I recently told a story at the Rabbit Box in Athens – if you scroll down to the “Hear Their Stories” you can click, and then go to my name and listen to my contribution for the evening (happy stories was the theme) – my story is called “200 pages” – the group picture is very nice too. Of the other stories the one by Liz Conroy was the standout of the night and absolutely worth a listen. Hope you have all had a good week. Mike’s truck is getting new tires, new brakes and bunches of other stuff done to it today – so he’s gone to work with Colonel Mustard.
The theme for our Stories on the Square Tuesday was respect (Mike’s suggestion, then he did not come up with a story himself! – but he was glad to receive praise for the topic!) Highlights from the evening:in Japan, it is not polite to squat in public pickled ginger will rot your brain in Vietnam, it is customary to squat while chatting the Apostle Paul says husbands must love their wives and wives must respect their husbands (hmm)there is an African proverb which says “if something is about to chop off your head and instead only knocks off your hat, you should be grateful”if you are in England, you don’t need manners – the English don’t exhibit any respect the language of the country you are in, even if it is this country and people are speaking English that you don’t understand -slang, rapid rap, etc.tall people command respect – act as tall as you feel inside, and you too will command respect!
My story was about Auntie’s Bundle Truck – Uncle John and Aunt Peg – his nicknames and her hoarding, and the story morphed into the choices she made in her life – and how easy it is for the rest of us to pass judgement on her, yet how great it is that Peg was free to live the way she wanted and how ultimately we should respect her choices. Peg has a kind of immortality these days because phrases about her live on – phrases like it’s not bothering anyone, or it’s doing its sitting time, and of course, here comes Auntie’s Bundle Truck (UPS dropped off Aunt Peg’s catalog orders almost every weekday). The story is still percolating in my head- I guess because I want to do right by her rather than make fun – each life deserves respect – and that’s why respect was such a good theme – makes me endeavor to do better! Will send a copy once I think it is done right.
That’s it from this neck of the woods – hope you all have wonderful weekend plans – we will be taking a new boat cover (delivered by Auntie’s Bundle Truck a few days ago) up to the boat – will wing things from there. The AC is working again after several $$ – it is August-in-Atlanta hot outside, and we are comfy in the house.