Sunday morning in front of the TV
I did not want to hear any more political discussions Sunday morning on television, so I started turning the dial until I came upon the CBS Morning Program, with Charles Osgood. He had a variety of subjects, all entertaining, starting with the famous tap dancing Nicholas brothers, who were at New York’s Cotton Club for many years. The last of the two brothers just died, at the age of 91. I thought they were remarkable, after reading about and watching some of their acts. I had read that they did more than just tap dancing on the floor; they danced on the tops of music stands, and in this program they were shown tumbling down a carpeted stairway, one at a time, landing on their sides on the steps below the other brother, and so on, all the way down the stairs.
Osgood also did a piece on Jimmy Carter, in Plains, Ga., where he had a complete tool shop, given to him after serving as U. S. president from 1977 to 1981. That was one of his hobbies, and he is now building furniture, as well as writing, with a book already published. He and his wife Rosalynn have traveled to many countries.
Next we learned a lot about the famous singer, Johnny Cash, through interviews with his daughter Rosanne, who is now a singer too. She described herself as a “nerd” in her youth, did a lot of reading, never wanted to be in the public eye, as her late father was.
She spoke very well and made a most interesting picture of growing up in the family of a celebrity.
I hope this is a weekly Sunday program, as I enjoyed the complete presentation by Osgood.
Common grammatical mistakes
I hear this error often, “By the time the police arrived, the tiger was laying down,” and “the person lays low.” These were on TV and should have said, “The tiger was lying down,” and “the person lies low.”
We had to memorize the tenses of verbs when I was in school – do, did, done; go, went, gone; and lie, lay, lain, as well as lay, laid,
I wince every time I hear or read the error in the verb life, and I guess I’ll have to continue to wince.
Wrestling a wild coyote
The Oct. 7 Boston Herald had a picture of Arthur Cole, 76, of Northboro, Mass., who survived a coyote attack while he was hiking a nature trail with his 4-year-old grandson behind his housing development.
He said it all happened in a flash, when the 40-pound female coyote came running toward him at top speed, and ran for his throat.
He tried to grab the animal’s throat, but instead caught hold of her tail, and fell to the ground. He fell on top of her and was heavy enough to hold her down, he said. The boy, Nicholas, asked if he should get help, and the grandfather said, “Yes, run!”
The boy got his dad, Peter who choked the coyote to death, as the brave grandfather held tight.
Cole sustained eight bites during the 4:30 p.m. assault, according to the police, and was treated at the hospital. Cole said he wouldn’t give up hiking altogether, but only with another person, and “only with a weapon,” he said.
He’s a lucky man who has a very helpful little grandson.
RECIPE
I have a typed copy of today’s recipe in my files, dated Nov. 17, 1965, S. P. Journal. My first typed line said that Camille Huard liked them, and my friend, Kate Hay Guest, wanted a copy of the recipe. I had just mentioned in this column that Camille’s name, after he became a noted singer and actor, was changed to “Larry Brooks.” I guess I must have baked these bars to take to my sister Jane’s camp that she and Merrill owned at Watchic Lake, as Camille (Larry) used to visit them there.
The recipe is an easy one, and very good, too.
GRAHAM CRACKER-CHOCOLATE BARS
2 cups (about 24 crackers), fine graham cracker crumbs, firmly packed
1 pkg. (6 ounces) of chocolate bits
1/2 cup of chopped nut meats
1 can (15 oz.) of condensed milk.
Combine the crumbs, bits and nuts. Blend in the condensed milk. Pour into an 8×8-inch greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown, about 40 minutes. Cool and cut into 2-inch squares.(I baked mine in our gas stove for about 30 minutes.)
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