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I love this cartoon. It crystallizes the joy and wildness of childhood. Such a strong desire: HIGHER!
Swings in public parks were one of the few “sports” I had as a kid, living on the hilly streets of working-class Pittsburgh.
O.K., I've been asked to explain the blog name. Of course you know that the word "doodle" usually refers to random jottings made while otherwise occupied—on the phone, attending meetings, watching television, or just daydreaming. Doodles are very rough sketches of people, patterns, animals, objects, etc. My plan for this blog is to expand the definition of doodling to include play writing, prose (fiction and non), and anything else (woodworking? ironing shirts?), that invades my brain pan. A little of this, a little of that—the whole blog becoming one big hybrid doodle. As for the "meister" part, that's just pure vanity.
I love this cartoon. It crystallizes the joy and wildness of childhood. Such a strong desire: HIGHER!
Swings in public parks were one of the few “sports” I had as a kid, living on the hilly streets of working-class Pittsburgh.
Yes, I’d say those Pittsburgh streets provide all the exercise people need just to get around . . . thanks for the comment, Jo-Ann