Return Of The Powell Sisters (CR #802)

from left to right: Tweedeley, Deedely, & Dawn

MUTTS

By Request From Caryl Hobbes

Mr. Hobbes, the Chancellor of the Lewis Carroll School of Logic, has two cats. Their names are Euclid and Pythagoras.
He asked me to "give a page to Laura Nyro's Cat Song."

This one's for you, Caryl.

And for you, Euclid

And for you, Pythagoras.


LAURA NYRO
The Cat Song

I want to dedicate the stream of tears oozing from my eyes to Mr. Hobbes because Laura Nyro was the favorite singer of my sister, Linda Oliverio.

Linda used to put her brother to sleep by reciting the times table. If this chunky little girl is ten years old, then the year is 1954. I believe the pair of women on beach chairs includes my mother (on the right). It was a private beach and still is. It was a privileged existence and still is--for Linda and her mother's surviving brother.
God Bless The Child

I know that Laura Nyro recorded it but it hasn't been youTubed. So the link will get you the composer who goes by the name of Billie Holiday.
I was trolling for Laura but could only find Billie.
That is like looking for silver but having to settle for gold.
It is, indeed, a privileged existence.

This is like looking for air and having to settle for The Wind
Which is, indeed, a Laura Nyro song.

Oh Wama Wiki!!!!

I reproduce verbatim

But I want to puke because nowhere
on this wiki page for MAMMA MIA!
Does it mention The Golden Spur
A novel by Dawn Powell, written when
the Abbas were barely born.

If the novel were a pair of shoes,
Think only of the left shoe.

It is as if years later,
Catherine Johnson & ABBA
wore the other shoe
and took full credit for
designing the full footwear.

Mamma Mia! is a stage musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. The title of the musical is taken from the group's 1975 chart-topper "Mamma Mia". Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, who composed the original music for ABBA, were involved in the development of the show from the beginning. Anni-Frid Lyngstad has been involved financially in the production and she has also been present at many of the premieres around the world. The musical includes such hits as "Super Trouper", "Lay All Your Love On Me", "Dancing Queen", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Take A Chance On Me", "Thank You for the Music", "Money, Money, Money", "The Winner Takes It All", "Voulez Vous" and "SOS". Over 42 million people have seen the show, which has grossed $2 billion dollars worldwide since its 1999 debut. A film adaptation starring Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski and Julie Walters was released in July 2008.

The  Wiki page for MAMMA MIA

Is triple the length shown here.

But here is where I think New Yorkers prove
They are not really that smart.
The only "New Yorker" who would
Know about the POWELL factor
Works in New Jersey.
His name is Caryl Hobbes.

Just Post It

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Goodbye, Lucy PUGster

"Lucy died last night"

Michael Swoheld informed me this morning that Lucy passed away.
The pug led a very long and satisfying life.
She was born when Eisenhower was President. In dog years, she lived to be one thousand and one.

During the three weeks each year that Lucy stayed with "Uncle Paul" she used to tell me how difficult it was being a black dog in the Nineteen Fifties.

She reminded me that the fabled de-segregation case of 1954--Brown vs Board of Education occurred the same year that Willie Mays made the most spectacular catch in the history of the World Series.

"Juz looook at howl intograted the bleacher seats arrrrre,"
Lucy used to say, her canine accent was inimitable.