Although I laughed, the possibility really isn’t funny. I completely agree with you — the mindgames haven’t been invented yet that will get us through 2021 if it’s like 2020.
I have just finished re-reading ‘Undine’ so your water picture combined with ‘soulless’ made me sigh. I can see the Giverny connection but you really need to add a green bridge.
I just google-skimmed to find out about “Undine,” which was unfamiliar to me, yet at one time I must have known of the myth. Alas, sometimes I think my memory is a myth. There is an eerie connection to this post, for sure. Thank you for the reference; I will try to learn more. Meanwhile, I’ll get busy on that green bridge!
There is one myth I vaguely remember about an island that I often look for among my books. I think I had it, and don’t think it is this one. One of those endless searches (for me, not the story).
Well, darn. I hope some day you find it! Seeking a myth about an island sounds endless indeed. Maybe you could just write your own — it’s really not a bad idea. (I’m good about thinking up work for others.)
I have lost half my shorter Oxford English Dictionary too. The truth is I tend to use the internet these days, so I am just trying to think what it might be propping up.
October 11, 2020 at 6:13 pm
Beautiful reflections. I just hope 2021 doesn’t see 2020 when it looks in the mirror. 🙂
October 11, 2020 at 6:33 pm
Although I laughed, the possibility really isn’t funny. I completely agree with you — the mindgames haven’t been invented yet that will get us through 2021 if it’s like 2020.
October 12, 2020 at 12:30 am
Our state numbers are dramatically going up right now so we’re back to hanging really close to home.
October 12, 2020 at 8:45 am
That is so scary — and so depressing! It won’t be long before the whole country is completely batty.
October 12, 2020 at 4:21 pm
I have just finished re-reading ‘Undine’ so your water picture combined with ‘soulless’ made me sigh. I can see the Giverny connection but you really need to add a green bridge.
October 12, 2020 at 5:43 pm
I just google-skimmed to find out about “Undine,” which was unfamiliar to me, yet at one time I must have known of the myth. Alas, sometimes I think my memory is a myth. There is an eerie connection to this post, for sure. Thank you for the reference; I will try to learn more. Meanwhile, I’ll get busy on that green bridge!
October 13, 2020 at 1:26 pm
There is one myth I vaguely remember about an island that I often look for among my books. I think I had it, and don’t think it is this one. One of those endless searches (for me, not the story).
October 13, 2020 at 7:24 pm
Well, darn. I hope some day you find it! Seeking a myth about an island sounds endless indeed. Maybe you could just write your own — it’s really not a bad idea. (I’m good about thinking up work for others.)
October 13, 2020 at 9:29 pm
I have lost half my shorter Oxford English Dictionary too. The truth is I tend to use the internet these days, so I am just trying to think what it might be propping up.
October 14, 2020 at 8:50 am
I have to think that even half a “shorter” OED would be a formidable prop indeed. Much more likely to be found before the elusive myth, I’d guess.