Early September

 Astrological fall begins on September 1.

Years ago, I read a news article to the effect that September first rather than January first is the actual start of the "new year."

What changes December to January??? Essentially nothing! The same school year exists, winter weather, etc.

Whereas from August to September there is the new school year (a little earlier start than prior ages but students are still settling in), recently introduced automobile models, football season (a huge occurrence in the United States!), and what used to be a major significance: the new network television season (lately of reduced significance).

Early September 2026. Labor Day weekend is September 4-7. This is the latest possible on the current calendar. For the third consecutive day there will be a heat advisory. I refuse to utilize air conditioning this late is the year!

In between weeks. Is early September "summer" or "late/end of summer?" It certainly isn't fall! 🤔What about middle September? The weather can still be quite hot! Meteorological fall occurs September 21 or September 22. For me fall begins September 25. By then the leaves may have begun turning colors.....

Happy Sixty-First Birthday to Carlos Irwin Estevez also known as Charlie Sheen?

Is he still HIV positive?

🙍

PLURIBUS!

I love it!

Currently rewatching and trying to note details!

I am also trying to appreciate my age, my experience, and my skills...

I just wish I possessed more of them....skills that is.....

I'll Write About This One Later.....

 The Girl Most Likely To... - Wikipedia

Another Blast From 1979.....

 Up in Seth's Room by Norma Fox Mazer | Goodreads

Not sure from whence I discovered this gem; one of my friend had a copy!

Again, no mention of birth control.....🤔

1979's "Sooner Or Later"

 A few days ago, I noticed an addition to my YouTube "recommended" feed.

"Sooner Or Later."

Hmm...could this be the late 1970s made-for-TV movie featuring Denise Miller and Rex Smith?

🤔

Yes, it was!

I did not view it upon release, but I recall that the action depicted a thirteen-year-old girl who "fell hard" for an older teenage boy and subsequently lied about her age in order to date him.

"Jessie is thirteen. And in love for the first time!"

So stated the TV blurb.                

I was familiar with Miller due to her work on "Barney Miller" and "Fish"; however, I had never heard of Smith.

Apparently, the movie launched him into instant teen idol status!

So....upon first chance I viewed the movie and very similar to the novelization I reviewed briefly at a 1979 drug store the action began with an eighth-grade sex education class; or at least viewing a humorous film strip depicting bees pollinating flowers!

My good friend Evie had observed the production, and she had told me the girl confessed the truth while in a "compromising situation" at a drive-in movie theater!

😉

The male leading character was seventeen; however, Smith looked rather old for the part. But the fact that he was of fully adult age before becoming a teen idol probably was extremely beneficial.

True to form his teen idol status only lasted a few years but as a talented performer he continued working in fact he received good reviews as Frederick in "Pirates of Penzance."

Like the leading female character, I was also thirteen years old. But I was not at all attractive.

In fact, I was rather pathetic....of course I am pathetic now at age sixty but in a totally different way.

☺️

Here is the link:

Sooner or Later (1979)

I was somewhat surprised at the ending; he forgives her for her deception and says he "loves" her!

But what about her parents??? Will they approve of the age difference??? And will she continue to attend his band rehearsals in the company of older kids and beer???

In once scene the male lead purchases beer at a local store; throughout most of the seventies the state of New York drinking age was eighteen.

Apparently, he possessed a fake ID!

Ah to be young again.....NOT!!!

😒

There is something else.

My legal name is not "Louise."

I have wished since age twelve it was "Jessica" shortened to either "Jessie' or "Jess."

I don't like my real first name.

Watching Netflix's Version Of Little House On The Prairie!

 We shall see how it compares with the TV series and the books!

One difference that is true to life is that during the move to "Indian Country" Carrie is not yet born!

Caroline just got sick so maybe dear Carrie is in utero......

It Is Morning Again....

 ....And here I am.

After a brutally hot stretch of weather last week it becomes delightfully cool overnight.

Enjoy summers while one can!

It is very difficult to see my mother this way.

She and I share an abounding history.....