This afternoon I went to see "Inside Out". It has gotten great reviews, and Son 1 recommended it enthusiastically. I loved it. And I think I want to write more about it ... about, for example, how important it was that Sadness got integrated in with the rest of the emotions, how in fact Sadness -- not Joy -- is the hero of the movie and the one who saves Riley from her impending nervous breakdown and Very Big Mistake. But it's late, so all that will wait for another day. For now, all I want to point out is the brilliant coincidence that Sadness looks so very, very much like Wife did, back when I first met her. It's uncanny.
Life has loveliness to sell,
All beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff,
Soaring fire that sways and sings,
And children's faces looking up
Holding wonder like a cup.
Life has loveliness to sell,
Music like a curve of gold,
Scent of pine trees in the rain,
Eyes that love you, arms that hold,
And for your spirit's still delight,
Holy thoughts that star the night.
Spend all you have for loveliness --
Buy it and never count the cost!
For one white singing hour of peace
Count many a year of strife well lost.
And for a breath of ecstasy
Give all you have been, or could be.
-- Sara Teasdale
My six-word memoirs
One's wallow won't make a Summa! (2022)
So what do I do now? (2021)
Sooner endure than confront or change. (2019)
Talks loud, laughs louder, thinks silently. (2008)
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