Monday Morning Musings

Posted on August 11, 2013 under Monday Morning Musings with one comment

We’ll start out the week with a little quiz. Who is Jennie Shontell and what was her signature song? A hint… if you’re not over the age of 55 you might struggle with this one.

I celebrated my 26 th. birthday on the weekend. Or was is 62? Doesn’t matter. I feel young and that’s good enough for me. I had more birthday greetings in one day on Facebook ( over 100 ) than I’ve had in all previous birthdays combined. Thanks . It got me to thinking about memorable birthdays and I suspect that every one of you can remember one that stands out. Either something spectacularly good happened or it was one of those that’s better left in the archives. Let me know about your most memorable.

As some of you know, I was a school teacher and principal in another lifetime. All teachers would like to think that they made a difference in the lives of their young charges. Even after 35 years of not teaching, I still get e-mails from former students. Recently I heard some stories that caught my attention and it wasn’t what I was expecting. I stole a line from the old Crosby , Stills, Nash and Young song in writing a new piece called “Teach Your Children Well”. Coming soon.

I made reference the other day about couples taking road trips together. GPS devices have not completely eradicated discussions between husbands and wives when it comes to directions and driving styles. One of my readers had this beauty of a line: when his partner is getting on his nerves he suggests that he steer while she drives. Ouch!

Coming Tuesday is a new story called “Chequed”. Most of us do our banking on line these days but occasionally we need to go into our financial institutions to get rid of coin or maybe get a money order or some U.S. cash. If you happen to go in on “cheque day”, be prepared to wait. Many things crossed my mind as I stood patiently in line a few weeks ago.

OK. Put up your hands. How many of you used to watch “Stacey’s Country Jamboree”, a show beamed in from Bangor, Maine? It was a live production with some really good entertainers and some really bad ones. Google up Jennie Shontell and hear her rendition of “Wings of a Snow White Dove”. I’ll let you decide whether or not she’s got talent.  Don’t ask me why I thought about this but as you are coming to discover, I have all kinds of unusual thought processes!

Hope you all have a good week and stay well. Live, love and laugh.

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