I recently found myself in the passenger seat of a car behind this classic El Camino. This isn’t a vehicle you see often but I have randomly seen four or five in the last month.
Can you read the bumper sticker? Here’s a closer look.
“God Bless John Wayne” and “I’d rather be driving my Packard.”
Perfection! I thought the car and the statements were both pretty fantastic. And, as I often say here, you never know what you’ll see in the world if you just pay attention.
Have a great day, friends! Go look for the strange and interesting around you!
“Do not measure success by today’s harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
Keep planting those seeds, friends. Seeds of wisdom and kindness. Seeds that encourage others to educate and improve themselves. Seeds that will someday grow into something more important than you.
These classic Halloween cereals were on the shelf in Circleville, Ohio in August. It has been years since I tasted these very sweet General Mills goodies but I’m tempted every time I see them.
I don’t typically eat cereal and I certainly don’t believe in this level of junk food for breakfast but, man, did these boxes bring back some memories.
Count Chocula and Franken Berry debuted in 1971 and were pioneers as the first chocolate and strawberry cereals on the market. Boo Berry came along the following year. There were eventually two other General Mills cereals inspired by classic horror film characters – Yummy Mummy and Fruit Brute – which are no longer in production.
When I was a kid they were available year round but today are only sold late summer through Halloween so better stock up while you can!
If you’re interested, General Mills published a web story in 2021 that shares a little about the original illustrations of the characters, recalls their status as pop culture icons and there’s even a tv commercial. Click here to read that story.
All of this talk of classic cereals marketed to kids has reminded me of Smurf Berry Crunch, another character driven cereal from my early eighties childhood. It also was made by General Mills as a delicious treat to enjoy while watching Saturdays morning cartoons.
What was your favorite cereal as a kid?
It’s Labor Day here in America. This has been a federal holiday since 1894 but it seems a lot of folks don’t know why it exists.
Yes, it’s the unofficial end of summer and yes, it’s a great time to travel and to get good deals on home appliances. But it was actually created because labor activists were pushing for a federal holiday that would call attention to labor issues and recognize the many contributions workers have made to the country’s health and prosperity.
Today, it’s a good time to remember and honor the American workforce. It’s a good time to remember how far we have come from the deplorable working conditions of the industrial age, long hours for low wages, the blatantly unsafe conditions of mining jobs, and the common use of child labor.
Modern people have no idea how easy we have it.
