“To go with the drift of things, To yield with a grace to reason”*
by chuckofish
It is October! We are “back at school” but still on Zoom. Sigh. Thankfully, the weather is beautiful and fall-like and it is Friday. The leaves are turning, but we won’t hit peak for weeks here in flyover country.
The boy came over yesterday afternoon to help haul things out to the curb for (another) bulky trash pickup. We got rid of a lot of ‘stuff’ that daughter #1 and I bagged up over the last few weekends, plus some big items that were just taking up space.
The wee laddie accompanied his dad and when I was tidying up the living room before they went home, I found him …
…in the bag of Beanie Babies! Quel nutball!
I thought this article was typical of Apartment Therapy and there “must do,” right now, apocalyptic, “as the climate crisis grows more dire” attitude to everything, but it did get me thinking. If you had to leave home because of an emergency, what would you grab?
This was a thoughtful post about Raskolnikov and the Gospel of Luke and includes this provocative line, “Just prior to this, my mother had revitalized her commitment to the local Episcopal church after years of shoddy attendance.”
This is so true.
TCM will be celebrating 30 years of The Film Foundation in October so I am looking forward to watching a lot of good movies. Last night I watched one of my favorites: La Strada (1954), Fellini’s masterpiece.
“Its purpose is – how should I know? If I knew, I’d be…the Almighty, who knows everything. When you’re born. When you die. Who knows? No, I don’t know what this pebble’s purpose is, but it must have one, because if this pebble has no purpose, then everything is pointless. Even the stars! At least, I think so. And you too. You have a purpose too.”
I will be on my own this weekend, so it will be a quiet one. Believe me, I need one! How about you?
*Robert Frost, “Reluctance”
dual personalities 
Those two articles — the Rashkolnikov one and the one about women — are excellent, as is the quote from La Strada, which I’m embarrassed to say I’ve never seen. Thank you for sharing them. Also, I can relate to sitting in a bag full of Beanie Babies!
‘La Strada’ really is one of the great ones. Everyone in it is great, but Giulietta Masina is wonderful.
And, yes, I think a bag o’Beanie Babies must be a cozy spot!
WRC Jr. in the bag of beanie babies is priceless! Great links- I especially like the reminder/permission to lead “a quiet life.”
Great stuff for Friday! Thanks for the links to interesting things to read 🙂
I liked the “Sisters, you have permission to lead a normal life” article. That Jordan Petersen’s basic premise for “12 Rules For Life.” His first rule is “clean your room” because, essentially, if you can’t order your own life what business do you have changing the world?!