
Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from it more and more, and float upward in our heedlessness, singing Gratia Dei sum quod sum. (John Updike, Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, 1989, Ch. 6)
Friday, October 23, 2009
Our First Apartment

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2 comments:
Oh, you were rich got a furnished apartment!
Jim
Yeah. We were just starting out as a couple, and we didn't have much. Didn't need much, either. On even-numbered days, she got to sit in the chair; on odd-numbered days, she got to sit in it, too. Eventually, this led to divorce, even though we had plenty of chairs to sit in when that happened.
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