The Mom in Black

Today was Mom's birthday, and after dinner I learned (though apparently Sean had already heard this story) that Mom and a room mate secured permission to leave their dorm at the teachers' college in Brandon, Manitoba, in order to go see Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings in concert. First of all, who knew that Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings had ever played in Brandon, and how cool is it that Mom saw them in person?

Nifty. 

See You in the Funny Papers

Hard to believe that Charles Schulz was only a little over halfway through his 50-year run on Peanuts when the strip pictured here ran sometime in 1976 (actually December 29, 1974, the date tracked down by the detective work of Al Hunt; thanks, Al!) - what a shame the photo's resolution isn't quite high enough to discern the exact date on The Brandon Sun in my hands! This was taken at my maternal grandparents' farmhouse near Virden, Manitoba. How carefree those childhood days seem now.