Holy haberdashery, Batman!

On Oct. 24, 1915…. Bob Kane was born.

What a day that was.  For Mr. Kane was the creator of Batman and Robin.

Coincidentally…..just this morning… I was talking with my older sister about all the times we played Batman and Robin while growing up.

She is four years older. She always got to be Batman. She also convinced me that Robin was a necessary sidekick. I complied.

We would pull our t-shirts up over our heads and tuck them behind our necks. We’d get big bath towels, or better yet, beach towels, and use the very largest safety pins to fasten them around those scrawny necks…. right near the jugular, I’ll tell you.

We’d put on tights (whatever color we could find)…. then wear our underpants on top of our tights, as well as knee socks for our boots.  Yes.  We were styling.

We would play outside like this until our Mother became privy. Then we were restricted to the upstairs of the house.

Diving off the bunk beds was a must. Slapping our fists into our palms, we’d exclaim….”Holy Cow… I think the Joker is behind this!”

We fought crime. We figured out the mysteries. We made the streets safe again. We were brave and strong. Little Superheroes.

These days I am still very interested in making the world a better place… somehow. Oh to be brave, and strong.

So I had better sign off now. You see….I have to go find a bath towel, some tights… and a very large safety pin.

“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. ”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson