Sam’s Saturday 9: Winter Wonderland (1968)
On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
Welcome to the last Saturday 9 of 2018! Thanks for a great year, everyone.
1) This is an unconventional take on an old familiar song. Over the holidays, do you prefer traditional carols? Or do you like to mix it up with more contemporary fare?
I prefer the old classics Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, and all the other singers from that era.
2) Now that Christmas is behind us, are you enjoying a relaxing week? Or do you have socializing/celebrating/chores to do?
I am having an early evening movie party on New Year’s Eve I am showing Loving Vincent which I saw in a movie theater Thursday and I wanted to see it again.
3) Winter is a time for cocooning. What book or movie did you enjoy in 2018 that you would recommend to your fellow Saturday 9-ers?
Oh that’s a hard one… how about Hope Springs with Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones
4) Looking back on the past year, what was one of your happiest moments?
When I bought the cottage on Cape Cod
5) What was the smartest thing you did all this past year?
Buying the cottage on Cape Cod
6) As 2018 comes to a close, what are you most grateful for?
Still being above ground.
7) This week's featured artist is Herb Alpert. Because of the style he popularized and the name of his band, people assume he's Hispanic. Yet his parents were Jewish immigrants from Romania. What's something we'd be surprised to learn about you?
Family rumor is that we are related to Benedict Arnold.
8) He performed an instrumental version of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXII. How did your favorite sports teams do in 2018?
Um… I don’t have one.
9) Random question: When did you last check your social media feed?
Um… while I was writing this.
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!
On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
Welcome to the last Saturday 9 of 2018! Thanks for a great year, everyone.
1) This is an unconventional take on an old familiar song. Over the holidays, do you prefer traditional carols? Or do you like to mix it up with more contemporary fare?
I prefer the old classics Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, and all the other singers from that era.
2) Now that Christmas is behind us, are you enjoying a relaxing week? Or do you have socializing/celebrating/chores to do?
I am having an early evening movie party on New Year’s Eve I am showing Loving Vincent which I saw in a movie theater Thursday and I wanted to see it again.
3) Winter is a time for cocooning. What book or movie did you enjoy in 2018 that you would recommend to your fellow Saturday 9-ers?
Oh that’s a hard one… how about Hope Springs with Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones
4) Looking back on the past year, what was one of your happiest moments?
When I bought the cottage on Cape Cod
5) What was the smartest thing you did all this past year?
Buying the cottage on Cape Cod
6) As 2018 comes to a close, what are you most grateful for?
Still being above ground.
7) This week's featured artist is Herb Alpert. Because of the style he popularized and the name of his band, people assume he's Hispanic. Yet his parents were Jewish immigrants from Romania. What's something we'd be surprised to learn about you?
Family rumor is that we are related to Benedict Arnold.
8) He performed an instrumental version of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXII. How did your favorite sports teams do in 2018?
Um… I don’t have one.
9) Random question: When did you last check your social media feed?
Um… while I was writing this.
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!
Is your family interested in proving (or disproving) the Benedict Arnold connection? Or is everyone content to leave it as a colorful family tale?
ReplyDeleteI think everyone is leaving it as a "colorful family tale."
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should contact PBS show "Finding Your Roots"
Benedict Arnold has such a fascinating story! I hope you'll be posting pictures from your cottage on the Cape!
ReplyDeleteHi Diana! How exciting about your cottage. I am new kind of, so I did not realize you were at a new place! That is awesome! It sounds awesome! Happy New Year! I loved your answers!
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Sad, but I'd be willing to bet that the younger generation doesn't even know who Benedict Arnold was. :(
ReplyDeleteA cottage on Cape Cod sounds amazing. I was there a few times but, long ago.
ReplyDeleteBeing related to Benedict Arnold beats the preacher with the whore house, I think. :-) Hope you have a great new year. Best to you in 2019.
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