tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889658833051243065.post8367144219672266646..comments2023-04-03T13:43:43.375-04:00Comments on Kubla Kong: "The universe … makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid." Bleak House, by Charles Dickens (1852)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889658833051243065.post-76278755885245481512009-01-07T06:37:00.000-05:002009-01-07T06:37:00.000-05:00I respect the thrifty, but don't count myself as o...I respect the thrifty, but don't count myself as one of them. I'm more the grasshopper than the ants. At best I can be said to take my penury with grace. I'm fond of the first photo too, though the photo of the photo here does not do it justice.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03931398523674902390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889658833051243065.post-42450892582935075712009-01-07T00:59:00.000-05:002009-01-07T00:59:00.000-05:00I remember Tracy Ullman, as one of my favorite cha...I remember Tracy Ullman, as one of my favorite characters from her panopy of them, the superannuated makeup artist (and lush) Ruby Romayne, quoting one of the old grand dames (Bette Davis was it?): "Growing old ain't for sissies."<BR/><BR/>I'm learning how serious the dowager (whoever) was when she said that!<BR/><BR/>Thrift makes for magnanimous souls.<BR/><BR/>Excess for stingy ones.<BR/><BR/>I salute you in your thrift.<BR/><BR/>And I love your first photo!<BR/><BR/>You were off to a game start, clearly...William Kecklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492547054986452311noreply@blogger.com