Watched the 1989 movie Steel Magnolias last evening. Old movies and old photos show the wretched aging process and how it changes actresses and actors like the rest of us. The movie stirred up both giggles and tears. Shirley McClane, in my opinion, was the funniest of the actresses in that movie.
The one line that struck me was when Dolly Parton, the hairdresser, says there is no such thing as natural beauty. When a person stops to think about physical beauty, it's quite true. Think of all the health and beauty aids we use to maintain our masks for the public eye. On the cuddle-in days, there's no eye shadow or lipstick on this girl's face. We dolly ourselves up for the world, but in the end even makeup doesn't work. They say our ears and our noses keep growing, and maybe that's what helps Nature do it's voo-doo magic. Did you ever have the experience of a younger person looking at your photo when you were young and saying, "Is that really you?" Well, I have, and the words felt like four spears being shoved into my aorta.
The boyfriend left to go to a general Venny meeting. I'm staying home with Cuddy. Pets aren't allowed down in the great room. Yesterday Dale noticed Cuddy had a problem with one of his ears, a dark dried guck. The vet's office was closed cuz of Monday being the observance of New Year's. I called his groomer, and she saw him within a half hour. She cleaned his ear out and sent home some medicated ear solution to clean his ear for a few days. He's all taken care of, and we'll watch him closely.
We didn't get the rain that was expected, nor the ice. Today is very overcast and dreary out. Another cozy-in day.
Today is the anniversary of our first date back in 1964. Yup, do the math on that, and it scares the crap outta us. Went to a teen hop to see the Trashmen whose hit was The Bird. I remember what we both wore, and mostly the slow dances where we barely moved. The details of that night are as clear to both of us as though it was last week. Sometimes we laugh how we say the same things at the same time and have totally 100% same reactions and opinions. Oh, once in awhile we'd like to box the other's ears, but those times are situational responses, not lingering habits. We have one wish, and that is that we can both get on the Big Bus at the same bus stop someday. Neither of us wants to be the one left behind.
Have a 99 cent bid on the book One Hundred Years of Solitude written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Argentina. Reviews hail the book as one that every person should read. The bidding will be over in 6 hours, so I'll take the risk that no other bids will come in. I'm seeing a lot of memes on FB about books and reading. People are enjoying staying home with their books, cuz it's too 'peoply' outside.
The boyfriend put together a vegetable soup in the crockpot for supper. Soothing to have a soupy aroma in the house on wintry days like this. I'll close with this quotation......
Do you have a kinder, more adaptable friend in the food world than soup? Who soothes you when you are ill? Who refuses to leave you when you are impoverished and stretches its resources to give a hearty sustenance and cheer? Who warms you in the winter and cools you in the summer? Yet who also is capable of doing honor to your richest table and impressing your most demanding guests? Soup does its loyal best, no matter what undignified conditions are imposed upon it. You don't catch steak hanging around when you're poor and sick, do you? Author: Judith Martin
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