Pride and Prejudice Is My Final Choice
We are painting our kitchen cabinets. Today is the second day of that enterprise. Everything that was once IN THE CABINETS is now all over the dining and living rooms, laundry room etc. BUT, as I promised my husband, it will be wonderful when it’s done. And he is doing much of the work.
CHOOSING A TOPIC
So because of this chaos, I have a small window for my post today. But I did consider these topics:
TIGER WOODS: How by winning the Masters, Woods gifted his children. Thus writes Scott Jennings, and Jennings is not talking about financial giving– Tiger Woods reminded every parent what it means to show our children the virtue of fighting back, and of the powerful lesson that no matter what mistakes we make today, we always wake up tomorrow with a clean scorecard and a chance to be great in their eyes.
SINGLE WOMEN AND SAFETY I read a piece by Catharine Hamm concerning this, especially when traveling. After a woman was kidnapped and murdered thinking she was in a Lyft car–this stood out for me. Hamm: Women should not stop traveling (alone) because of fear, but should be prepared to take action and speak up if there’s a problem. TIP: both Uber and Lyft have a help button if your diver is driving erratically or being abusive. If your driver isn’t using the correct route (one you know or have checked out ahead of time,) use the help button and remember, the ride share company is tracking your route. You can also call 911–or do both.
And finally, writer Robin Abcarian and I BEG YOU TO HAVE YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN VACCINATED. When a parent says: my kid isn’t sick and doesn’t need to be vaccinated–there’s an answer for that. Abcarian writes: But that’s the thing. You are healthy UNTIL YOU ARE NOT. If a child is not vaccinated and comes in contact with someone who has measles or chickenpox or another preventable disease, that kid may get sick. …and transmit the disease to someone else’s child who cannot be vaccinated because he or she has cancer, takes immunosuppressant drugs or is severely allergic to vaccines . (MY HUSBAND IS IMMUNO-COMPROMISED, and I’m an RN. Please vaccinate your children. The falsehood perpetrated by Dr. Andrew Wakefield has been proclaimed WRONG WRONG, over and over again.
IN THE END, MY TOPIC FOR TODAY…PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
There are so many choices on TV and with streaming. So what to watch after your husband has worked all day with a partner painting your kitchen? SOMETHING ROMANTIC? Yes, it was the right choice. !
I CHOSE JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, the version with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. After a day of hard work, my and husband and I luxuriated in more of this Masterpiece series of Jane Austen’s best novel. If you need some romantic moments, these are the best. (We rented it from Netflix). Search your streaming services.
As Jane Austen writes, this being the first line in the novel: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
ANOTHER TRUTH, romance works. We all need romance in our lives. Especially after a long day of honey-dos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoGe2z35rv4
