Henriette, this piece sparked a lot of thoughts about storytelling and the subjective nature of truth (not to be confused with the purposeful distortion of the truth out there these days). But, I've gotta admit my favorite part was that you use the Oates (or Scott) quote when you're simply running out to do errands! Can't wait for Terra Nova!
Meta, that's an important distinction, isn't it? The subjective nature of truth vs the purposeful distortion of truth that is going on these days. Re: the quotation, another errand-announcing thing we say in our family is from Winnie the Pooh: "Busy Backson" (which is how the learning-to-write Christopher Robin says he'll be back soon, and of course Pooh wonders who this Backson is and what's he done with CR?
Henriette, this piece sparked a lot of thoughts about storytelling and the subjective nature of truth (not to be confused with the purposeful distortion of the truth out there these days). But, I've gotta admit my favorite part was that you use the Oates (or Scott) quote when you're simply running out to do errands! Can't wait for Terra Nova!
Meta, that's an important distinction, isn't it? The subjective nature of truth vs the purposeful distortion of truth that is going on these days. Re: the quotation, another errand-announcing thing we say in our family is from Winnie the Pooh: "Busy Backson" (which is how the learning-to-write Christopher Robin says he'll be back soon, and of course Pooh wonders who this Backson is and what's he done with CR?
Love it!