Seven Sunday Truths

..about Ma .

1. I love the smell of rain , gasoline , javex , and coffee ( not in that order . )
2. I was never on Reach For The Top in high school but I was vice president of the student's council in my senior years at Kapuskasing District High School . My theme song was "Lady Madonna " by the Beatles ( a song JB promised to sing to me one day .)
3. I cannot sing at all but was in a church trio in my teen years that traveled to different communities in the north . Lip syncing to " All You Need is Love " was one of my specialties .
4. As a child , I brought home every stray cat and dog around . My father would drive miles away to get rid of them and the next day , there they were nestling in the window well bed I had made for them . Finally , my parents allowed me a cat of my own when I was around 11 . Old Tiger was the only cat I knew that could shake a paw . He ended up around 12 years old being poisoned and laid to rest on the local undertaker's farm .
5. I went to the University of Windsor and majored in Latin . Don't ask me why . Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis.
6. My middle name is Ruth . I was named after one of my favorite paternal aunts . I always thought that was a biblical name . It is , but some idiot told me once that Ruth was a whore in the Bible . He had a difficult time walking after I kneed him .
7. This blog began quite by accident and it boggles my mind to see how many entries I have done . My hope is that somewhere along the line I have made someone smile . I know all of you have done that very thing for me .

Tag : Black Cats and Purple Things ( You know who you are . Now get off or on your butt and update that dam blog with 7 random dam things about yourself .)