Connecting Two Songs

There are two songs from the 1960s that I've always connected to each other.  I like to think that The Little Old Lady From Pasadena and the girl in Fun, Fun, Fun are grandmother and granddaughter!

Teen Mom Puts Baby in Trunk to Avoid Ticket for Child Without a Car Seat

Teen Mom Puts Baby in Trunk to Avoid Ticket for Child Without a Car Seat

Thank God that baby wasn't injured or poisoned.
I'm trying not to judge that young mother too harshly.
She panicked, and she made a bad choice. I can't know
how she feels now about her actions, but I like to think
that she regrets them.
And one important fact: she KEPT her baby; she didn't have
an abortion. Whether she should have put the baby up for
adoption is not for me to judge.

Not Only Candy

It's funny how many non-candy items were sold at the candy store on my block, and, most likely, at most corner candy stores. Come to think of it, didn't their signs include the word
SUNDRIES?

How many ice-cream sodas did I drink at that candy store?  How many sundaes did I consume? The best sundaes EVER!

Chocolate ice cream, chocolate syrup, mixed fruit topping, nuts, whipped cream, and a maraschino cherry.  Eaten slowly to make it last, yet not too slowly, so the ice cream wouldn't melt.

Oh, for one of those sundaes NOW!

Chocolate egg creams.

Hot chocolate in thick cups.

Cookies.  Little cakes.  Potato chips.  Pretzels. Popcorn.

Ice cream bars and sandwiches.

And then there were all the non-food and beverage items.

Comics. (I blogged about that several years ago.)

Magazines.

Paperback books. I remember buying my first two collections

of Shakespeare at that store, "Four (or was it Five?) Great
Comedies" and "Four (same question!) Great Tragedies."

Four or five, it was a great bargain at a quarter each! But

I hated the way the covers felt.  Looking back, I think they

may have just been a bit dusty!

Of course, I bought some other books there as well!

And then there were all the toys.  Balls. Airplanes (very fragile;

or should I say FLIMSY!)

Toy instruments. (I once bought a plastic flute; I think it was blue.)

Hula hoops (when they were popular.)

Yo-yos.

Plastic dolls.

So many other things that I can't think of at the moment.

An amazing variety for a rather small store.

When I was a kid, I didn't need to travel far to find magic and wonder.  Magic and wonder were right there on the corner of

my block.

VERY old TV Show

I've always been fascinated by old newspapers, old magazines, old books, old movies, old radio shows, old tv programs.  (Will later generations be equally fascinated by old web series, old blogs, old websites?)

Well, I've just learned about the very FIRST tv drama ever broadcast.
Click here for an article about this show, and here for a brief clip.

When this show was broadcast, my mother was a baby, not even a month old. 

New Painting in Rosary Art Collection

I've just added this painting to my Rosary Art Collection.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

It's time for Sunday Snippets over at RAnn's blog!  I've found some wonderful Catholic blogs here.  How about sharing yours?

Semper Gaudete! : Hair Ribbons

Semper Gaudete! : Kanye West Incident (with link to an old blog post)

Semper Gaudete! : Abortion Activists Vandalize and Ransack Pro-Life Group’s Office

Semper Gaudete! : Word Play

Semper Gaudete! : The Penguin John Lennon

Semper Gaudete! : TV Show Titles

Semper Gaudete! : New Magnet Ordered

Semper Gaudete! : Free Kindle Book Set Where I was Born

Semper Gaudete! : New MFVA Postulants

Semper Gaudete! : Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are grouped by author
and not necessarily in the order read.

"Between Heaven and Mirth"#

by James Martin, SJ

[non-fiction]

(Kindle book)

"A Right to Be Merry" #
by Mother Mary Francis, P. C. C
[nonfiction]
"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography]
"Kitty in the Summer"
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Kitty in High School"
by Judy Delton
[children's fiction]
(fast reads)

"The Story of a Soul"

by St. Therese of Lisieux

{Sunday books}

Bible books read this week:

"Isaiah"
"The Gospel According to Matthew"

"Intimate Practices: Literacy and Cultural Work in U. S. Women's

Clubs, 1880-1920" #

by Anne Ruggles Gere

{carried over from last week}

"grace under pressure"

"upsetting annie"

 "jazz off-key"
"storm warning"

by Dandi Daley Mackall

[children's fiction, Christian (Protestant, no denomination specified), "Blog On" series]



"A Summer's Lease"
by Marilyn Sachs
[children's fiction (older children)]
{carried over from last week}

"Chicken Little Jane" #
by Lily Munsell Ritchie 
[children's fiction]
(Kindle book)

"The Saturdays
by Elizabeth Enright
[children's fiction]
in The Melendy Family
three books in one volume
(openlibrary.org loan)
{carrying over into next week}
Started, rather appropriately, on Saturday!