tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post723643249742328452..comments2024-02-07T00:26:07.597-08:00Comments on Along The Way: MOTHER'S DAY BEGINS CELEBRATORY WEEKJoaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-8725897124304932842020-05-16T11:50:37.391-07:002020-05-16T11:50:37.391-07:00Lots of memories from those years for those of us ...Lots of memories from those years for those of us living then, even if we were children.Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-46461662932454542492020-05-16T03:36:42.896-07:002020-05-16T03:36:42.896-07:00A lot to take in. Thanks for all the research you...A lot to take in. Thanks for all the research you do. I loved Vera Lynn and when you mentioned "The White Cliffs of Dover" it brought a tear to my eyes. Goldendaze-Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11823572794470671309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-2143413628884796042020-05-10T14:46:10.742-07:002020-05-10T14:46:10.742-07:00Interesting connection to the song as hadn't t...Interesting connection to the song as hadn't thought about that. This woman has wonderful vocal quality many her age don’t sustain. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-76530025719577326422020-05-10T14:01:18.479-07:002020-05-10T14:01:18.479-07:00I like that limerick you added. Nick — hadn’t hear...I like that limerick you added. Nick — hadn’t heard it before. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-18323498482144578452020-05-10T13:56:33.577-07:002020-05-10T13:56:33.577-07:00Enjoy your celebrations!Enjoy your celebrations!Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-32511641222869615582020-05-10T13:48:11.234-07:002020-05-10T13:48:11.234-07:00Hard to pass up a day to celebrate sweets. Hard to pass up a day to celebrate sweets. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-74251161976608391292020-05-10T13:47:29.606-07:002020-05-10T13:47:29.606-07:00Glad you have so many lovely memories!Glad you have so many lovely memories!Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-81310970487531112292020-05-10T13:44:56.470-07:002020-05-10T13:44:56.470-07:00Glad you could indulge yourself on this day and so...Glad you could indulge yourself on this day and so many remembered your wife with you. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-35643386333560486752020-05-10T13:42:57.690-07:002020-05-10T13:42:57.690-07:00Although I surely remember many of the songs that ...Although I surely remember many of the songs that we heard/sang during WWII, one of them ("We'll Meet Again") has, for many years now, been accompanied in my mind by the image of Slim Pickens's ride at the end of the movie <i>Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.</i>Cop Carhttps://jelliclecat.typepad.com/cop_cars_beat/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-51672721706331707132020-05-10T09:22:48.502-07:002020-05-10T09:22:48.502-07:00I don't do day celebrations but that apple pie...I don't do day celebrations but that apple pie one does catch my eye :)Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-74269451883131065842020-05-10T07:47:34.532-07:002020-05-10T07:47:34.532-07:00Oh how I wish every day was Decency day. Also I mi...Oh how I wish every day was Decency day. Also I miss Ogden Nash. He was the master of humorous poetry.Think I will go Google him. Thanks. Enjoy this Mother's Day and all the lovely memories it brings to mind. I plan to think of those dear times I had with my Mother, step-mom, grandmother and really cool mother-in-law. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-69922975986149030192020-05-10T07:17:24.289-07:002020-05-10T07:17:24.289-07:00I like all of these! I especially like National Lo...I like all of these! I especially like National Love A Tree Day, which reminds me of my father, who was a devoted lover of trees and passed that on to me. I am also going to make sure to honour National Decency Day as a counterbalance to the rampant incivility and boorishness emanating from the White House.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-73846514149878915652020-05-10T06:43:02.191-07:002020-05-10T06:43:02.191-07:00No, I don't. I am an orphan and all my mother...No, I don't. I am an orphan and all my mother figures have gone as has my wife leaving me as a widower. Today I got enough messages from well wishers remembering my late wife who was quite a mother figure for many young lads. Enough to get me to indulge in some Indian sweets and icecream for lunch.Ramana Rajgopaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595611334904650281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-83442897626010362022020-05-10T04:10:53.225-07:002020-05-10T04:10:53.225-07:00I like the idea of National Limerick Day. I always...I like the idea of National Limerick Day. I always enjoy a well-honed limerick. I love the Purple Cow, I hadn't come across that one before. One of my favourites is:<br />There was an old lady from Ryde<br />Who ate some green apples and died<br />The apples fermented inside the lamented<br />Made cider inside 'er insidenickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.com