I've been away for a bit - not really away, away, just not writing here. A few ideas have dropped onto the stony ground of my imagination over the last week or so, but none seems to have taken hold. I thought the I had a BIG IDEA for a post about the metamorphosis that earnestness has taken over the last 150 years or so while I was reading Lytton Strachey's biography of Queen Victoria last night.
Turns out that when Prince Albert, future consort of Queen Victoria, and his brother Ernest were examined for their confirmation by the German Bishops of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, crowds gathered to watch. Strachey reports that every one was riveted. The princes did well and this was considered a good show. Hmm. I thought. Times have changed, haven't they? Earnestness remains, but no one seems to be looking for it in the correct religious sensibilities of future princes. What's the equivalent these days? Maybe some students presenting an alternative energy project at contest sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates?
That's kind of as far as I got. I kept reading. It's really a great book.
So, just so you few who continue to stumble in here don't go away empty handed, I thought I'd dispense some advice. I know how we all enjoy getting advice. I especially enjoy the nuggets dispensed for me by Whusband. I enjoy it so much that I have decided to fine him for any sentence that begins with, "What you should do is..."
But that's us. I am sure you'd be happy to take advice from me! And who knows, someday when I am gone my kids might read this blog looking for maternal wisdom. (The picture above of the Understudy was snapped this week by one of her friends. "How soon hath time...")
So for you and them, my best piece of advice is "Drive slow in parking lots."
I know I have already shared this but I am offering it again because it is really excellent advice. If that's not enough, or you find it a bit shop-worn, I'll also add, "Don't smoke."
And, if you must smoke, don't smoke on the street or at least never walk with a lit cigarette. It looks really cheap.
I hope inspiration is being kinder to you all. Bon weekend.
3 comments:
Good bits of advice K, I'm now curious to hear the sort that Whusband dishes out.
My mom always said that a woman looked her worst with a cigarette hanging out of mouth. Of course, there the Lauren Becalls of the world whose existence argued otherwise.
Cheers.
Lulu - Usually Whusband has career advice. He still mistakes me sometimes for someone with professional ambitions.
R - I'll give Lauren Bacall a pass on this one too.
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