The flower that continues to bloom: My cold, cold heart

Thursday, April 16

My cold, cold heart

Yesterday we stood in line to try and get "Wicked" tickets. We were unsuccessful. You can read a detailed account of the adventure from Miss Nemesis. It was a disappointment, but we moved on. Lola and I went to see "Coraline," and Nem went home to her husband.

I hadn't realized just how bitter I felt until I awoke this morning to this:

To those of you who lost crops, trees, electricity, family members: I'm sorry. Sometimes I don't know my own strength. I must learn to keep my emotions in check.

6 comments:

Jenny said...: I saw Coraline too!; 8:56 PM
Lola said...: Okay Mother Nature!; 9:51 AM
Natalie Gordon said...: You better watch the snow production - you are liable to push the garage sale season back. And then where will we be?; 1:01 PM
Lola said...: Psh. Moved on. Yeah right.; 5:24 PM
Debbie said...: Now that is just wrong on so many levels!; 12:53 PM
Jared said...: We were out at 4:30 that morning hitting trees with brooms and shovels to get the snow off- branches were snapping and falling left and right. One huge one completely blocked the street and a snow plow had to shove it to the side of the road.; 9:35 AM

What's the blog title about?

In 2010 I came across a series of vintage booklets entitled "Amy Vanderbilt Success Program for Women" (copyright 1965) at a thrift store. I didn't look inside any of them: the titles and cover art were funny enough that I had to have them. And it didn't hurt that I got four booklets for 25 cents. My favorite was "How to be a more interesting woman." Who could pass that up?

A few days later I started to look through the book for a laugh, and found myself almost immediately absorbed by the author's wisdom and wit. She made some good points . . . she made a lot of good points. This was something I could use, for who doesn't want to be more interesting? And here in my hands was a surprisingly progressive manual on how to do it.

So, in my newfound quest to be more interesting, I thought I'd use this forum to try things out and reflect on my efforts. In short, I hope to become the kind of person that continues to flower and grow.