A story
“Of the Coming of John”: the only fictional chapter in Du Bois’s Souls of Black Folk, the book that my reading group discussed tonight.
There are similarities to Twain’s Puddin’head Wilson. What this means, I’m not sure.
I’m too tired to say more.
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Update (7 Feb): Good morning! Last night, I left the blogging until the last minute, and fell asleep.
’Tis the season! I bought Karin some roses. A week early, yes. But the opportunity presented itself, and I thought that this year I wouldn’t leave things until the deadline.
There was a table at the supermarket with bouquets and cute little buckets. I chose a bucket with roses because I knew those flowers wouldn’t poison the cats. I brought it home.
Uh, that’s a bush, for planting, said Karin.
Trouble is, we’d agreed to uproot an existing rosebush from our yard.
Could you have it on your desk, at work?, I asked.
Not enough sun.
The moral is, what matters isn’t to be early but to put thought into your gesture! It’s the thought that counts! (A corollary is, the supermarket pretends to be helpful by putting these displays near the checkout area, but it isn’t! It’s just rushing you! Beware!)
There are similarities to Twain’s Puddin’head Wilson. What this means, I’m not sure.
I’m too tired to say more.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Update (7 Feb): Good morning! Last night, I left the blogging until the last minute, and fell asleep.
’Tis the season! I bought Karin some roses. A week early, yes. But the opportunity presented itself, and I thought that this year I wouldn’t leave things until the deadline.
There was a table at the supermarket with bouquets and cute little buckets. I chose a bucket with roses because I knew those flowers wouldn’t poison the cats. I brought it home.
Uh, that’s a bush, for planting, said Karin.
Trouble is, we’d agreed to uproot an existing rosebush from our yard.
Could you have it on your desk, at work?, I asked.
Not enough sun.
The moral is, what matters isn’t to be early but to put thought into your gesture! It’s the thought that counts! (A corollary is, the supermarket pretends to be helpful by putting these displays near the checkout area, but it isn’t! It’s just rushing you! Beware!)