Nana Irma's Favourites

On August 21st, 2014 I asked Nana a serious of simple questions. Some of the answers she gave were very of-the-moment (marked with an *) while others were timeless favourites. I wrote them in a journal that I found today.

Colour: navy blue

Film: Gone with the Wind

Actor: Paul Newman *

Actress: “born 1885 (actually it was 1884) - Billie Burke” * (just re-watched The Young Philadelphians)

Boy name: Sean

Girl name: Megan

Food: “vegetable soup I had a great recipe.”

Singers: Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald

Song: Sway *

Sport: tennis

Car: Mini Cooper in beige with a canvas top *

TV Show: The Waltons

Author: James Michener

Best date: “Met Tom in 1939 at a fair in Willow Grove Park - popular with young people because of the slides and the carousel - the best date was just a picnic in the park.”

Best Vacation: “England with Tom. He found out his health wasn't doing so great and decided to travel.”

Celebrity crush as a teen: “Clark Gable - always like the older men!”

Celebrity crush now: Richard Gere * (Shall We Dance)

Transitional Object: “Never had a transitional object - had very few toys - sparse and very unhappy reflections of childhood. Don't like to think or talk about it.”

Best memory: “When I was married. We didn't have a wedding, just went to the priest's house.”

“At age 19 (when dating) Tom gave me a valentine and it wasn't red, it was yellow and I liked that. Everyone else had red and mine was yellow.”