Roses | 
[with cruel disdain] 'You'll adjust to it, Mary. You'll adjust to all the losses in your life because you care only for the one thing that cannot leave you. Betray you? Most certainly. Let you down, suck you dry . . . absolutely, but it will never leave you. In a way, you're luckier than any of us.'
God must have a Machiavellian turn of mind to devise the cruelties inherent with growing old. At the very least, the elderly ought to be allowed an accurate perception of time . . . to see the years as the stretch they really were, not be made to feel they had all gone in a flash and the beginning was no more than a short distance back. At the end, the old and dying ought to be spared the feeling that life had just begun.
@RaeLovesToRead my riff on the bourbon a la creme, using bourbon cream, amaretto, and creme de cacao. Littens, which Southern/historical fiction or celebrity bio/memoir in general should be paired with it? Somebody's post got me in the reading mood for it.
Day 9, #beginswith final:
“But as Mary's attorney, he had no choice but to choke on his silence and hope the fallout from this unexpected turn of events would not be as explosive as he feared...What a sad mantle to Mary's memory. What a tragic ending to the special relationship...For a second he considered the wastebasket, then shrugged and weaved to the documents cabinet, where he filed away in its proper place the last regards of Mary DuMont.“
“ 'Pink Roses? What a pithless color for such a noble flower. No, gentlemen, I would suggest white and red only. The presence of any other implies the possibility of the unthinkable. Among men of honest intentions and goodwill, there is no mistake, no error of human judgment, no faux pas, that cannot be forgiven...They will be a reminder of my duty to our friendship, to our joint endeavors...if ever I should offend you, I will send a red rose...'“
Seriously, just what I need in this season, and tonight---a good, heavy, thick miring in fatigued reflecting upon life and consequences.
“ 'Amos, dear, you came into our lives when our stories were done. You have known us at our best, when all of our sad and tragic deeds were behind us and we were living with our consequences.' “
Festive dress for Light Up [insert town] this evening!
🤔Most may see this as a beach or spring read---but with the mood influence of McKinsey consulting and the history of business development in the U.S.---I think a big multigenerational story involving tycoons, industry magnates, and powerful families may be in order as proxy for Scrooge and the Holiday Season behemoth looming. 😷Or one by Follett....
Thoughts or suggestions welcome.
I had to really think about this one!
1. I love Rose's and daisies
2. I can't think of one. I was in a training recently and the trainer kept saying vorocious and I cant figure out if he meant voracious or something else because voracious doesn't make sense in the sentence.
3. Football or gymnastics
@Eggs #wondrouswednesday
@llcoolnate @jerdencon
I‘ve never heard of this author before, but the cover caught my attention, and the blurb caught my interest. Ended up spurlging on buying this at Costco!
Has anyone read this?
I have mixed feelings about book art, but these #roses are really pretty. This is a neat idea for a bride who is a big reader! If a book is old and can't be read anymore, then making their pages into art gives them new life. #literarylove @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickA Southern epic filled with love, marriage, war and death that spans over three generations. I devoured this book the way I would devour chocolate, I highly recommend reading it.
pickI love the stories Meacham wove of love, loss, and redemption! Spanning several generations, she created a space for me to escape reality and jump back in time to when cotton was king in East Texas.
Anyone else ready for spring??! New bookmarks from Meijer's because they were 50% off, how could I not grab them!?
pickThe BEST book I have read in a long while! What a great adventure.
