For Fandango’s Flashback Friday, September 10th

https://fivedotoh.com/2021/09/10/fandangos-flashback-friday-september-10th/ I originally posted this ten years ago on one of my old blogs. Ordinary Things, Not An Ordinary Day Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of 9/11. That morning, I was warming up some biscuits. This was such a normal, ordinary thing for me to do. So was turning on the radio, but that day, …

Summer Camp and “All-Of-A-Kind Family” (Old Blog Post From 2011, Slightly Edited)

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2021/02/26/chocolate-2/ Some of my best memories of summer camp, in 1967, are of unscheduled events. This, perhaps, is my best memory:There was a row of three senior girls' bunks. A girl from one of the bunks had a little electric teapot. Every afternoon, at rest period, we would relax on the lawn in front of …

A Book I Didn’t Finish (Old Post, Retitled

[Originally posted in 2015] I recently borrowed "Ladies, Please Come To Order," by Peggy Cameron King, (published in 1968) from openlibrary.org. It won't be on my book list, however, because I don't intend to finish it.  I found certain parts too annoying.This paragraph in the chapter called "A Very Select Membership"  especially irritated me. (My …

Was Winky Auditioning? (Old blog post)

I opened a can of cat food, and Winky stood up and spread his front paws as if he were dancing, and meowed as if he were singing. You'd have thought he was auditioning for a cat food commercial! LOL!

You May Already Know Me

I've been blogging for lo, these many years, and I've had a plethora of blogs, including an incognito blog. That one was SO MUCH fun, but unfortunately I lost access to it when my old computer and I both experienced some health issues. Only one of us survived; I'm sure you can guess which one! …