Cinn-O-Mon
During my senior year of high school I fell in love with the Life Savers flavor called Cinn-O-Mon. For the next couple of years there was always a roll to be found in my pocket, my car, or my dorm room. Then, in 1981 this wonderful love affair came to an abrupt end. I couldn’t find them anymore. No store was carrying them. With a sadness in my heart I moved on with life even though I couldn’t understand why this wonderful little treat had deserted me. Now I know that the Life Savers brand had been bought out at the time by Nabisco and they eliminated several of the old flavors to make the company more profitable. Bastards!
Well, now at least the name will live on…
Cinn-O-Mon – 5″x5″ – Acrylic on canvas – Completed 6-21-12
In other news, this past week has been quite busy. We had family in town to help us celebrate the graduation of our son, Eric. On Wednesday, nearly 600 students and their families gathered to honor their achievement.
The 2012 graduating class from Legacy High School (arrow points to our son)
The family of graduate Eric Tyler Michael (from left: Grandma, Grandpa, Sister, Girl Friend, Mom, Dad, Brother)
Our graduate finally sees his family in the crowd
The Graduate and his proud parents
My wife and I could not be prouder of this young man. He graduated with a weighted GPA of 3.8 and will be attending UNLV in the fall to begin working towards his dream of becoming a forensics investigator. God Bless you, son!
Our thanks go out to our good friend, CJ, for the wonderful photos!
Now it’s time for me to prepare for today’s Acrylic Painting Workshop at Michael’s. Today’s lesson plan will be a seascape. If I can’t be at the beach, at least I can paint it…
Happy Creating!
Congratulations! Cinn-O-Mon is Di-no-mite! Very beautiful.
Congratulations on your son’s graduation and future plans. I have to ask, is he inspired by the CSI tv shows? how could he not be! And I love the reflective pink tones in your cinn-o-mon dedication.
Beautiful Cin-O-Mon, but you seem to have a strange taste for candy. That’s a good thing–my candy series would consist of Baby Ruths, Snickers, Almond Joys; there would be no colors.
What wonderful photos of a great day!
Dan… Thank you! I enjoyed your “Good Times” quote.
Robin… Thank you. Yes, CSI was a favorite show in our family for years. However, I don’t think his interests went that way until he took a forensics class during his freshman year.
Hallie… Thank you. As I’ve said before, nothing with peanuts or peanut butter would have been or could ever be a favorite for me. So, according to my family you’re right about me and strange tastes…
-Don
A lovely painting and a lovely post. Sounds like you have raised a fine young man. It’s a proud time for the Michael family.
Thanks, Nicki… He’s a fine young man, indeed, and we are quite proud.
-Don
Time to petition to bring back Cinn-O-Mon!!
This stunning painting can be the poster child.
That’s so wrong when they take our favorite products off the market. Speaking of strange and wonderful candy I haven’t seen in ages, I used to love an asian rice candy, kind of a gelatinous cube that came in a melt-in-the-mouth ‘rice paper’ wrapping… plus a cool toy in every box… anyone remember that?
And congratulations to your great kid!
Hey R! Great to hear from you. I agree about petitioning to get CInn-O-Mon back on the Life Savers flavor chart. I hate when big corporations buy out someone and then trim back everything to make it look like they’re making more money for their stock holders. I’d never heard of the candy you speak of. I looked it up and found this candy called Botan Rice Candy. Is that what you’re talking about?
Thanks for the comment on Cinn-O-Mon and the congrats to Eric. I’ll pass it along.
-Don