Fooled by a Feeling

Trying to get back into the swing of blogging/posting. It isn't easy right now as other things are taking my time.  The spring holy days are once again coming around as well and a new year has begun.   

I'm joining in with Saturday 9 today.
Saturday 9: Fooled by a Feeling (1979)
 
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

Chosen by Sam because next week is April Fool's Day.

1) Some believe that the practice of playing tricks on one another on April 1 dates back to the 14th century because it's mentioned in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer is considered one of England's greatest poets. From memory, quote a bit of poetry for us. (It doesn't have to be English, or great.)We had to memorize a lot of poetry and Shakespeare's soliloquies in high school.

  This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks   
 bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight,
  Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic,
  Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
  Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean
  Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.

from "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2) When Crazy Sam was a little girl, her mother would prank her on April Fool's Day by slipping a rubber worm or plastic spider in her lunch box. Did you/do you carry a lunchbox, either as a student or an adult?
The only time I carried one was to work as an adult and to swimming day camp as a girl scout.
 
3) In 1998, Burger King got into the April Fool's Day fun by promoting a special "Left Handed Whopper," supposedly perfectly  designed for a leftie to hold. Describe your perfect burger.
I like a well done hamburger with fried mushrooms, caramelized onions and swiss cheese but never anything from fast food.

 
4) In this week's song, Barbara Mandrell sings that she followed her heart into her lover's arms. Are you more often led by your heart or head?
I am hoping it to be 50/50 but I could be wrong there.
5) She knows now she was wrong for believing her man loved her. When did you recently admit you were wrong?
 I was wrong in also believing I was loved. It was never true. I am worried about being taken in again.

6) Barbara Mandrell recalls being able to read music before she could read words. Can you read sheet music?
Yes I can.

7) Barbara had her own TV variety show in the 1980s and, in the 90s, acted on the daytime drama, Sunset Beach. The soap opera's producer, Aaron Spelling, was a huge fan of Barbara's and was thrilled to finally meet and work with her. Tell us about someone you really enjoyed working with, and why.
I never worked with anyone that I really enjoyed working with. There were people who were okay but that is about all.  I was always glad to go home.

 
8) In 1979, when this song was released, a top-of-the-line Sony Walkman sold for $150 (approx. $500 in today's dollars). Did you have a portable cassette player back in the day?
No. I saw no reason for having one. I don't like noise everywhere I go.

 
9) Random question:   What's the first thing you thought of when you woke up this morning?
The bathroom.....