it’s always troublesome when our wistful mental wanderings get shot down the moment we articulate them. that’s why i always try and say them around ruth. she doesn’t discourage or encourage me. the bad ideas she reckons will get overruled by the slow passing of time. “why yes, mom. a farm is a great idea. and tomorrow you’ll think about snakes and poison ivy…then your farm will fall by the way. then you’ll once again start coveting something more reasonable. like all of the seasons of star trek voyager on dvd.” she’s really very wise that ruth.

you and poison ivy. like. a. magnet.

I just about fell out of my chair reading this. I can just hear her saying “all that stuff and everything”.