Coulda Woulda Shoulda

When we were driving in Western Australia from Perth to wine country Margaret River, an old song came on an immediately punched me back to high school. Many of your will remember Sunscreen , the speech given by Mary Schimch to a group of graduates. I began reciting the words, surprising myself how I knew them off by heart and also amazed at the difference at what the words now meant to me, 15 years on. We were driving through a beautiful part of the country, just about 6 weeks into our glorious journey, and this song was now becoming part of much more than my old school memories. And I also felt happy. Because I had had so many dreams and plans when I used to listen to that song. And here I was, living them out more wildly that my dreams could ever have imagined. I happen to be cat sitting today and was reminded of the song - it was posted up in a room in the house. Although the entire song makes me feel reflective, I really like this one part: "Be careful whose advice you buy, bu...

Does anyone else remember this bizarre children's gift that appeared in the 80s? I've recently been trying to get back on the fitness wagon and for some reason, the commerical theme song will not get out of my head. "Get in Shape Girl, it's so appealing, Get in Shape Girl, you know the feeling!" Looking back as an adult, how strange is it that this was a young girl's gift. "Here's some equipment!" "Look at all the skinny girls in the posters!" "With matching headbands!" "And leggings!" "AND LEG WARMERS!" "Surely, you want to look like them!" "You need to get in shape!" "You're not good enough the way you are!" I can just imagine my feminist's mother's face when I told her all I wanted for Christmas was a set of the Get in Shape barbells. Perhaps that's why I got so many books that year. To work out my brain instead.