tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post8446072788083127342..comments2024-03-16T18:38:15.627-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: Christmas Eve, 1973Michael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-55203563616252886032010-12-25T22:42:46.682-08:002010-12-25T22:42:46.682-08:00Merry Christmas, Michael, to you and your loved.Merry Christmas, Michael, to you and your loved.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10257831586553083944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-42258842643112031772010-12-25T03:47:30.522-08:002010-12-25T03:47:30.522-08:00Très Joyeux Noël to you and your family.
We should...Très Joyeux Noël to you and your family.<br />We should always be hopeful and grateful for what we have.<br />It is better to be in a half-full glass spirit and never feel sorry for oneself.genovefahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12767772107421659411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-6592752045750616002010-12-24T17:20:44.857-08:002010-12-24T17:20:44.857-08:00Not sad to me. I never starved and I was never alo...Not sad to me. I never starved and I was never alone, but my future husband and I flew from the east coast, where our families were, to the west coast where he was going to grad school. It took me a month to get a low-paying job that had nothing to do with my liberal arts degree from Amherst. I was an inventory clerk for a piping products company. I supported both of us on $10.5k a year in a very expensive city, Seattle, and we even saved a bit. We had no car. We had no furniture. Our first purchase was a mattress, of course. We ate off of a suitcase on the two dinner plates we had brought with us. <br /><br />Our first Christmas, we bought a few tiny baubles and put them on a jade bush. Our families were three time zones away and we didn't know anyone in Seattle yet. We weren't in debt, but we didn't have much money. I think we bought ourselves a large quilt for the mattress (which was on the floor) as our Christmas present that year. <br /><br />It's living on hope, yes, hope and the future's promise. <br /><br />OzOzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11874080106356780982noreply@blogger.com