Draft for the Summer which seems far off.
Some sort of Blogger editing procedure interrupted my response to novelist and wine-bibber, RR's comment on my recent post. He writes of nouns used to identify people unfortunate enough to be in the news. I often think of the way parenthood creeps in as an identity marker, as in "Mrs Pivot, a mother of three, who paints Easter eggs in her spare time". He refers to taxpayer which he leaves open to speculation, as in " Dominic Snacker, a taxpayer of Little Caring, Borsetshire, who is accused of deliberately planting leylandii hedges in the fields of local farmers". I am rather enthralled by this practise (not leylandii planting but equally crude) which seems to be catching. I only hope that I don't catch it.
A man emerges from Oddbins wine merchant with a bottle of wine, which he sticks into the pocket of his jacket. It occurs to me that wine is usually handled with more reverence.
3 comments:
I love your soft image with its spring like colours. Joe: former editor, writer, blogger, artist, gardener, gourmand cook... hard to find one word to describe you... a good thing too!
I tried to comment on your latest story at One Fine Day the other day without luck, and tried again just now without luck. I think it's the google sign in - I wish I could have the option of my own URL as here. Anyway, I see Lucas has said it already. Looking forward to more.
I don't know why it posts double! That happened before then lost them in your attempts to delete one, I think.
I too like that image very much, there is something slightly Marja-Leena-esque about it, I thought!
And I laughed at your spoof designations, especially Mrs Pivot. I don't think I'm being hasty in observing that motherhood seems to be more often underlined than father status, though grandparenthood often seems to get a mention, perhaps to stress the advancing age of the person, which always seems to be of note. I agree in part that the practice is to be deplored, and yet... I'm rather enjoying yours for RR, especially 'wine-bibber', and Marja-Leena's for you. Perhaps we should adopt the practice as a kind of creative exercise?
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