YOU Light Up My Life! YOU are a Complete and Total Delight!

Ivan says:

I love our little blog ... and I just love that we're doing it together!

For anyone who may be watching or reading, or simply anyone who cares, I'd like to set the record straight ... we've known each other for over 46 years, since kindergarten actually! We were the cutest! Precious little Italian/Polish girl and cute little French-Canadian/Irish boy! Kindgergarten, 1959/1960; First Communion, Nov, 1961; Holy Confirmation, May, 1966 (yes, I remember Geraldine); first cigarette, summer of '66; hanging out down at "The Flats", all the time; "Truth, Dare, Consequences, Private or Repeat", a regular diversion down at "The Flats"; "Sin One, Sin All", summer of '67; Bodo Reuter, Ron McDonald and Icky, 7th grade; first Slurpee, winter of '67; graduating 8th grade, June 1968, first liquor, spring of '69; first man to walk on the moon, July, 1969; Lorraine and Eddie, summer of '70 (and the infamous T-Bird); visiting Mr. & Mrs. Clericuzio at home in Cranbury, fall of '71; graduating high school (different schools), June, 1972; BINGO at St. Thomas High School in Edison, winter of '72/'73. That's a lot of history, and it's only the beginning!

But the real point of the story is: even to this day, you continue to surprise and amaze me. I've asked it before in this column and I'll ask it again ... how the hell does it come to pass that we have so much in common? Is it all the time we spent together during our formative years? Is it because we're the same age or from the same generation (Baby Boomers are THE BOMB!)? Is it because we grew up in Central New Jersey in the 60s/70s?

I'm going on and on because you've dropped yet another bomb! "The Thorn Birds". Aside from the obvious onscreen attraction in the form of the beautiful Richard Chamberlain, and aside from the 8 hour miniseries being one of my all time favorite films, "The Thorns Birds" is one of my all time favorite books (popular literature) ... it is in the top 3 or 4. Right up there with "Lonesome Dove", "The Fountainhead", and "The Stand". Of course, in the classical genre, there's nothing to compare to "Les Misérables" ... a definite must read. And then there's my favorite current book, "The DaVinci Code" -- I've twice taken the plunge in that book, the only time I've ever done that! But, I'm rambling -- as I'm prone to do.

It is just so amazing that you love "The Thorn Birds". Believe it or not, I purchased the VHS version when it was first released many years ago (decades before DVDs were even contemplated), and I watch it every so often.

Looking forward with great anticipation to your next post ... which I'm sure will be nothing short of Delightful, Delicious, Decisive, Dazzling, Dizzying, Divine, Delectable, Diverting, Distinguished, Distinctive and Downright De-lovely!