Oona fell asleep while I pushed her stroller through a snowstorm this morning. Must be nice, the gangster life.
People are always telling me that my work is too dark. So I've put up this sunnier story, but even it has a shadow, as its original publisher – a fine Atlantic Canadian literary magazine called the Gaspereau Review – is no longer in business. ---------------- It was a simple enough thing and that thing was simply this: Edmund Kelley was a gentleman. Of course his mom called him her 'little gentleman', as in 'Oh Edmund, you are my perfect little gentleman,' which did seem to hold to a certain logic that these type of things often follow, considering her affection for him and the fact that he was, after all, only ten years old. Still, Edmund himself was not particularly fond of the diminutive aspect of that title. Gentleman was enough; gentleman summed up the whole thing rather nicely, thank you. He was definitely a more refined version of your average child. He lived in a state of perpetual Sunday m
awh, snow/strollers - that's tough. here in germany they just don't remove it. which leads to road chaos.
ReplyDeleteit's melting finally today a bit so the giant ice bumps are incredible. so not german like....
It won't be long before Oona is pushing you in a bath-chair.
ReplyDeleteI've just spent several wonderful, cosy evenings immersed in Nigella Lawson's latest book. Soon I will be roasting bones.
You need a sled!
ReplyDeleteSnow is exhausting.. you need snow shoes.. or a sled :) maybe you could invent a stroller with snow shoes. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree snow is exhausting..so cold here. I get tired of slogging through drifts to feed the silly chickens. My Dad made little wooden seat backs for my sons' sleds so I could pull them around the streets of Erie Pennsylvania when they were toddlers. I still have their little flexible flyers and the seat backs. Very clever..I miss my Dad and his inventiveness! I especially like your mathematical diagram! I had to do those a few years ago for a terrible math class to graduate. Been since high school since I had math. Nice for me to be able to understand your diagram!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteNigella???!
ReplyDeletehi, I'm Janice LaVerne and you commented on my blog! (way back in November) Since I'm the type of artist whose paintings live mostly under the bed, it was so nice to get your comment. Thank you! and I hope you stay warm this winter...
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