March 5, 2004
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Friday Five
What was…1. …your first grade teacher’s name?
Mrs. Torney, I think. I was a mess in first grade and she was pretty nice to me. It was a 2-room country schoolhouse with a pot-bellied stove for heat and an outhouse. I peed my pants in class that year. But I could outread everybody and she skipped me over 2nd grade with my dad’s approval, causing me to feel inferior ever after.
2. …your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?
We didn’t have TV when I was really little. I don’t remember ever having a favorite Saturday morning cartoon. I did read Classic Comicbooks in college – does that count?
3. …the name of your very first best friend?
Rosalie – another farm girl tall as I.
4. …your favorite breakfast cereal?
We didn’t have boxed cereal in my childhood. We ate a big farm breakfast – meat, eggs, potatoes, etc. My mom did make scrapple sometimes – which was a corn meal concoction with bits of pork in it. You let it congeal in the frig overnight and then sliced it, fried it, and put syrup on it – mmmmm cholesterol city.
5. …your favorite thing to do after school?
Well, after I walked the 4 miles home I liked to read, wander around the farm – farm stuff.
Deep Thought: I don’t think I’m alone when I say I’d like to see more and more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system.
Today I am grateful for: Fridays
Comments (2)
Always a pleasure to learn a little more. I hope you are writing this all down for your grandchildren too. Infinite Blessings
Those were fun. I can’t think of a Saturday cartoon either. I think I must have gotten dressed and ran out to play.