Musings on a very rainy Sunday.
A few days ago, I received a monthly Event Newsletter from New Harmony, Indiana, my favorite place in the world. Unfortunately, it included this:
Month of June for Him ~ He showed us how to be selfless, how to give without expectations. He empowered us with the value of hard work and demonstrated how to keep our promises with integrity and compassion. Reward him with a package built "Just for Him".
I have received and read pablum such as this, many times. This time, though, I noticed that the sender was from a specific person, not just some entity, so I wrote:
Dear Kathy,
Who is this person that you describe, thusly: Month of June for Him ~ He showed us how to be selfless, how to give without expectations. He empowered us with the value of hard work and demonstrated how to keep our promises with integrity and compassion. Reward him with a package built "Just for Him". ??
This may have been your father - sure wasn't mine! How about: He showed us how to be egotistical and condescending, not to mention tyrannical and arbitrary, cruel and brutal, cold and belittling.
I love New Harmony, and love the Inn; but these "one type fits all" glam-shots gall those of us who didn't have those type parents.
But, I like getting the monthly event notes; keep 'em coming.
**
Whew - glad I got that off my chest. Here's more, though.
What is it about us - Americans, our culture - that seems to require fantasy views about so many areas of life? Beautiful people and beautiful houses (we call them "homes" because that is so cozy-sounding) in advertisements; models who are fired when they get to be size 4; ads recently pulled from two networks because they featured normal-size women - yes, women have breasts; idiot Virginia Attorney General who has changed the state seal, covering the breast of the Greek goddess who has been on the state seal for 220 years; huge brou-haha about Vice President using a commonly-used word (hush, hush: we don't like to think our public officials - who we generally despise - cuss; what is that about?); what's it all about, Alfie?
Month of June for Him ~ He showed us how to be selfless, how to give without expectations. He empowered us with the value of hard work and demonstrated how to keep our promises with integrity and compassion. Reward him with a package built "Just for Him".
I have received and read pablum such as this, many times. This time, though, I noticed that the sender was from a specific person, not just some entity, so I wrote:
Dear Kathy,
Who is this person that you describe, thusly: Month of June for Him ~ He showed us how to be selfless, how to give without expectations. He empowered us with the value of hard work and demonstrated how to keep our promises with integrity and compassion. Reward him with a package built "Just for Him". ??
This may have been your father - sure wasn't mine! How about: He showed us how to be egotistical and condescending, not to mention tyrannical and arbitrary, cruel and brutal, cold and belittling.
I love New Harmony, and love the Inn; but these "one type fits all" glam-shots gall those of us who didn't have those type parents.
But, I like getting the monthly event notes; keep 'em coming.
**
Whew - glad I got that off my chest. Here's more, though.
What is it about us - Americans, our culture - that seems to require fantasy views about so many areas of life? Beautiful people and beautiful houses (we call them "homes" because that is so cozy-sounding) in advertisements; models who are fired when they get to be size 4; ads recently pulled from two networks because they featured normal-size women - yes, women have breasts; idiot Virginia Attorney General who has changed the state seal, covering the breast of the Greek goddess who has been on the state seal for 220 years; huge brou-haha about Vice President using a commonly-used word (hush, hush: we don't like to think our public officials - who we generally despise - cuss; what is that about?); what's it all about, Alfie?
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