Monday, May 5, 2025

A Theme from a Summer Place

Photo by Laura Fuhrman on Unsplash


“A Theme from a Summer Place”

Playing on Alexa

Makes me remember

That gawky 14 year old girl

Slow dancing with a pillow:

Her future ahead of her,

Dreaming of the day when 

She would dance with her “love”.


I laugh: my “loves”  

Wouldn’t dance with me.

I wanted dips and twirls 

and they only gave me stiff legged two-steps.

They gave me so much, 

but not dancing. . .



Halfway through the song, 

I see him

Sitting in the corner of the sofa.

Why not dance with my best partner?

Like a commercial with a young dreamy-eyed 14-year-old

Fading into a world-weary widow, 

Seeking joy in the unknown tomorrow---

Dipping and twirling, 

We dance away: my pillow and me to 

“A Theme from a Summer Place”.

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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.