Another in our occasional series of quotations encountered during he week which have struck me: because of their zen-ness, their humour, or their verisimilitude.
Although the world’s religions may differ fundamentally from one other in their metaphysical views, when it comes to their teachings on the actual practice of ethics, there is great convergence. All the faith traditions emphasize a virtuous way of being, the purification of the mind from negative thoughts and impulses, the doing of good deeds, and living a meaningful life. [Dalai Lama]
Don’t forget those irregular verbs like hoggo, piggeri, swini, gruntum. [pmh {at} cix]
Sex and money: the forked root of evil [Ross Macdonald, The Drowning Pool]
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. [Tom Robbins]
Girls are like pianos. When they’re not upright, they’re grand. [Benny Hill]
I write this having just bade “good night” to our dinner guest, the lovely Katyboo. Though I say it myself the food, the company and the conversation was rather good.
Steamed English Asparagus and Jersey Royal Potatoes dressed with butter and flaked Parmesan
Smoked Chicken, Broad Bean & Pasta Salad with Tomato, Rocket & Avocado Served with a Lemon & Garlic Dressing
Alcoholic Summer Fruit Salad with Clotted Cream (Nectarine, Blueberries & Raspberries marinated in Cherry Brandy)
Coffee & Florentines
Washed down with a couple of bottles of excellent Louis Jadot Beaujolais-Villages
All devised and prepared by me. Yes, I am showing off ‘cos I’ve eaten a lot, lot worse in expensive restaurants. And I don’t think I need eat again for a week! Hic!
Somehow, too, we seem to have magically added another branch to the extended family.
As Samuel Pepys might have said “A good day. And so to bed.”
Rose, Buff Beauty from our garden. This old rose is supposed to be a bush, but it wasn’t doing very well so we moved it to under the silver birch tree — and it is now rambling up through the tree like there’s no tomorrow. The bloom was actually at least 2 feet above my head!
… and obscene is not a word I use often or lightly, but I am horrified at the story which is circulating of a New York doctor who is reducing the clitorises of young girls in the belief that they are abnormally large. In deference to my blood pressure I shall say no more here but refer you to the story over on The F-Word. If this is even half true the man (yes, a man, of course) is in my view a paedophile and child abuser.
I went past a building today. When I was a kid it would have been called St Bloggs’ Junior School. Today it is called St Bloggs Children’s Centre. Hmmm ….
Found this wonderful specimen of a male White Ermine Moth, Spilosoma lubricipeda, resting on our bathroom windowsill this morning. It really was absolutely beautiful.
