My parents had a couch made out of that same fabric…
Pineapple Head, 1982
Two Faces of Nurse Roberts, The
by Nora Sanderson (1963)
At the age of seventeen Jan Roberts was miserably certain that she was irredeemably ugly. How could she ever be attractive with a disfiguring scar on her cheek? Even when the young medical student Moss Gilding was so charming to her she was convinced he was only acting out of pity.
But life changed for Jan when she managed to have the scar removed, and even changed her name to match her new, glamorous face. She decided to take up nursing, and, without admitting that she might have some ulterior motive, got a job at the same hospital where Moss was now a doctor. And then she discovered that he seemed far less interested in the second Jan than he had been in the first!
Nurses Three: On Call For Trouble
by Jean Kirby (1964)
A Kelly Scott Story
Once she was my friend. Every time Kelly looked at Linda Koenig her heart ached and her brain puzzled over what had happened to change things between them. For now Linda was her enemy–every word she spoke, every glance she shot in Kelly’s direction proved it. There was the “accident” in the laboratory, the ugly taunts, the incredible moment when real danger threatened and Linda stood by and laughed. There had to be an explanation.
Of course there were other things to think about. As Kelly, proud in her newly-won cap, walked the hospital halls, there were people on all sides who needed her skill and her understanding. From lovely young Gladys, who would never dance again, to the temperamental poet Angus Forbisher, they claimed all the love and patience she had to offer. And there was the offer of a singing career if she wanted it…and exciting dates with Ken Morrison…surely no girl ever had less time for worry.
Yet the questions were always waiting in the back of her mind, demanding to be answered. Why is Linda so angry? What can I do to help?
The back covers of the Nurses Three novels almost give away too much of the story.
So, to summarize: Beatific Nurse Kelly…
…is tormented by the diabolical Nurse Linda…
…and could have a successful singing career…
..if she wasn’t so busy going on exciting dates with Ken Morrison…
…and caring for Voldemort.
Pineapple Growing
Sweet, delicious Hawaiian pineapples are grown on most of the Islands and one of Hawaii’s chief exports. The pineapples ripen to full maturity in 18 to 20 months and are hand-picked for shipment to canneries for processing.
Fatherland
A few inspirational quotes for Father’s Day…
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
— Attributed to Mark Twain
The Reader’s Digest, September 1939
“As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.”
— Lord Chesterfield
Letters, 1751
“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.”
— Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband, 1895
“A father is a banker provided by nature.”
— Unknown
Quoted in The Oxford Book of Aphorisms, 1983
“What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.”
— Mary Mapes Dodge
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, 1865
“The thing to remember about fathers is, they’re men.
A girl has to keep it in mind:
They are dragon-seekers, bent on improbable rescues.
Scratch any father, you find
Someone chock-full of qualms and romantic terrors,
Believing change is a threat–
Like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle
It took such months to get.”— Phyllis McGinley
Times Three, 1960