On Smoking: Bette vs Bogie: New post on My Southern Gothic Life

New Post up on the other blog.  Here is an excerpt and a link to the complete post:

I will confess, growing up, every time my parents said “don’t”, I “did”.

Smoking was one of the key examples.

I know this is totally politically incorrect, but I have had a love /hate relationship with smoking since I can remember…

As a teenager, my parent absolutely forbade it.  Therefore, I had to do it.

They were the exceptions to the rule.  I grew up in Tabacco Country.  My hometown was known as “the world’s best tobacco market”.  Every one smoked.  Except my parents.

Daddy did smoke a pipe as he forbade cigarettes.  Consistency was not important…

My Aunt Goldie, who was always my favorite adult, smoked with gusto.

Movie stars smoked. Audrey Hepburn had to to stay so thin….Clark Gable….The unforgettable Bette Davis.  Katharine Hepburn.  And, of couse, Bogie.  Mr Humphrey Bogart.  With a name like “Humphrey” you had to smoke to be cool.

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