Sally Harding

Well Susie, we had a good run; much as George and Gracie, or perhaps more like Molly and Fibber. You presented as proper and prim, so maybe some don't know that you had a more playful side. I remember that in the 1950s many ladies still wore white gloves, nylons, and silly hats to go shopping. One day, my high school buddies said that a group of girls from another high school had joined the Tenth Street cruise scene in a convertible and bathrobes. Several years later, I was lucky enough to wed one of the members of that 'scandalous' sleep-over group. By the way, you never told me, during our sixty years, why your high school nickname was Bubbles. Hmmmm? Your British sense of humor was sometimes problematic. In particular, I remember one April 1st, I 'mentioned' that San Francisco Bay was going to be drained, because it would be less expensive than rebuilding the five bridges spanning the bay and would allow more houses to be built. This raised your environmental ire, and you brought it up in a classroom civics discussion. Yeah, I guess I deserved the dog house for that. Like I said, we had a good run. You gave me sixty years of memories which would take another sixty years to recount. Save a place at the table for me.