Please Remit

Now the trick is to pay for all that stuff. But I wouldn't have it any other way.

Among the gifts I received yesterday, was a book of prose and poetry. "The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker". I have glanced through some of it - I think I would have liked knowing this woman. She was, if nothing else, an early Twentieth Century smartass - before it was fashionable for a woman to be a smartass. She was wise, witty and, for years, suicidal. She attempt suicide on at least three occasions - all, fortunately, unsuccessful. She was a depressive, she drank and she had any number of extra marital affairs. She was one whom it might be said, "She lived her life at a merry pace". Knowing what I know of Dorothy Parker, I think I am going to enjoy this book.

But my best gift was Christmas Eve, for on Christmas Eve I had my whole family together. Grannie, Annie, Louie, Alex and Lynn, and Zachary and his girlfriend Lisa. An evening of gift exchanges and food and conviviality ended as we have never ended any other. Louie had purchased a copy of "Across the Universe" as a gift for Grannie and we all sat together, late on Christmas Eve, into Christmas Morning, to watch the movie. If you have ever seen "Across the Universe" you'll appreciate the special nature of the fact that during the movie, no one got up to leave the room. No drinks gotten. No bathroom trips. We all were in amazement that Grannie sat there and actually enjoyed that movie - she thought the scene with the 5 Selma Hayaks was a bit over the top, but other than that, she liked it. We ALL liked it.

These times when we are all together are too rare.


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Ndinombethe.

"As I go, I am wearing you".

All of you.

Thank you, Tash, for teaching this to me.