I have zero pictures today. The sun shone zero times. I did zero laundry. However, I did gather eleven eggs and a nice basket of spinach. I worked on August's blanket which, at this pace, should be done before he gets his driver's license but not by much. I watched about three episodes of Call the Midwife.
Let me stop here. WHO THE HELL IS DOING THE MAKE-UP ON THAT SHOW?
I think it could be Donald Trump's make-up artist. Everyone has orange powder caked on their faces. Even the nuns. I'm sorry but English nuns should not have orange faces. Their faces should match their whatever-those-things-they-wear-on-their-heads are. You know- those white nun scarves. Especially nuns who are midwives because midwives spend a great deal of time indoors, waiting for babies to arrive.
Just my opinion.
I still love the show, though. They sure have covered a lot of ground on it throughout the years. Today's viewing included contraception for unmarried women, abortion, prostate cancer, Downs Syndrome, adoption, sex addiction and venereal diseases (those two went together), faith, fear, the Olympics, and probably a few other things.
I'll never forget the time I was watching and the doctor's son asked if he could go see the Rolling Stones play. This was jarring, but historically accurate as to time and place.
Those boys have been around a long, long time.
A lot of money.
Because they didn't die, would be the answer to that.
After two days of back pain and ping meals, pizza sounds exotic. I hope you both enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI hope you feel better soon! Back pain is the worst!
DeleteDebbie
We saw the Stones many, many years ago. I know it’s probably against the law, but we’re not their biggest fans. Second row, center. My husband had job connections and it was totally wasted on us. (I’m so sorry!) It was a nice night away from three small children, though. I could not believe how tiny Mick is! My thigh is bigger!
ReplyDeleteNegative temps tonight. The electric blanket is warming up, as i speak. I am so thankful for electric blankets! I worship the ground the inventor walks on!
Debbie
It's okay for you not to like the Stones. If you ever read Keith Richards' autobiography though, you might change your mind!
DeleteAll those boys are tiny. They were blitz babies- food was hard to come by.
OH LORD!! I want to make a grown man cry! That fixed me for the week. Jesus, they can not die EVER! How lucky I have been to be on the planet at the same time, how lucky to have seen them for real and taken my boy to a concert in Seattle. Blew his tiny little mind! Thanks , Mary!! perfect gift for the day.
ReplyDeleteYour greens so green! Delish!
I meant for the comment below to be in response to you, my Stones Sister.
Delete1. Even in 2006 they got bleeped twice.
ReplyDelete2. Guitar weaving between Keith and Ron.
3. Mick Jagger will never, ever not be the essence of sex.
4. Keith dipping down on a knee and rising up like it was nothing, like he was floating.
5. Charlie Watts, coolest man on the planet.
6. They are still alive.
Also- all of that from four men, born during the Blitz, quite literally.
Deleteour hearts are STONEs!
DeleteMy husband could have seen the Stones live at his college in Leicester in the 60s, but he thought the price of the tickets was a bit high. He has regretted it ever since!!
ReplyDeleteI saw the Beatles in the early 60s but all the others girls were screaming the whole time so it was " saw" rather than " heard" . I was very cross ! Also, my boyfriend at the time met a girl in the overnight queue for the tickets and dumped me not long after !She was called Catherine! Why do I remember that?
Were the tickets like ten dollars? That would have been high.
DeleteI had a friend who saw the Beatles. She was never the same after!
Who knows why we remember the things we do while forgetting what we had for supper last night? Jeez.
You groupie you! I think I'm just a little too young for the Stones - they were more my older brothers and sisters kinda thing, although they all went to see the Beatles in concert. While I'm not particularly a fan of the Stones, credit where credit is due, they've got more energy in their little fingers than I have in my whole body!
ReplyDeleteAs I said to Debbie above, reading Keith Richards' book "Life" might change your mind. It certainly did enlighten me and gave me a vastly larger and renewed interest in the band and especially, Keith. Turns out he's really very special in many ways. And honest as the day is long.
DeleteNever was a Stones fan ... couldn't understand a damned word they were singing ... and all that running around on tippy-toes on stage ... good drugs, honey! Good drugs!!
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how extremely tasty that pizza was!!!
I don't think the Stones are doing any drugs anymore. They did at first, of course. Keith most enthusiastically.
DeleteThe pizza was pretty good.
Boulder Colorado, university campus, Rolling Stones. We got tickets but only to stand on the floor not a seat in the stands. But soon, after Heart opened, damn that was nice too, the stands all emptied onto the floor where there was dancing and singing, etc. I made my way up the stands to the very right of the stage. Totally awesome. And then Keith and I had a moment. He locked eyes with me and then pointed his finger directly at me. Soul to soul. I've never forgotten that moment. I was a kid then, compared to now, so was he.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_American_Tour_1981
I saw them on that tour in New Orleans! I definitely did not have a Keith moment though. I sure wish I had. My husband had a moment like that with Bob Dylan though.
DeleteLucky you, Tom! What a memory.
Jeez you people in Florida harvesting things!!! I'm just starting to think about buying seeds and spreading compost.
ReplyDeleteI saw the Stones when I was 15 at the Syracuse War Memorial in 1965. They did "Little Red Rooster' and Mick shed his jacket and swung it around as he pranced on stage. It was so good, I thought I would swoon.
Sex, sex, sex. That's what they were. Still are if you're my age. Our age. They're something, aren't they?
DeleteBecause they didn't die. And because they know how to live! Bless 'em.
ReplyDeleteYes, m'am!
DeleteI saw the Rolling Stones play at a concert in Milwaukee Wisconsin at the Milwaukee Brewer's baseball park long, long ago. I was in the seats way, way, way up - out past center field and the Stones were tiny, tiny dots on stage far, far away! It was cool but we celebrated a bit too much before the concert, I think, because it is a bit of a blur... :)
ReplyDeleteOh dear. I've done that pre-concert celebration thing myself. It does happen, doesn't it? At least you can say you saw them.
Deletenever had the pleasure of seeing the Stones, though I am filled with fond memories of having seen Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead (not to mention BB King and Cat Stevens and Joan Baez). LOL! The Stones look (imo) better now, than EVER. And I know for a fact that your pizza was to die for!
ReplyDeleteSusan M
I've seen the Dead. Didn't ever see Zeppelin or Cat Stevens. Definitely saw Joan Baez and B.B. King at least four times. Plus a lot of other folks. I am lucky.
DeleteI think the Stones all look amazing! Keith, especially, has grown more beautiful with every year.
The pizza was damn good.