Saturday 9 ... AND a Winner!

Welcome back to Saturday 9!

But first!
As promised, we held a drawing yesterday eve

and the winner is ...

at Buttercup Counts her Blessings

I'll have Sean's book in the mail to you early next week!






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This week, Crazy Sam's chosen Connie Francis' iconic Everybody is Somebody's Fool (1960). Listen here if you'd like.

Personal aside: I loved everything about that era and, in fact, wish I'd been born a few years earlier so I might, too, wear poodle skirts and bobby sox.

OK then!  Sam asks ...

Next Wednesday is April Fool's Day. Do you have any pranks planned? Do you expect to fall victim to any April Fool's Day mischief?

Hey, I like to laugh as much as the next person. But given present circumstances, I think pranks are in poor taste.

When she was a kid, Crazy Sam would fool her mom by putting bubble wrap under the bath mat so there would be a POP! when her mother stepped on it. When you encounter bubble wrap, do you always indulge in a pop or two?

Not sure why, but I was never drawn to do that.

While we're using this song to celebrate April Fool's Day, it was written about another subject entirely: heartbreak. The lyrics tell us that at some point, we each get our hearts broken by someone who doesn't love us as much as we love them. Do you think that's true?

Oh ya! Definitely.

In 1962, this week's featured Connie Francis published a book aimed at teens called, "For Every Young Heart." It addressed topics like going steady and schoolwork vs. social life. Do you ever read advice columns or self-help books?

While growing up, 'Dear Abby' was a daily read. Even after I moved away, my mother would sometimes clip a column and mail to me.

Self-help books, not so much.

Oh wait. I suppose those which the ladies chose to accompany our recent Bible studies might be considered self-help.

She's Still There (Rescuing the Girl in You), and

Made to Crave (Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, not Food.)

Connie Francis can play the accordion.  Sam has never met anyone adept at this complicated instrument -- not even in her high school band. What about you? Do you play the accordion, or do you know anyone who can?

My hubby did, like 100 years ago.

In 1960, when this record was popular, Harper Lee's classic To Kill a Mockingbird was published. Have you read it?

Sadly, I have not.

Also in 1960, one of Life magazine's best-selling issues had Sophia Loren on the cover.  At that time, she was an international film star and considered one of the world's most beautiful women.  Who do you consider one of the 2020's most beautiful women?

Melania Trump

A 1960 issue of Vogue acknowledged how expensive it had become to maintain a fashionable wardrobe and asked, "If you were to buy only one thing, what would it be?"  If it's good enough for Vogue, it's good enough for Saturday 9: If you could purchase only one new article of clothing for spring 2020, what would you buy?

I don't need anything, but.

I'd like to find a long-sleeve cotton blouse with tight cuffs.  Given our unusually warm temps, the mosquitos are having a field day on my arms. Call me paranoid, but if they can transmit malaria, might they also be carriers for THE virus?

Random question: When someone makes you really angry, are you more likely to respond with stony silence or a big noise?

Silence speaks volumes. 

T-t-that's all, friends!

Stay safe!

Hugs, Myra