JULY

RUBY

EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT RUBYS. YOU KNOW RUBYS ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE.....OR IS THAT ROSES ARE RED.......I'M NOT QUITE SURE, ANYWAY THEY ARE....RED THAT IS.

THE RUBY IS ONE OF THOSE DUAL PURPOSE NAMES. IN ADDITION TO BEING THE NAME OF A SEMIPRECIOUS STONE, IT IS A WOMAN'S NAME, A NAME USED IN QUITE A FEW SONGS IF I CAN REMEMBER....YOU KNOW THE ONE ABOUT ..."RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN.." WELL, EVIDENTLY THERE WAS A REASON BEHIND IT. ACCORDING TO MY LITTLE BOOK OF GEM KNOWLEDGE, THE RUBY INTENSIFIES LOVE AND STIMULATES THE SEX DRIVE...THAT'S WHY KENNY ROGERS KEPT BEGGING RUBY NOT TO TAKE HER LOVE TO TOWN.

I BET SHE WAS BORN IN APRIL!!