User Profile
Add Friend
Add Note
Track User
Send Message
Send V-Gift
glass flowers can be anywhere
Created on 2007-07-28 00:36:45 (#13471251), last updated 2009-10-25
90 comments received, 177 comments posted
Basic Account [Gift]
35 Journal Entries, 2 Tags, 2 Memories, 0 Virtual Gifts, 1 Userpic
Basic Info| Name: | contrariadne |
|---|
Bio Silence
My father used to say,
“Superior people never make long visits,
have to be shown Longfellow’s grave
or the glass flowers at Harvard.
Self-reliant like the cat—
that takes its prey to privacy,
the mouse’s limp tail hanging like a shoelace from its mouth—
they sometimes enjoy solitude,
and can be robbed of speech
by speech which has delighted them.
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence;
not in silence, but restraint.”
Nor was he insincere in saying, “Make my house your inn.”
Inns are not residences.
My father used to say,
“Superior people never make long visits,
have to be shown Longfellow’s grave
or the glass flowers at Harvard.
Self-reliant like the cat—
that takes its prey to privacy,
the mouse’s limp tail hanging like a shoelace from its mouth—
they sometimes enjoy solitude,
and can be robbed of speech
by speech which has delighted them.
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence;
not in silence, but restraint.”
Nor was he insincere in saying, “Make my house your inn.”
Inns are not residences.
ConnectInterests (62):
abandoned buildings, baths, being southern, better living through chemistry, bourbon, charisma, child welfare, children, children's rights, christianity, creative giftwrap, cross-stitch, days without mirrors, democrats, difficult poetry, dorothy parker, dumb games, elizabeth bishop, employment law, environmental law, episcopal churches, female leadership, feminist men, flying dreams, garage sales, gender discrimination, gwendolyn brooks, inappropriate picture books, jennifer nettles, john shelby spong, jolie holland, jonathan kozol, law nerdiness, local politics, long meaningless stories, mediation, poodles, rachel ries, reading cookbooks, rescuing earthworms post-rain, rural chowhounding, sexual harassment, soul miner's daughter, soupmaking, step aerobics, subversive cross stitch, sugarland, susan howatch, sustainable living, swimming in the cannon, tattoo, the be good tanyas, the white house project, thrift stores, used bookstores, vera bradley toilet paper, veterans' rights, weather as entertainment, west wing, where i come from, women's leadership, x-stitch
Friends [View Entries] Friends (45):
alirose, annabelle_blue, boxcarxwaiting, bryiarrose, caziques, chanfan, contrariadne, cynicalcutie, danadanger, darlingdelia, fabularasa, famously, firegoblin, fivelefeclover, goodbye2pisces, grrrlesque, hollywood630, jillrodde, laylaanne, lck1017, lrmay, lucyrachel, mewmewmewmewmew, molldoll_singer, moscowdisco, nerdyobsession, obliometbellamy, oh_peccadillo, oywiththeicons, placenta, professorleah, purplepaperbag, quendy42, rayofdiana, reserve, sailorjane16, snobbyshannie, somewhatnifty, sono_trappolato, sparklecomps, spikybracelet, veritesanscesse, writelifegirl, zinniazayda, zurichcalling
Mutual Friends (30):
bryiarrose, caziques, chanfan, contrariadne, cynicalcutie, danadanger, darlingdelia, fabularasa, famously, firegoblin, goodbye2pisces, hollywood630, jillrodde, lucyrachel, mewmewmewmewmew, nerdyobsession, obliometbellamy, oh_peccadillo, oywiththeicons, placenta, professorleah, purplepaperbag, sailorjane16, snobbyshannie, somewhatnifty, sono_trappolato, sparklecomps, veritesanscesse, zinniazayda, zurichcalling
Communities [View Entries] Watching (7):
Feeds [View Entries] Watching (0)
