Goodbye Winter

[poliphilo]

A pinch and a punch on the first of the month.

I know what Eliot says about April being the cruelest month, but I've never understood it; I'd be glad for it to be April now and the lilacs growing out of the dead land.

Does he mean that April fails to live up to its promise?

I guess one can't accuse February of that. February makes no promises. It is the coldest, bleakest, muddiest, dankest month. Thank God, it is also the shortest.

And now it's March. And here comes Flora, with one hand on her hat, pushing her way against a strong, cold wind, with daffodils clasped in the crook of her arm.

Comments

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

I wonder: didn't you say you hadn't seen "Hope and Glory"--a 1987 English film starring Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Derrick O'Connor, Susan Wooldridge, Sebastian Rice-Edwards, and directed by John Boorman?

I'm watching it again this morning, and it's so witty and moving--about London during WW II.

I think you and Ailz would really like it.

I don't know if it's available on DVD--I hope so.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't seen Hope and Glory. It's a film that's kept eluding me. I must see if we can hire a copy from Tesco.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

I must see if we can hire a copy from Tesco.

Why is this so much more charming than saying "I'll go to the local Blockbuster and see if I can rent it." ?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I dunno.

Tesco is just a big supermarket chain- nothing in the least bit glamorous, really.