It’s all coming back to me now

If it's Wednesday, it's time for Joyce's Hodgepodge.

1. What keeps you blogging?


I blog for myself.  I've always kept a diary or a journal, now that function rests in my blog.  the fact that I get to share my thoughts, and have other people comment, is a bonus.

2. Some people like to travel in the winter months. Do you enjoy the beach in winter? According to Southern Living the best U.S. beach towns to visit this winter are-

St Simons Island (Georgia), Hilton Head (South Carolina), Bald Head Island (North Carolina), Seaside (Florida), Bay St. Louis (Mississippi), Cape San Blas (Florida), South Padre Island (Texas), Folly Beach (South Carolina), Chincoteague (Virginia), Duck Key (Florida), Nags Head (North Carolina), and Fairhope (Alabama)

Have you been to any of the towns listed (in any season)? Which on the list appeals to you most this winter? 

I've never been to any of the beaches you mention.  But I have been to some of Florida's nice beaches in the dead of winter.  It was a welcome respite from the snow and the cold.  I'd love to go back.

but I really want to go back to Sanibel Island.  I was there twice, in the early 1990's, and both times were disasterous. It seems like such a  great place.  I'd like to have a nice, pleasant, normal trip to the island.



 3. What's a song you're embarrassed to know all the lyrics to? Are you really embarrassed or do just think you should be?
"Don't Cry For Me, Argentina".  I listened to the Evita cast album over and over and over again.  Knowing the lyrics makes me a real Broadway geek, doesn't it?

Worse yet, I know all the lyrics to almost all of the songs in Cats.  I even named a cat Mr. Mistoffeles once.  How could I not?  He was quiet.  He was small.  He was black, from his ears to the tip of his tail...

4. When you were a kid what's something you thought would be fantastic as an adult, but now that you're an adult you realize it's not all that fantastic?
Shopping.  When I was a kid, the stores were filled with wondrous things, so many things I wanted to buy.  But alas, I didn't have a lot of money, had to ask my parents to buy things, and quite often the answer was "no".   i couldn't wait to grow up and have my own money, so that I could buy whatever I wanted.


No one told me about bills...rent, groceries, utilities, car payments, insurance ...

5. Share a quote you hope will inspire you in 2018.
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart. -- Anne Frank


 6. Insert your own random thought here.

Can't believe Janaury is more than half over!  Time is flying by this month.