Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Americans will celebrate Labor Day this coming weekend. Do you know what we’re actually celebrating? (without consulting your friends Google or wikipedia, ahem) What’s a project you’re currently ‘laboring’ over?

I’ve always thought it was a day to celebrate the workers of our country. I hope that’s right. Although in modern times, it is now the weekend we celebrate the end of the summer. Most people have barbecues (cookouts) with family and friends. Many go to the beaches or the lakes or the mountains. Occasionally there are fireworks, but celebrations are the key!

2. Labor Day also signals the unofficial end of summer for most of us…what summer food will you miss the most? If you’re in the southern hemisphere feel free to substitute winter for summer.

The fresh sweet corn and the tomatoes. Our fresh corn months are usually late July and August. We may get a picking in September, but not for long.

3. A well known proverb states, ‘It’s easier to seek forgiveness than ask permission.’ Your thoughts?

Ha! I’m one of those people who asked for permission because I was always afraid of the consequences! The few times I just did what I wanted as a kid (and got caught), I was in real trouble!

4. Food critic, film critic, book critic, art critic….which hat would you most like to wear?

Food critic. I can usually judge a good meal, or item that has been prepared. I am rather an eclectic art connoisseur. I like different sorts of books, not the ones everyone else likes. I enjoy movies, but my favorites tend to be “chick flicks” and not deep dark or violent movies.

5. When you were a kid, who (besides your parents) was your favorite adult?

Oh that’s tough because I had a wonderful assortment of characters in my family! There was my Uncle George, who really was more like a father to me than my own was. He taught me how to swim and dive, how to bowl, and spent time watching tennis with me on PBS. His wife, jokingly referred to as “Uncle Betty”, who had a magnificent sense of humor! My Grandmother Honey, who was a safe port in many storms in my life and my Papa Fred, who showed me what love was all about. He was devoted to my grandmother, and loved his grand-kids and great grand-kids.

6. The astronaut, Neil Armstrong, passed away last week. He was regarded as a hero by many generations of people all around the world. Do we still have modern day heroes? What makes someone a hero?

Not so much on a National level. I think every man or woman serving in the military, especially on the front lines is a hero. The local police and firemen, too. Unfortunately, there is so much corruption in politics, and our national programs, that I do not see them as heroes at all.

7. I never get tired of holding my granddaughter in my arms! She is such a blessing to her parents and to her grand parents!

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I have no plans for this holidays weekend. Perhaps Hubby and I will just hang out and watch the US Open Tennis! You see Uncle George, where ever you are in Heaven, I’m still watching the tennis that you taught me to love!