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@skredder It does sound interesting, and I’d love to read it once you figure everything out and get it finished! 🙂

@sam-kowal Yes, Ginger was talented in many areas.  She was an especially good comedienne.

You know so much about classic film stars – do you watch classic movies much?

@skredder I’m sure you’ll be able to do it without copying.  Something I was thinking about was the fact that the Vikings captured people from several other nations besides Ireland.  I read a G.A. Henty book about that, called The Dragon and the Raven.  It was very interesting, and dealt with the Vikings and their culture, but the hero was Bri…[Read more]

@mnvalentine Hi!  No accent – haha!  I’m from the mid-east coast, so I also have no accent. 🙂  However, if you go a little north or a little south of where I live you get very strong accents.  It’s funny that the two opposite sides of the country should have the same lack of accent while there are hundreds of accents between.

Of course, the Bri…[Read more]

@notawriter Well, I was kind of thinking along the lines of, A poem is a piece of writing, usually defined as something with rhyme and rhythm.  Poetry has a much broader meaning, which includes something beautiful and elegant which appeals to the higher senses.  My poems certainly do not do that! 🙂  So yes, technically you can’t say there’s a di…[Read more]

@radically-surrendered Does that mean you like musicals? 🙂

What 50s singers do you like?  A few of my favorites are Gordon MacRae, Jo Stafford, and Doris Day.  Favorite dancers are Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, and Gene Nelson.

@mariposa Um, it kind of depends on what genre you like…

You’ve got mostly Westerns and Sit-Coms/Family-Comedies in your list.  Roy Rogers is definitely my favorite western star.  Almost anything by him is good.  But you’ve probably seen him already.  Another thing I like about him is that later he and Dale Evans became Christians and would alw…[Read more]

Yes! It did work.  So, I think you should be able to read the poems by clicking on the link.

Note please, these are not poetry, they’re poems.  There’s a difference.  🙂

@daeus @dekreel @skredder @jenwriter17 @anyone-else-who-reads-this

Thanks @jane-maree, your friend’s work is really cool.  I do think, however, that her style is more suited to a novel than a children’s book. (My opinion only, of course!)  At least, it isn’t exactly the style I’m looking for.

Thank you for taking the time to answer, though.

@radically-surrendered Yes! 1950’s style is definitely gorgeous.

Does it ever annoy you that when people think of the 50’s they automatically go, “Poodle skirts, saddle shoes, cat-eye glasses, and ponytails,” without any regard for the fact that that was only ONE of the many styles of the time? Ugh! 🙂

@sam-kowal That was Ginger Rogers, all right.  🙂  Actually, at the beginning of their career Fred Astaire said something like “Ginger couldn’t dance, but she was such a great actress she made you believe she could.”  That has to be taken with a grain of salt, of course, considering the fact that his previous dancing partner was his sister who he…[Read more]

@mariposa I have seen a little bit of Wagon Train, My Three Sons, and Leave it to Beaver.  I like Ozzie and Harriet, and especially The Donna Reed Show.  I have heard of several of the others, but never seen them.  I guess now I’ll have to look them up! 🙂 Sea Hunt especially looks interesting.

I just remembered another sit-com I like a lot is L…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 My cousin plays ice hockey, so I know a little bit about that. 🙂

There are sixteen people in my family, (including my grandmother, who lives with us).  We do all those things you mentioned. 🙂 We have a HUGE collection of board games.

Another thing we do is we go to a lot of classical music concerts.  And we go to Christian and h…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 It has been several years since I played on a team, but when I did I played right offence.  Now, all I play is backyard soccer.  We do have two nets, but they are only about five feet tall, and the boys complain because they’re always getting “field goals”. 🙂  In the back yard, I still usually play offence, but we switch positions pr…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 No, I don’t follow soccer at all.  The most I have seen is a couple of games on random TVs in restaurants. 🙂  Is there a reason you follow that particular club?  You said you don’t live in England, so why would you choose an English club to follow?  I know the US isn’t known for soccer, but I’ve heard that South American teams are…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 Actually, I play soccer, but don’t watch it!  🙂 haha, opposite.  My family follows college basketball and football.

The Dick Van Dyke Show is hilarious.  I love Robin Hood, but I have never seen that show.  I will have to look it up.  Have you ever seen It Takes a Thief with Robert Wagner?  It’s a sort of spy drama/comedy show fr…[Read more]