Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.
So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.
This took me back to the 60's. We lived in the thumb of Michigan (it's shaped like a hand) and my grandparents lived in Rochester, NY. Every summer we'd travel across lower Ontario through Niagara Falls to visit them. Mom had bought some Limburger cheese in Canada and not wanting to pay a duty, placed the package in the glove box.
When we arrived at her parent's home, everyone had forgotten about the cheese ... until several days later when it was 'well-cooked' by the heat. That odor was still there when we returned home two weeks later.
"National Geographics" were also a staple at offices I used to frequent, but also those "Highlights" magazines. I always enjoyed seeing what Goofus and Gallant were up to.
To be fair, it was the smuggling of imported cheese without paying the required duty that the Canadian authorities were trying to stop. It just masde for an amusing post, that's all.
Sometimes in my forays into the past I come across little gems that belong to others rather than my own. Here’s something that Ned wrote ages ago and I bet has forgotten it almost immediately:
People are brittle and fealty is dead
So write funny posts that keep 'em well fed
Lull them to worship the things in your head
Never let 'em suspect that you're actually Ned.
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