Today’s prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “page.” Use it as a noun or a verb. Have fun!
So many thoughts flittering around my head like the wind blowing the pages off the calendar in an old movie to show time going by faster and faster. STOP! Time is going by too fast already without that scene.
Remember when we used to read the newspaper? I guess some people still do. Back then, the funny pages were the best, especially on Sundays when they were in color. The front page had the “big” headlines. I’d read those before going to the comics. Like today, the headlines that get the most attention, up front and in your face, or your home page maybe, those are usually bad news. Controversy and conflict that the mainstream media thinks we want. Not to get on my soapbox, but you had to look for the good news and still do.
In small towns or small papers, they would publish things about who visited who or who was in town. I have a clipping one of my aunts saved and mailed from the paper in Green Bay about my dad. I’m sure it was not on the front page. I’m going to go find it.
I confess that I broke the rules by editing out the first couple of lines for privacy/security purposes. I had forgotten that my dad served as an orderly for the admiral on the USS Macon. That was before I was born and in the early part of his 20-year career as a USMC. Maybe my dad offered an element of security in addition to the orderly part since he was pretty tough and 6’2.
Going back to the funny pages, there used to be an expression, “I’ll see you in the funny papers.” Funny papers. Rolling papers. Hmmm. Paperwork sucks. I’m glad I don’t have much to do like I used to. What did pages do in medieval times? I’m surprised I spelled that right. I think I’d rather be a scribe. But maybe I don’t want to live back then. Did they even have toilet paper? Maybe I’m right where I’m supposed to be in time. Trust the Timing.
The last page in my story has a quote from this song:
So, what headline do you want to see on the front page?
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February 5, 2022 at 7:45 am
It’s interesting to find old pages, especially when our family members are mentioned. Like you, I don’t miss pages and pages of paperwork.
February 5, 2022 at 8:49 am
Our minds went in a similar direction this morning. I have a ‘Newspapers’ account for my genealogy research. Sometimes I look up articles for friends about their family. Things they may never have known. I have learned so much about my family that way.
February 5, 2022 at 8:15 pm
I keep thinking about doing genealogy research to supplement my abundance of photos. If you have a link for the “Newspapers” account, I’d be interested in taking a look at it if it’s not complicated.
February 6, 2022 at 8:03 am
Here is the link but I am not sure what you can do without an account. They do offer discounts from time to time. I would be happy to look someone up for you.
https://www.newspapers.com/
February 6, 2022 at 9:07 pm
Thank you! I’ll keep that in mind.
February 5, 2022 at 10:55 am
Nice post interesting to read about your Dad 💜
February 5, 2022 at 8:25 pm
Thank you! My dad keeps coming up in my SoC. Glad you enjoyed it.
February 6, 2022 at 4:01 am
Oh! I did I love a little social history 😃
February 6, 2022 at 9:04 pm
🙂
February 5, 2022 at 11:29 am
Your dad looks very handsome in this photo.
February 5, 2022 at 8:38 pm
He was a handsome guy. Sometimes Tom Hanks reminds me of him when he was younger. James Garner. when he was older.
February 5, 2022 at 12:54 pm
A wonderful ramble in your mind. Thanks for inviting us along.
February 5, 2022 at 8:40 pm
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed my ramble, Susan.
February 5, 2022 at 1:03 pm
Mom used to read the paper very morning. She’d start with the obituaries, just to make sure she wasn’t one of them. One day, Dad’s aunt Genevieve was one of them, and Mom said she was taking the rest of the day off…
February 5, 2022 at 8:54 pm
Well, that’s a good reason to read the obituaries first – to get it over with and plan the day.
February 5, 2022 at 1:16 pm
Nice imagery with the pages turning on the calendar. The photo and post about your father are great to have. I read at least one newspaper online every morning. Sometimes if there’s too much bad news I skim past it.
February 5, 2022 at 9:08 pm
Online news does make it easier to skim and skip to what we’re interested in, like the old newspapers. Glad you liked the calendar imagery which just popped up.
February 5, 2022 at 1:50 pm
Love the newspaper clipping of your dad’s unexpected visit home 🙂 Happy the day when we can see front page news of we the people working together to tackle our climate and ecological crises!
February 5, 2022 at 9:11 pm
If we made working together to tackle climate and ecological crises a priority, we would have much better chances of success. What a wonderful headline that would be! I like your vision! 😉
February 7, 2022 at 1:42 pm
🙂
February 5, 2022 at 1:57 pm
I’ve always felt newspapers were filled with more bad news than good. I totally agree that we are where we are supposed to be
February 5, 2022 at 9:12 pm
They sure did put the bad news up front and in big letters. We still have to hunt for the good stuff. Here’s to being here. 🙂
February 5, 2022 at 4:28 pm
“see you in the funny papers” – A long time since I thought of that. Your dad was a very handsome man.
February 5, 2022 at 9:26 pm
The older I get, the more I realize how handsome my dad was, and how courageous. Thanks for confirming this. See you in the funny papers! 🙂
February 5, 2022 at 10:40 pm
Look for me on February 30, eight am. 😀
February 5, 2022 at 11:51 pm
Thanks for the heads up! Wait a minute! Ha Ha! Feb. 30.
February 5, 2022 at 7:01 pm
Very nice article about your dad. There is something about those small town papers. The place my dad hailed from had the Mouton eagle. They would publish the school lunch menu each week and announce things like “Teresa Ann turned 7 and had a birthday party …” real homey type stuff.
February 5, 2022 at 10:05 pm
Thanks for those examples, Once upon a time, I thought that stuff was boring. Now they give me a warm cozy feeling.
February 6, 2022 at 1:47 pm
Your have a nice blog, congratulations dear JoAnna
February 6, 2022 at 9:38 pm
Thank you very much!
February 7, 2022 at 4:47 am
Welcome dear friend JoAnna 🌹