Grandma's philosophy

After upteen years it has occured to me that I am not responsible for
children's eating, sleeping, or TV watching when they are at my house.
Go ahead - let them have soda for breakfast instead of fruit juice.
Let them have ice cream with chocolate sauce instead of carrots
for dinner. Gummy bears are okay any time.
If you don't want to go to bed until 10 or 11 - okay we'll watch
the late show.
Oh this philosophy makes visits and sleep overs so much more
fun for us.
Mom's be forwarned - grandmother's are easing up on rules.

A Simple Pleasure

As I was toweling off after my shower the memory of
pretty boxes of flowery talcum powder with lamb skin
puffs came to mind.
Every girl from 14 on had a box and used it after
a bath or shower.
Oh the pleasure of the cloud of scented talc
settling on your skin.
Where have all the pretty boxes of talc gone?