A child of the Southwest and of the 50s -- a woman who knew me well once said, 'Yeah, the 1850s.' Generally culturally conservative and distrustful of new and improved innovative change. Very seldom overtly serious, but many a truth is spoke in jest and all of my truths are. Worked my way through UT when I was up in my 30s. If I'd, by some horrible miscalculation ended up in Bryan, I would've worked my way through that school over there. Have worked all over in printing and publishing. I've held a bunch of jobs and quit all of them but one. I am a journeyman printer and followed the trade and heard its dying gasps as it was throttled by technological change. I had a sponsored blog on a newspaper but quit the job.
Aw man, Mr. Loon, purple is COOL! Lily will tell you so.
Purple was my fave color as a kid, I had an awful pair of purple CORDUROY pants (it WAS the 70s, OK?) that I plumb wore the knees out of because it took all my mom could do to get me out of them just to wash them. So she thought she could throw them away when they got ragged. OH NO! Grandma and her seamstress self came along and put a few patches here, a few there, a little lace on the bottom because I had grown and the pants were too short, and VOILA! A (almost) new pair of purple pants.
Bless my mama, she gave up. Tell LilyJane I said, "YOU GO, GIRL!"
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You all are some brave folks!
This is funny!
Aw man, Mr. Loon, purple is COOL! Lily will tell you so.
Purple was my fave color as a kid, I had an awful pair of purple CORDUROY pants (it WAS the 70s, OK?) that I plumb wore the knees out of because it took all my mom could do to get me out of them just to wash them. So she thought she could throw them away when they got ragged. OH NO! Grandma and her seamstress self came along and put a few patches here, a few there, a little lace on the bottom because I had grown and the pants were too short, and VOILA! A (almost) new pair of purple pants.
Bless my mama, she gave up. Tell LilyJane I said, "YOU GO, GIRL!"
......and purple thoughts. That ain't all bad. Look how the little one's mom turned out. I rest my case.
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