Saturday 9: If You Are Reading This .... Plus an update on Wolfie...

If You're Reading This

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 memes, however, and here is today's meme!

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Saturday 9: If You're Reading This (2007)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it HERE  (Sam, this is such a beautiful ballad)  

Memorial Day is the federal holiday designated to honor American service people who died in battle. 

1) Memorial Day was introduced after the Civil War. War memorials, as well as graves of veterans, are to be decorated with flags and flowers this weekend in a show appreciation. Is there a war memorial in your neighborhood?  Not in my neighborhood.  (wow, that sounds sort of bad, yes?)  The War memorial building in our town is in Balboa Park.  It's fairly large and sits in a grassy place with trees, so it's relatively peaceful there.  

2) Here at Saturday 9, we regard everyone who served -- veterans and active military -- as heroes. Have you, or has anyone in your family, worn the uniform of our armed forces? We want to hear about them.  My brother, my dad and nearly all of my uncles and cousins on both sides of the family have served.  My Dad and one of his brothers were in the D-Day invasion, and my brother nearly was in, and several of my male cousins were in, Viet Nam. I wanted to join the air force, like my Uncle Joe.  I took their tests and aced it, but the guys giving the test said that women could never fly the jet fighters.  Guess what?  They were dead wrong.  GIRL POWER!  But it did take a couple more decades. We were too short, they said. But they were training Vietnamese pilots and they were shorter than I was!  Such Cheek!

3) Similarly, we're grateful to those who served on the front lines during the Covid 19 pandemic. Tell us about anyone you know who was an essential worker, a first responder or administered vaccines. They deserve a shout out, too!  My neighbor's daughter, who used to be our baby sitter, and works in a hospital.  One of our daughters, who is an essential worker had to work without protection for ages before she and her co-workers were finally moved up to get their shots.

4) Memorial Day is the traditional kick off of the summer season. Have you packed away your winter clothes yet?  I live in California.  We don't pack away anything.  We think it's FREEZING if it's only 65 outside. 

5) What's your favorite picnic food? That would be potato salad made from my maternal Grandma's recipe.

6) As you answer these questions, is there a fan or an air conditioner cooling your room? No, and that is because it's May and the so called "June Gloom" has arrived to keep it cooler. We are very grateful. 

7) This week's song is about a heartbreaking situation. The lyrics are a letter from a soldier to his family, which was only to be sent in the event of his death. What's the saddest song you have ever heard?  Saddest?  Well, there are a ton of them but I'll pick this one.....  "In the Arms of the Angel"  This one always makes me cry.  If I didn't want the Bag Piper to play Amazing Grace at my funeral, I'd have someone sing this one. 

8) This week's featured artist, Tim McGraw, has a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. It's near those honoring William Shatner and Julie Andrews. If you could have lunch with one of those luminaries -- Tim McGraw, William Shatner or Julie Andrews -- which would you choose?  Julie Andrews because she had a career in Singing and movies, and that would be the coolest thing to talk about.  

9) Random Question: Think of the last thing you bought. Was it a wise purchase?  Oh yes.  It was some more double points for my knitting.  It was a very wise decision.

Wolfie UPDATE:

He's a small boi.  I have small hands.

Wolfie is on the mend: no C and no dreaded Fungi.  He does have a couple of mean little bacterials up his wee nose, and that will be dealt with with an antibiotic once a day for a month.   I can't tell you just how over the moon we are about the findings.

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!