Smurfology

Are you old enough to remember the Smurfs? Those little blue creatures who lived in the woods somewhere? Well, they were a creation of Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford in 1958. They weren't introduced to us until the animated tv series more than 20 years later in the 1980's. Since we have a new grandson, Jim and I chose Opa and Oma as opposed to the typical Southern Papaw and Mamaw as our new nicknames for life. They also happen to be Dutch for Grandfather and Grandmother. I guess we could have gone with Papa Smurf and Smurfette. After all that's kind of Dutch.