Anna

[poliphilo]

My mother is having trouble with moles. Anna told us about a man who dealt with his moles by sitting out on the lawn with a shotgun in his lap, waiting for the soil to move, then blasting away.

Aaaw. Cute little, sleek little, furry things with big hands.

Anna trains race horses. Her stables are set in a kink of a valley among the south Downs- my favourite range of English hills.

They’re made of chalk and their colours are very pale and soft. They’re all that’s left of a mountain range that was once as high as the Himalaya. Whenever I get among them I recite Kipling to myself. “Blunt, bow-headed, whale-backed Downs,” he said.

Anna is sweet. Ailz says I should have married her. Yeah, but what would we ever have talked about? She’s a country person and I’m a cockney. Can one build a lifetime’s partnership on a shared tenderness for moles?

I doubt it.

Comments

[scathedobsidian.livejournal.com]

I enjoy the devil out of this blog of yours.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks Bill!

[besideserato.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking I should have been born sooner so I could have married you. But Ailz is so damn cool, that I keep thinking I should have been your child. Imagine that! You both rock my stilettos, seriously. I love you guys. I hope you are both well and happy. My best regards!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Well, thank you!

We're back from our travels now. I'm seriously behind with LJ. Time to do some catching up!

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

As for me, I'm glad you and Ailz found each other, and I love you both and find you incredibly fun to know.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We're glad we found one another too. (it was kinda improbable)

And glad we found you.

Love you lots!

Tony & Ailz.

[beentothemoon.livejournal.com]

I second besideserato (except replace stilettos with boots, as I am accident prone enough as it is). When I read your mother was having problems with moles I imagined it was more epidermal, less rodential, and I thought "oh my,and the world thinks Texans are gun crazy!"

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Ellie.

Anna belongs to the English huntin' shootin' and fishin' set. These guys love their shotguns!

[morrison-maiden.livejournal.com]

Bah, I think you and Ailz are quite well matched ♥

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, we think we are too.

To see a picture of Anna, go to craftyailz's site. She's posting one (or two) now.

[michaelkeane.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, the boys and girls we could have married..

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

All those alternative universes.....