Saturday9.

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Adam Levine asks, "If I showed you my flaws, would you still love me the same?" Nobody is perfect. What little flaw do you have that you imagine makes you hard to live with?  I get mad at myself and go ballistic from  time to time over it.  Less since I'm older and pretty much don't have a Train Schedule life mentality...   

2) Adam sings along with R. City, a hip-hop duo from Saint Thomas. The U.S. Virgin Islands are known for clean beaches, snorkeling and diving and palm trees. Does the idea of a sand-and-surf vacation appeal to you?  I live close enough to the ocean to be there in as little as 25 minutes.

3) R. City are brothers Theron and Timothy Thomas. As kids they took both music and dance lessons. Would you rather sing or dance? I'd like to sing and to dance.  There is no rather.  I've done both nearly my whole life except now at 83, I would screech a lot and probably trip over the edge of the rug or some such. 

4) When they were still in their teens, the Thomas brothers left the Virgin Islands to find success in the Miami music scene. Instead of working in a recording studio, they made ends meet with jobs in retail – Theron at Kroger Grocery and Timothy at Party City. What's the most recent thing you bought at the store? (Items delivered to your door don't count.) Did you pay by cash or card?  Card.

5) They eventually found success as deejays on the Miami party circuit, but it's not what they wanted to do. The Thomas brothers realized they wanted to make their own music, not play someone else's. So after a few years they headed back to Saint Thomas, wiser and more focused. Did you ever reassess your career path? Did I ever.... Several times actually.  I was going to go back to Uni after the older girls -born a year and a day apart - were in school full time.  I knew we'd need my paycheck for that..... so that we would have the readies for college for them.  And, that's when I got slapped in the face with an unplanned pregnancy that turned out to be TWINS.  I gave up planning and just put the roller skates on.  God did NOT want me to be anything besides a mom, and possibly a very good cook and pastry chef. A compliment that our eldest gave me, much later in life.

6) The inspiration for "Locked Away" is their parents. Their dad lost everything due to drugs, got clean, and worked long hours at menial jobs as he struggled to get back on his feet. Their mother stayed by his side through it all. After more than 40 years, they are still together today. What song reminds you of your parents?  There isn't one, unless you mean a symphony.  Gotterdammerung?  My dad was a total ass.

7) Adam Levine soloed on "Locked Away." He's better known as the lead singer of Maroon 5 and for 16 seasons (including this one) on The Voice. Do you watch The Voice? No, but I've seen a few of them on YouTube.

8) In 2015, when this song was popular, chef Gordon Ramsay's daughter Matilda, then just 14 years old, got her own cooking show in the UK. What were you up to when you were 14? I was just trying to survive.  And get straight A's. Just try growing up in California with a French surname that everyone thinks says you are a Mestizo. 

Add "transfer student" to your repertoire of sins, and there were no scholarships for such an entity.  You basically were privileged to have been allowed to be in the same classroom with "The Chosen". 

9) Random question: Do you pronounce "caramel" as two syllables or three ("car-mel" vs. "care-a-mel)? I learned French right along with English so Care-a-mel is the way I pronounce it. My dad and I spoke french with each other.  Were my kindergarten teachers ever surprised. 

Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!

 

Meh! This is a touchie feeliie post… is today not Sunday?

 Well dang!  But it is FRIDAY THE 13th!  

Here’s the scare(s) for the day! 

And the US under trump is catching up to Russia!

Three on Thor’s Day.

 1.  This is Thor's Day.  Rejoice in it and be MAD! 😠

2..  I’m fighting off the HEEBEE GEEBEES  this week. But I have started knitting knitting knitting 🧶 the short fingered gloves 🧤 again in order to gain some brownie points which will lead to a feeling of worth and sanity. 

3. I hate Thanksgiving because …as an old lady, 👵🏻 Ive developed my own personal version of Sssssundowners!!!  

Wordless Wednesday…..shhhhh

What's happening in the Netherlands?

How America is falling behind the top tier in the Astronomical Space Race.

We lose another advanced Astronomer/researcher to Europe, that's how. 

"She watched the moon march across the sun, leaving just a sliver of orange in the sky. The temperature dropped. Light drained from the water. The crowd went silent. She waited as the Earth kept turning and the moon continued its course until light flooded back across the beach. "

HERE is the link to the Story in the New York Times.

The rotten way we deport even people we should keep!

This link is to a New York Times article about how the Trump administration deports them, and where…

 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/world/africa/trump-deportations-court-orders-refoulement.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

I’m pretty sick of how Trump’s newest version of “The Ugly American” drama has played out.  Cruelty is the point.  

Saturday9: One Less Pair of Footsteps: Jim Croche.

 

Set of Footsteps (1973)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) Jim Croce sings that "tomorrow is a dream away." What are you dreaming about today?

A. World Peace. of Course. I thought we'd have figured it all out by now, but alas.  There's always someone who wants more then their share, isn't there?  The Villains ALWAYS want Everyone else's "STUFF".   

2) He promises that his lover will soon hear one less voice a-talking. Who is the most recent person you spoke to? (Texts, e-mails and IMs don't count.)

A. My one and only.  

3) He admits that he and his lover have run out of things to say to one another anyway. Let's turn that around: Is there someone in your life with whom the conversation always flows freely?

A. My hubby.  But there is a lot of others, too.  Though I am quite shy, there are a lot of people to whom I can talk without reserve.  And of course, some others that I guard every word with.

4) He mentions the jeans hanging upon her door. Do you often wear blue jeans? 

A. Not any more.  I used to wear them constantly.  It's something I miss about being tall enough to not have to re-invent a pair of Levis. 

5) As a high school student, Jim Croce was not especially interested in music. During those years he concentrated on foreign languages, especially German. Say something to us in German.

A. "Mein Gott!." and the ever popular, "Ich spreche nur ein bisschen Deutsch".  It solves everything. lol

6) His focus changed when he got to college. That's when he joined a choral group that was chosen for a foreign exchange tour of Africa and the Middle East. When did you first travel far from home? Where did you go?   

Home, to me. was my grandparent's house in Ohio.  So I was almost 3 years old, when my parents brought me back to California, where they had been living when World War II started for the U.S.A. and my Dad was called up.  

I've never lived anywhere but California after that. I turned three years old just before Christmas that year. I remember standing up in my crib, and seeing the magical way my mother had decorated the tiny store front that they managed to find for us to live in. Mother did it ALL with cotton wadding and soap and a couple of strings of Colored lights that Grandma had sent with her.  Mom was an Amazing artist. Very Creative.

7) In 1973, when this song was popular, Norman Mailer was atop the best seller lists with his controversial biography of Marilyn Monroe. When you curl up with a book, is it more likely to be fiction or non-fiction? 

Non-fiction, although I do love mysteries.  

8) Home calculators were innovative in 1973. You could choose a large desktop calculator that featured big keys and plugs into the wall, or a hand-held, battery-operated model. Today every cellphone and laptop has a calculator built in, so do you ever still reach for a stand-alone calculator? 

I have one, and I like it very much.  It's one that is charged by the sunlight.  I used it at shows and sales. I just thought about taking a picture of it with my cell phone but I'm just too lazy to get up and do that!  

9) Random question: Here's $100. What will you spend it on?  

I would buy a PUPPY!  One of the small breeds like a toy fox terrier or a mini pin, or one of the OTHER tiny toy breeds, poodle or terrier.  

I realllllly want a little beating heart to listen to as it's owner sleeps in my lap.

Thank you so much, Sam, for this fun Saturday MEME!  

 

Sam’s Saturday9 … Locked away.

 

Locked Away

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions!

Saturday 9: Locked Away (2015)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Adam Levine asks, "If I showed you my flaws, would you still love me the same?" Nobody is perfect. What little flaw do you have that you imagine makes you hard to live with?

Flaws?  I have some Mighty Claws?  hehe  it just rhymes. I am flawless except I do fib a lot. It's not a flaw, in me, it's been raised to a Feature.... 

2) Adam sings along with R. City, a hip-hop duo from Saint Thomas. The U.S. Virgin Islands are known for clean beaches, snorkeling and diving and palm trees. Does the idea of a sand-and-surf vacation appeal to you?  Sure I can.  I live 20 minutes from the beach. I don't even have to leave my city. 

3) R. City are brothers Theron and Timothy Thomas. As kids they took both music and dance lessons. Would you rather sing or dance?  Can't sing anymore.  So, I'll dance. 

4) When they were still in their teens, the Thomas brothers left the Virgin Islands to find success in the Miami music scene. Instead of working in a recording studio, they made ends meet with jobs in retail – Theron at Kroger Grocery and Timothy at Party City. What's the most recent thing you bought at the store? (Items delivered to your door don't count.) Did you pay by cash or card?  I just can't remember as it's been at least five years since I've even been in a store.  Shopping never was a big thing for me except with my sister. Once she became so ill, there wasn't any point anymore.

5) They eventually found success as deejays on the Miami party circuit, but it's not what they wanted to do. The Thomas brothers realized they wanted to make their own music, not play someone else's. So after a few years they headed back to Saint Thomas, wiser and more focused. Did you ever reassess your career path?  Well, I never had a career path except wanting to be a Geologist and a graduate of UCLA.  That was pretty well quashed because the male parental unit was a loser.  I still ended up with a great life, degree or not, because hubby and I spent a great many years as Rock hounds. Got a LOT of digging done.  

6) The inspiration for "Locked Away" is their parents. Their dad lost everything due to drugs, got clean, and worked long hours at menial jobs as he struggled to get back on his feet. Their mother stayed by his side through it all. After more than 40 years, they are still together today. What song reminds you of your parents?  Sorry, nothing leapt to mind on this one. 

7) Adam Levine soloed on "Locked Away." He's better known as the lead singer of Maroon 5 and for 16 seasons (including this one) on The Voice. Do you watch The Voice?  Nope.  But, I used to sing along with Casey Kasem's Top Ten.  I'm just not a TV person.

8) In 2015, when this song was popular, chef Gordon Ramsay's daughter Matilda, then just 14 years old, got her own cooking show in the UK. What were you up to when you were 14?  "Stayin' Alive".  It's a song but the title fit's the question of what I was up to at 14. 

9) Random question: Do you pronounce "caramel" as two syllables or three ("car-mel" vs. "care-a-mel)?  Three.... Care-a-mel.  I think that it's because it's from French...and from Latin. 

Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!