I love the Alphabet

My Ladybird ABC book was one of my favourite books when I was small. I can still remember the picture on the U page. It was a brightly coloured umbrella and I used to think it was the most beautiful umbrella ever... and then this morning I Googled it. Apparently it was known as Uncle Mac’s ABC Book and... wow! Here it is...

*big sigh of nostalgia*

       aardvark......         bear......           cat...... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I still love all things alphabetical, like alphabetical lists. At night when I can’t sleep I choose a topic and go through the alphabet with it. I rarely reach midway. It’s so reassuringly soporific.

So it will come as no surprise that I’m taking part in the A to Z Challenge again this year. I’ll be posting up every day during April [with Saturdays off for a breather]. My topic will be nostalgia, memories from the 1950s and 60s... [advance warning: there may be lots of sighs of nostaliga coming from me next month.]

Last year I restricted myself to 40 words exactly per post and I called them quadragintals. This year I’ll make things a little easier. I don’t think that this sort of a blogging challenge is the place for long in-depth articles so I'm going to try to be... 

thought provoking... yes!
profound... why not?
humorous... even better!
and brief... most definitely!

[Please note that this is only my opinion. Other A to Z Challengers may disagree.]

I’ve created a page [see green bar above] with last year’s A to Z of Leicester 2011 for anyone who didn’t follow me back then. All 26 posts are on the one page.

And if anyone fancies joining in with this year's challenge then there’s still time. Just pop along to the A to Z Challenge sign up page or click on the A to Z badge in the sidebar on this page.

Do you remember your ABC book from way back when?