Cottage by the Sea

Saturday 9: Touch Me in the Morning (1973)

Unfamiliar with this week's song?    Hear it Here.

1) In this song, Diana Ross sings that nothing good lasts forever. Do you agree?

Not entirely. God lasts forever and having him with you lasts forever too.

2) She sings about a happy past with her lover, and the strength she'll need to face tomorrow alone. Do you find yourself more often remembering the past or anticipating the future? 

Remembering the past.  I don't anticipate things as they may not turn out as you might like.

3) In the 1970s, Diana Ross had young daughters. To spend maximum time with her girls, she would sleep all day when they were in school. That way she could have dinner with them, bathe them and put them to bed before going to the studio and recording all night. Have you ever worked the night shift? 

Not on a formal basis no, but I have worked all night.

4) Diana has five children altogether. There's a 16-year age difference between her oldest daughter, Rhonda, and her youngest son, Evan. Studies have shown that when there's a big gap between siblings, parents consider the older kids "built-in babysitters." In your family, were the older kids ever in charge of the younger ones? 

Yes.   It is good for kids to take on some responsibility as long as it's not too much for them.

5) She says her favorite sweet treat is Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies. Do you have a favorite cookie?

I like Snickerdoodles very much and 2nd choice would be Russian Tea cakes or Butterballs.

 Here is the Recipe for my Russian Tea Cakes

6) Around the time she recorded this song, Diana Ross considered making a movie called The Bodyguard. She was to play a singer who received death threats, and Steve McQueen would portray the man hired to protect her. Scheduling conflicts prevented the movie from being made. It wasn't filmed until 1992, and then with different stars. Without looking it up, can you name stars of The Bodyguard? 

Yes. Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.

7) In 1973, when this song was #1, Norman Mailer was atop the best-seller list with his controversial biography of Marilyn Monroe. Do you often read biographies and memoirs? 

Yes. I have read a few biographies and autobiographies.

8) Also in 1973, another Motown singer, Stevie Wonder, was injured in an automobile crash and still has a scar on his nose to show for it. Have you ever been in a car accident?

Yes.

9) Random Question: What's the last thing you borrowed or lent?

I borrowed  the help of the Famous Anonymous Kid to bring in my garbage wheelie bin.