WHAT YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE

Today, an old tune came across my feed... You know, one of those that evokes a different era and makes you wonder why they don't make them like they used to... both the melody and the lyrics.

How many of the songs written today will last this long?

Here's Bobby Caldwell's  WHAT YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE

MONDAY MUSING: HANDICAPPED

 MONDAY MUSING left me shaking my head as I couldn't let another example of being inconsiderate go. But before I snapped the pic, I thought don't think the worst case scenario.

You see, there were two open parking spots next to where I parked three spots down from an allotted HANDICAP parking space.

What drew my attention was that the car that pulled in the handicap spot was a Domino's delivery person's car. It hit me as a good Friday Foto pic. 

A couple of thoughts: First, they'll be quick if it's a delivery. But why take up the spot unnecessarily? Just pull up in front of the store and run it in. Then, I thought perhaps the delivery person was indeed handicapped and I shouldn't pass judgment so quickly.

As I zoomed in to take the pic before I walked into the store. The delivery gal got out, no pizza in hand. Oh, she wasn't happy to see me taking her pic. She started yelling for me to mind my own business with more than a couple of expletives and continued cussing me out into the store.  

I don't understand why folks nowadays are so inconsiderate... What if it was one of their family members/friends that needed that spot on another 100-degree day? Seriously, I think folks can be handicapped in many ways, don't you?

FOTO FRIDAY: A SPECIAL FRIDAY

FOTO FRIDAY: Every holiday I attempt a new recipe and this one makes me well up because it's made with large onions and today is a day filled with both happy and sad tears...

As the recipe suggested, I rolled them with a yummy rice stuffing ahead of time and froze them...

Hopefully they will turn into this...

We shall see! Either way, I hope it's good!

Last week's ESCAPED ECLIPSE

TBT: NEW YEAR BLESSING 2016

 TBT This lunar calendar year is 5787 but this New Year blessing from a decade ago couldn't be more poignant;

yet we must hope for love and compassion, hope and healing.

NEW YEAR BLESSING

May this be a year of Peace.

MIDWEEK MUSINGS: POSTAL

I'm going postal for MIDWEEK MUSINGS this week but maybe not the way you are assuming. You see, the Historic Society offered another of their interesting public tours last Friday, and this one was downtown at 600 W Capitol, home to the Depression-era limestone Greek Revival  edifice of the 1932 post office and courthouse.

The Post Office stayed in the building's lobby until the mid 90's and one can still see the wall of individual embossed mailboxes and original counter.  In 2003 it was renamed for Judge Richard Arnold who sat on the 8th circuit. Although it's purely a courthouse now the name still says Post Office and Courthouse.

The courthouse is one of the State's 3 eastern Courthouses.Anybody entering the premises must leave their phones with security as no cameras are allowed in the building. 

We were divided into 3 groups to visit 3 different courtrooms in on the 1st and 4th floors in both the old and new structures. In the original large courtroom, the architectural features are the same as in every state. Now the jurors have computer screens to view from their seats! The bar footrests were obviously for much taller folks than me. (LOL)

The courtroom were the Little Rock 9 was tried has been moved down to the first floor to make it more accessible to visitors. 

Landmark cases included :

1957: Federal supremacy over school desegregation with the Little Rock 9 being admitted to Central after Governor Faubus sent in the National Guard ( Cooper vs Aaron). 

1969: Judge Henley rules the entire Arkansas prison system unconstitutional  (Holt v. Sarver)  First time whole state prison struck down under the 8th amendment.

1982 Judge Overton struck down state's creation- science law,   McLean v Arkansas Board of Education, declaring creation science wasn't science at all.

mid 90'sJudge Howard Jr presided over Whitewater Trials of the M/M McDougal with President Clinton giving video testimony.

Some other inter tidbits were family members amidst the Judges. 

Judge Thomas Clark Trimble III and daughter federal Judges: ElsiJane Trimble Roy, first woman onn the federal bench in Arkansas. She even sat in his old courtroom.

Father -Son pair Jams Maxwell Moody and son James Maxwell Moody Jr.  who took the seat in 2014 and is still there

tUESDAY tUNES :FEMINISM

For this Tuesday not only am I doubling the tune but tripling it in memory of the pioneers of Feminism.

I have chosen three but how about you add your suggestions and we can make a mighty fine list.

As I indicated in yesterday's title:

I  AM WOMAN Helen Reddy 1972

RESPECT  Aretha Franklin 

AIN'T YOUR MOMMAJennifer Lopez 2016

MONDAY MUSINGS : A TRIBUTE TO A WOMAN WHO ROARED...

MONDAY MUSINGS are a result of my emotions running high this past weekend after seeing Gloria Steinem's posthumous interview Famous Last Words on Netflix. Filmed in February 2025, Steinem knew it would only be viewed after her passing and Netflix kept true to its word, releasing this documentary last week, September 3rd, the day after her death at the age of 92.

It's especially times like this I miss not being able to talk to my Natureman, who I always claimed was a much better feminist than I. It wasn't only our age difference; I will also blame some of it on being raised in the South.

Steinem was the journalist who took the disjointed women's movement to a national conversation.  During 1972, my senior year of high school, she became the co-founder of Ms Magazine, the first magazine owned and run by women, replacing recipes and fashion tips with writings re: equal pay, abortion, and domestic violence. 

Steinem also helped create the National Political Women's Caucus, advocating for more women being elected, leading reproductive rights discussions, and the Equal Rights Amendment. 

What I didn't know was that, ironically at age 22  (1957), after graduating from Smith College, she found herself pregnant en route to India. Her then fiancé, a man 22 years her senior, didn't know about the pregnancy. It didn't dawn on her that France where she headed to seek an abortion, was an impossibility as it was a Catholic nation. Her solution awaited her in England, where a doctor told her not to reveal his name and to do what she wanted with her life.

My two most favorite messages from the documentary were:

-The great thing about a movement is you have each other.

-She who fights for authenticity and compassion is happier.

Ms Steinem was a force, and she got the last word as the interviewer even left the room. He would have to wait, like the rest of us, to hear her final message.

Rest in peace, Gloria. You had a life well lived, and we women have a better life thanks to you and other women who spoke up...

FOTO FRIDAY: AND IT WASN'T A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART

FOTO FRIDAY: Although many folks caught a glimpse of  the eclipse, I wasn't one of them, 

But I did catch a very interesting sky that evening, wouldn't you agree? 

Last week was SEER SUCKER WINNER

TBT: RETIREMENT

TBT: RETIREMENT 10 years and this sentiment has not changed... Being retired, some days seem busier than when I received a monthly paycheck.  I, of course, do miss many things about being with my students but there's definitely one thing I don't miss.

For all my teacher friends: I have to admit that I do not miss orientation meetings/ any meetings for that matter!

Welcome back to the classroom. Have a great year!

MIDWEEK MUSINGS:TECH HELP NEEDED

MIDWEEK MUSINGS has me bemusing this past MONDAY MUSING as I had been searching for a solution for the lost DRAFT  tab. Actually, abracadabra poof, walking into the Apple Store fixed it. Seriously, the gent who assigns folks tech helpers after telling me I'd have an hour wait,  helped me.

I opened up my laptop's email and explained what I couldn't find. Apparently, there was a little faint arrow (I didn't see it before) that had condensed the folders and upon clicking opened the list; down a dozen or so titles was the word DRAFTS.  OMG. Problem solved. 

Then, I was also referred to Walmart for a new cell screen protector and watch batteries for my dead I-tags. Let me tell you I felt so accomplished at day's end.

Now, if only I had a tech person at home who could tell me how to replace my favorite daily online jigsaw puzzle since its availability on FB games was eliminated as of September 1st in addition to a notification re: Libre Office going defunct after the next  OS update. WHAT????

Does anybody have a teenager to lend? And I did say lend...

HELP!

tUESDAY tUNES: BOONE STEALS HEARTS

Back in 2021, I watched an American Idol audition with a 19-year-old kid from Monroe, Washington. Benson Boone was his name and if alliteration matters, his name certainly worked with his boyish charm, The innocence of youth won over Katy Perry (one of the judges)... But actually, Boone ended up being an American Idol dropout. He went his own way with his music and on to gain fame on TikTok with over a million fans.

Fast forward 4 years and Boone's The Wanted Man world tour from his recently released  American Heart album took it to arena-sized venues, Tickets sold out in 9 seconds. Is he the male Taylor Swift? He definitely has a worldwide following.

Through a last-minute invite last Saturday, I got to go see Boone do his famous flip, with an audience spanning the gamut of ages, with Grandmas like me, Moms with their tweens (and younger), along with all ages joining the sing-alongs wearing all types of get-ups... Some putting a lot of thought of what they wore to this concert and others not so much... We got an eye full.

Boone's lyrics and musicality speak for themselves as my 9-year-old granddaughter chose this one as her favorite for me to use:

BEAUTIFUL THINGS. I'm sure you've heard parts of it !

* A bonus listen is SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE  as it was one of my Jazzercise tunes.  Wink, wink...

MONDAY MUSINGS::UP'DATES

MONDAY MUSINGS: ' 'UP'DATES is not talking about my online dating experiences. That's a story for another day. I am talking about the most recent update on my Mac that has me fit to be tied. I thought I'd throw in an ' ancient idiom' since I am feeling pretty prehistoric after this past week.

This past 'update' has me dumbfounded on one of its 'improvements.' Where in the heck did the email draft feature go? Poof, it just disappeared. I discovered this after being interrupted numerous times while trying to finish a list on an email. There used to a subcategory entitled 'drafts' to reopen unfinished mail, but it has vanished.  POOF. Who was the genius that deemed this change necessary?

I have no clue where they stuck this feature, and I'm not the only one. When I searched help, there were numerous other folks just as perplexed. AND not one answer/ suggestion... GRRRRRR.

Fingers crossed that the Apple store will be able to help ... 

for me

FOTO FRIDAY: THE WINNER

FOTO FRIDAY: This guy's a winner. Lucky Bob surrounded by 3 beauties and also won the best outfit at the Symphony Guild's first Seer Sucker  Soiree. Good thing this man also wore his white suede shoes for all that dancing!

Last week's was Exhausted in Atlanta !

MIDWEEK MUSINGS: TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG

MIDWEEK MUSINGS are a result of my granddaughter's birthday this week, as a former post and pic appeared of her birth 9 years ago, with its importance of adding a new generation to our family.

You see, I had invited others to send me a generational photo. Now after almost a decade in most of those pics, (not mine) there is one of those faces who is no longer with us... I know it's the cycle of life when folks have lived a long life, but I had never really thought of 70's as old before ...

Just last week I had spoken with a young female foreman in charge of the remodelling project next door and commented, "You are so young to be in charge of all these crews" and her reply was" I am middle-aged, I am in my 30's. " What? Middle-aged is not 30s in my book. 

Heck, maybe it's really true that I am too old to die young...  DANG, I am just going to keep acting young!

MONDAY MUSINGS:GUILTY AS CHARGED

 MONDAY MUSINGS are about those keepsakes parents deem necessary to save. My Mom didn't save any of mine. I did not follow her example.  I wanted my children to have something from their early years. After 30+ years and many moves, it was time for me to hand over the last of those precious bins containing memoirs of report cards, medical records, awards, favorite toys, and yes, artwork. My children have their own homes now... 

 Well,  this saving of schoolwork came back to bite me during my week-long visit to Atlanta. My daughter has followed in my footsteps as the preservationist of her children's keepsakes. Although her eldest is just entering 4th grade and the youngest is pre-K, it was time for these keepsakes to be thinned as they had landed in their garage, taking up valuable floor space. 

 So, one of my assigned projects was to tackle this collection. The worksheets, for the most part, were a no-brainer. Adios into the circular file; saving sweet creative writing samples, but the art was more labor- intensive. Every day I tackled a couple totes. Recycling day couldn't come soon enough!

I opted to snap photos of most - let's say ~250 pieces. Then I thinned the numerous totes, paper sacks and 2 plastic bins down to half a large bin size. 

This remainder is the parents' decision of which are frame worthy/ keepers. The photos are destined to be made into a book/two. Or make them an online album with their favorite music... 

Seriously, how can a Mom ever toss this one?

I know, I am guilty as charged... Mia culpa.

FOTO FRIDAY: EXHAUSTED?

FOTO FRIDAY after the first couple weeks of back-to-school and life... All over our country kids are back in school. Atlanta went back the first week of August.

TBT:NATUREMAN'S BDAY

TBT took on its own life on FB as I posted a memory of my Natureman due to his calendar birthday Thursday August 21st.. Over 200 of you reacted with hearts and likes and many left such lovely comments. The man touched so many lives in his life's work of bettering this world.  Thank you for remembering him and your efforts to carry on his work. 

Irv had been given the first Drum Major Legacy Award at what would be, unknowingly, our last attendance at La Crosse's MLK Day celebration... Friend Maureen left this lovely message "using the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Irv was a drum major for justice, a drum major for peace and a drum major for righteousness."

May we all carry on being those drum majors in our own ways.

A DAY TO REMEMBER 2020

tUESDAY tUNES: FIX YOU

 tUESDAY tUNES showcases a different kind of musical genius in this video clip from London's 02 Arena at the last concert of this world tour, featuring an 15,000 audience choir. Wowser with Jacob Collier and Chris Martin. Just relax and listen/ heck, sing along...

FIX YOU in LONDON

tUESDAY tUNES:HAIR of SPUN GOLD & MIDWEEK MUSINGS

 tUESDAY tUNES is one of Janis Ian's songs. She entered the music scene at 16 and, remarkably, didn't realize she was a sign of social change. Ian's career spanned 6 decades.

In the mid-'60s, she had a hit with Society's Child, which stirred up controversy, even death threats due to its topic of an interracial relationship. 

Many are familiar with her 1975 hit At  Seventeen and the many Grammys that followed.

BUT the one I am posting is HAIR SPUN OF GOLD.

I caught a blurb on FaceBook about a documentary called Janis Ian: Breaking Silence directed by Varda Bar-Kar. It's a long-overdue documentary about this artist. Her songs are just as relevant as they were back then. You can view it on Apple TV, Prime Video or YouTube

MONDAY MUSINGS:LUCKY PIERRE, NOT

 MONDAY MUSINGS left me shaking my head after travelling on a packed plane yesterday. The fact that the plane never seemed to cool down might have been part of it, but I was stuck in seat D. Let me tell you, it was no fun even with a flight that didn't last a little over an hour but seemed much longer...

Yep, you guessed it, I was sandwiched between 2 guys. The guy on my left, I will call Thumper. Thumper was thin with lanky legs that manspread into my space, with a right leg that never stopped moving. I'll attribute it to nervousness because when he finally dozed off 10 minutes before landing, that leg stopped thumping. Paul Bunyan on my right embodied the word 'burly' and was the hairiest guy I have ever seen clad in shorts and a snug sports shirt. The seat was definitely too small for him. He looked so uncomfortable, as his bright red face attested, and never lost that beet color. After 10 minutes of coughing, he professed was 'ragweed' season and his meds weren't working. He wasn't kidding, he hacked the entire flight.

I guess I have been lucky not to have been sardined between two men before!

 The landing could not come soon enough and it was such a relief to get off that plane.

FOTO FRIDAY: ECHO's VOICE

 

FOTO FRIDAY: Echo arrived at my home after having spent one 100 degree week in the woods, tick-covered, without food/water. He had been shot in the head, with the bullet entering the top of his head and exiting the back of his neck. 

The vet put him on prednisone and doxycycline to treat heartworm and a swollen jaw. A med reaction caused over a dozen welts... The guy needed quiet, some nursing, and a lot of love.

I 'd like to say Echo found his voice during his stay. 

FOTO FRIDAY shows him enjoying a movie...

and his first bark in 2 weeks. My job is done. I will miss this sweetie.

May he find the best home ever.

 

TBT: ANNUAL PICS... STUDENT & FACULTY

TBT: This week I helped someone I met in homeroom in high school celebrate their birthday and welcome a new decade. Actually, I was the student, and she was the teacher. 

my senior pic

                                 

 Here we were in the Warrior '72 annual.

She changed the side she parted her hair, but I didn't. ( but I may change it now)... LOL

Fast forward 55 years later...

'Looking forward to more get-togethers.

MIDWEEK MUSINGS:HANGING AROUND

MIDWEEK MUSINGS: HANGING AROUND:
Sometimes we miss special moments because we are just in too much of a hurry. Guilty as charged...

Yesterday I posted a song by a young teen, Susey Wendy who knocked the socks off her 'Voice ' German speaking coaches. I had just caught this clip on a FB reel and posted it as soon as I had found the entire clip of the song. 

Yet ,when I returned to my YouTube screen, the Voice Kids Blind Auditions clip was still there and I thought, why don't I listen to the coaches' banter and see how much German I could still understand? They were praising Susey's abilities with underhanded compliments for each other when Alvaro and Susey shared a love of Norah Jones' music. What followed was actually an amazing rendition by Alvaro sitting down at the piano and the 2 singing a Don't Know Why...

How many of you caught that? 

How many times do we pass up an opportunity because we are in too much of a hurry? We just need to hang around a bit longer. And who knows what we will encounter?  It might be a different kind of duo,  a lovely conversation, a new experience, heck, a new friend...

* Here's that clip again, just hang on past the banter where they share ...  Click to 4:49 Wowser!

Don't Know Why