Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for October 01, 2024

Past their “best by” date, I take it.

It’s been sitting there since the Halloween of ’53.

Almost every Gram has one of these. Not really unique.

Gram Ma? Wasn’t he the famous Chinese bassoonist?

I remember the old lemon drops, reminded me of Pledge polish.

Ah, sweet memories! I’m 75 and inherited my gran’s candy dish, empty now but filled with peppermint drops in my childhood.

It’s like the Draft Kings commercial with Kevin Hart trash talking LeBron James about his age.

“Aren’t you a little too old to play football? They want somebody to run a 40, not somebody that is 40. When the coach calls your number you’re gonna say ‘G 56! Bingo!’ How you gonna celebrate a win? You gonna give everybody butterscotch candy? Prolly out your pocket with no wrappers on. Just give them raw candy. That’s nasty by the way.”

Gram’s familiar with old-school wrappers.

AKA, The Petri Dish.

maybe she’s trying to find a way to stop gram from getting diabetes….

Name the National Historic Bird Feeder for me!

“Historical”. “Historic” would be if it were, say, the first candy dish on the Moon.

if that’s hard candy, should last forever anyway!

Ah, fake cut crystal dish with Christmas ribbon candy.