Fanny

Strange things happen when you wake up in the middle of the night. Strange thoughts creep into or out of the subconscious and then one lies awake and turns them over until sleep comes once again. Case in point: Fanny. That’s the name that came to mind. What was it a nickname for? And why would someone want a nickname that also meant derriere. Enquiring minds need to know. So the following morning I went on-line. Fanny is the nickname for Frances (female). But it is also the nickname for Nathaniel. How the heck do they get Fanny out of Nathaniel? In my youth there was a very popular cook book named Aunt Fanny’s Cook Book. Long before the Food Network and the celebrity cooks like Rachel, Giada, Mario, Bobby, Tyler and Emeril. But I digress and maybe that’s for another time.