Tea...and books!

Among my fondest childhood memories are the tea parties Karen and I used to have when we were little girls. We assumed names, of course...Karen was "Miss Snow," and I was "Miss Fondle." (Apparently, Jane FONDA had made an appearance on Sesame Street, and little pitchers are sometimes hard of hearing.)

So, anyway, tea with Miss Snow (and our crazy-haired dolls) was always delightful. So was tea with Mrs. Silver, the elderly lady next door, who would crank up her Victrola and share her Fig Newtons with me. What a peaceful, idyllic childhood!

***Years later, I bought some old Plymouth State College yearbooks that showed that Mrs. Silver had been an "old maid" secretary who married the college President-Emeritus, sometime between the publications of the 1947 and 1948 annuals, after years and years of faithful service. In her first photo as "Mrs. Gertrude Silver" instead of the usual "Miss Gertrude I. Shaw," she had a delightful little smile that hadn't ever before appeared in the Faculty Photos. ("Miss Snow" and I *treasure* this story!)

These days, I have tea with "Miss Bush" and our relatively-normally-haired coworkers, and the discussion *always* turns to books...and everyone knows books are more delicious than Fig Newtons.

I used to post my book reviews/notes/thoughts on another social networking site which eventually disabled that reviewing feature. It made me sad because it had served as a rather nice reading journal, one I could access from anywhere and share with family & friends. It's sorely missed...and so I'll try it one more time, here at "Tea with Miss Snow."

If Blogger ever goes away, Miss Fondle will have to break down and keep a paper diary...