Madame M:
When I checked out War
and Peace, which had to be ordered from another library, the librarian was
tickled/delighted and all smiles.
Tolstoy was also a
famous vegetarian who, so the story goes, responded to a visiting upper class
relative’s demand for chicken by tying a live chicken and a knife to her chair.
You would mention
blueberries, not only my favorite berry but my favorite fruit!
Earlier this evening I
ate outdoors at a restaurant and did some typing and reading on my laptop. I ordered green tea because this particular Chinese
restaurant has a quite exquisite kind of high-mountain organic green they get
from the mainland. The waiter, who was
not Asian, remarked that I was a “brave” man to drink hot tea in the summer. The look on his face conveyed that he
actually thought I was “nuts,” but diplomacy (and a desire for a tip) kept him
in the diplomatic sphere.
Of course, the tea was
so good that I had not just one pot, but two.
Which has now given me
insomnia.
Which is why this post
is getting posted when it is.
Actually, after eating,
I spent little time on the computer, but a lot of time instead sipping tea,
watching people, and thinking. Chinese
monks were famous for sipping copious amounts of green tea, for its
simultaneous calming and mental sharpening properties that allowed them to
meditate for long periods.
I could see why. The serenity and clarity after two pots of
good green tea were amazing. I have
thought about many things, including your words about clutter and the material
flotsam of life. And I’ve also thought
about how much I don’t like working in the summer. At my core, I’ll always be a summer months
off fellow, lol.
Speaking of thinking, did
you see the experiment they did? They
gave people time alone with their thoughts in a spare room. The people could, at any time, hit a button
which would deliver an electric shock to them.
Most people, within a few minutes, pressed the button.
What, in your view, is
that saying?
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