We cannot possibly, no matter how hard we try, no matter whether we close our eyes tightly, associate you with the every day, the ordinary, the humdrum. Alas, the 'quiet life' is, if we may be so bold as to suggest, never going to be entirely satisfactory for you.
At times, we imagine ourselves in a semi-detached Tudorbethan, mowing the grass and washing the motor car every Sunday and then we awake from the nightmare that this would be. Just imagine the neighbours.....
So, darling Jon, embrace the extraordinary, eccentric, witty and wonderful self that you are. Have a fabulous day!
I couldn't think of anything worse than being described as "ordinary" or, [[shudder]], "normal". And the very thought of living anywhere that didn't have at least one theatre, museum, gallery or performance venue a short bus (or tube) ride away is anathema to me. Jx
Me, too! Which is why I do my socialising here, rather than "out there".
ReplyDeleteI have often wondered whether your life was like Kim Novak's in Bell, Book and Candle... Jx
DeleteDarling Jon,
ReplyDeleteWe cannot possibly, no matter how hard we try, no matter whether we close our eyes tightly, associate you with the every day, the ordinary, the humdrum. Alas, the 'quiet life' is, if we may be so bold as to suggest, never going to be entirely satisfactory for you.
At times, we imagine ourselves in a semi-detached Tudorbethan, mowing the grass and washing the motor car every Sunday and then we awake from the nightmare that this would be. Just imagine the neighbours.....
So, darling Jon, embrace the extraordinary, eccentric, witty and wonderful self that you are. Have a fabulous day!
I couldn't think of anything worse than being described as "ordinary" or, [[shudder]], "normal". And the very thought of living anywhere that didn't have at least one theatre, museum, gallery or performance venue a short bus (or tube) ride away is anathema to me. Jx
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ReplyDeleteShe knew best about everything! Jx
DeleteMr Devine has stolen my thought for the day.
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I imagine the "local yokels" in North Devon include some quite - ahem - interesting characters...
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PS We're watching Carol Klein's new gardening series on - shock horror - Channel 5. She lives somewhere near you, I believe?
Chittlehamholt, nr Umberleigh - there's a thing! I should watch really, shouldn't I? I might learn something.
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Sounds like somewhere that might feature in an old episode of the Hammer House of Horror...
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Oh I stayed in a Posh country house hotel near Chittlehamholt once back in the olden days.
DeleteYou might have been able to wave to Carol Klein out of the window! Jx
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ReplyDeleteI Don't wanna live like common people
I Don't wanna do whatever common people do
What wouldn't we have given - had she lived long enough - to hear a version of that sung by Miss Lanchester?! Jx
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