it all started...

The other night when my dad asked my brother what he wanted to listen to with dinner. [Yep, my family still sits down together for dinner almost every night of the week!]

David replied, "Metal."

[Typical.]

We waited to see what Dad had up his sleeve. Suddenly found ourselves soaking in the sounds of John Phillip Sousa's all-American marches.

Technically, brass IS a type of metal, though not quite what David was expecting.


When "Stars and Stripes Forever" began, we began to sing along. Did you know there are words to that song? I learned them as a kid.



In case you missed it:

Be kind to your web-footed friends

For a duck may be somebody's mother

Be kind to your friends in the swamp

Where the weather is very very damp

You may think that this is the end

Well, it is.

The song has been in my head for three days now.