It's a small world after all - the Bride memorized this speech, and impressed me no end with her memory. I started reading your post to her and we finished in tandem, me reading and she reciting the speech from memory. That did make it special.....special enough that the Bride just subscribed to your Substack, with money..... We are both damn tired of living in interesting times.....
It's a small world after all - the Bride memorized this speech, and impressed me no end with her memory. I started reading your post to her and we finished in tandem, me reading and she reciting the speech from memory. That did make it special.....special enough that the Bride just subscribed to your Substack, with money..... We are both damn tired of living in interesting times.....
Elaine, aka The Bride here. I first saw this quotation during my sophomore year in college. It was typed (dating myself) and taped to the door of a professor in the language department of then-Newcomb College of Tulane University. I went to the library, made a copy, and memorized it. Every October 25 I refresh my memory of it and quote it. This past November Bruce and I were in London for a few days, and I got to see the room in Westminster Abbey where Henry IV died and Henry V became king. I'll forward your column to the gracious lady who showed me that room and other fascinating parts of the Abbey. Thank you for bringing back fond memories, and for expressing so eloquently the issue facing us. A better choice could not have been made.
It's a small world after all - the Bride memorized this speech, and impressed me no end with her memory. I started reading your post to her and we finished in tandem, me reading and she reciting the speech from memory. That did make it special.....special enough that the Bride just subscribed to your Substack, with money..... We are both damn tired of living in interesting times.....
I saw that new subscription. I thank both of you for the support and friendship.
Elaine, aka The Bride here. I first saw this quotation during my sophomore year in college. It was typed (dating myself) and taped to the door of a professor in the language department of then-Newcomb College of Tulane University. I went to the library, made a copy, and memorized it. Every October 25 I refresh my memory of it and quote it. This past November Bruce and I were in London for a few days, and I got to see the room in Westminster Abbey where Henry IV died and Henry V became king. I'll forward your column to the gracious lady who showed me that room and other fascinating parts of the Abbey. Thank you for bringing back fond memories, and for expressing so eloquently the issue facing us. A better choice could not have been made.
Thanks, Elaine. I'm glad you're here.
Lucky two you are