Thursday, May 01, 2014

Welcome May!


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  1. Howard is first on this first of May!

    Cloudy and windy. Some rain earlier. Temps have finally edged into the upper 40s. Fairly typical -- for March!

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  2. It rained heavily and steadily all last night and the sky was overcast this morning. The heat came on round about 8:00 AM! But the afternoon is clear and warm.

    Went to the dentist today for routine cleaning. All is well in that department.

    Hope you feel better soon, Listener♥

    Bill, I am aching with envy over your upcoming British trip.

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    1. Yes, I'm looking forward to the British trip. Not only will the tour itself be interesting -- although exhausting, I'm sure, but the group will include both old friends and new friends. Then I will be sharing rooms at the two conventions with a friend and meeting a lot of other people I know. Hard to beart except for not having Penny with me.

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  3. Thinking about Downton (and to a lesser degree Up/Down), I remember being about 12 and feeling very sorry for rich people because they were never allowed to be alone. . . . [and I come from a large family,lol!]

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    1. Yes, puddle, I value solitude far more highly than money. I suppose that's why people pay to go on retreat. Ha!

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    2. Hmmm. I'm not so sure I value solitude as that it just naturally seems to happen. I'm comfortable with it, but that's not quite the same thing.

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    3. You were a very astute twelve-year0old, Puddle; I've never looked at it that way. I do value solitude though. As a teenager I discovered a great quote from Andrew Marvel, from his poem "The Garden" IIRC:

      Two paradises t'were in one
      To live in Paradise alone.

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  4. Ah, Bill, I guess you have some quiet in your life, then. You either don't need it much or your need for it is satisfied. Moms who spent a decade or more with little ones ever afoot may find they need more of it in later years.

    All the best for your trip! I very much enjoyed London, as well as Edinburgh, and all the countryside between.

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    1. I think it's probable that my need for solitude is satisfied. But do remember that there were a number of years when Marc was in school that I was working at home while Penny worked outside the home.

      And remember that the trip to Britain and Ireland starts July 30. A week from today I leave to Columbus for a 3-day convention. Then I have on in the Chicago area in early June followed almost immediately by one in Portland, OR.

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  5. I feel sorry for (or superior to) rich people because they've never developed survival skills. They buy everything, but they don't know who to survive without money. They haven't a clue.

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    1. um they don't know "how" to survive. Just washed my hands and can't do anything with 'em.

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  6. Susan, lol!

    I never felt that money could buy anything that *really* mattered, and the choice to be alone didn't seem possible to fulfill. . . .

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  7. And, of course, at 12, I'd only just been allowed the privilege of dressing myself. . . .

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    1. I was in my twenties before being allowed to start buying my own clothes. And at that, one or two items that I especially liked disappeared mysteriously and to this day I hear about how certain people don't like or approve of some of the things I buy. I absolutely *loved* living alone! Could wear what I chose, could stock the fridge as I chose,could watch what I chose on television... Didn't have to an answer to anybody for anything. It was a terrible blow to have to move back home.

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