Jessica's Book Thoughts

I requested this, and it came in my mail box today. When I was a child I spent every Sunday with my grandma. And every Sunday we listened to polka music while cooking old family recipes. From my mother's side of the family we are loud group of a mixed Polish and Slovakian. My grandmother's maiden name was Wiesniewski. Once a month we would visit my great-grandmother in Cleveland where, at the age of 85, she owned and ran a Polish Bar. There was always had polka music playing in the backround. Every so often my grandmother and her sisters would meet up and dance to. I bet you can't guess what kind of music they danced to. Everytime I was picked up from school by my grandmother, polka music. At Christmas we listened to it. I never saw a live band that wasn't playing polka music until I was fifteen. We would go to festivals and sit with other polish families who too listened to polka music. It feels like half of my childhood was spent with polka music in the backround. Now, I will study the history of... POLKA MUSIC. I may even bust out some of granny's records and 8-traxks and embarassed the kids while I dance on the front porch! They need some memories like I had.

I am so going to rock the dance floor at the family reunion this weekend. Oh, I got my books packed and ready to go. If I finish this in time I will probably wrap it up and give it to Christy. That poor woman had to deal with even more polka than I did as a kid.