Life of Riley & the Path to Enlightenment
This is a FB memory from 4 years ago that made me smile 😊
I just remembered that also, growing up when my Aunt or Mom (who were sisters, so this must come from one or both of their parents) - would see a dog chilling somewhere and remark “ahh living the life of Riley”
Turns out (I just investigated thanks to Google and YT) that this is the 1890’s song is where the phrase hails from - this recording seems to be made in 1922.
My Mom’s dad was born in 1898, so I’m gonna guess it’s a memory of mine that hails from him 😊
Has the flavor of him and how his brother (who is the famous Uncle Stanley) were raised.
Makes me wonder about their parents now 🤔😎 maybe pretty cool people 🥰
Now, in my searching around for the pieces that have become this post, I’ve misplaced the text that went with the original FB memory that started it. 😂
It was a quote from The Universe I think (an email series of daily weekday thought bombs I’ve been receiving for years now...