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Friday, July 19, 2019

A Diller A Dollar

I miss reading Mother Goose rhymes to little people, but this morning it was almost like I was reading one to myself.

Into my mind, unprompted, came these words:
A diller, a dollar, a 10 o'clock scholar
What makes you come so soon?
You used to come at 10 o'clock,
But now you come at noon.
I know why this nursery rhyme suddenly came to mind.  It's the first day of my vacation, and I slept from 11 p.m. till 9 a.m.

The feeling, like the nursery rhyme, is familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. And, like both, it is much fun.