Bounce

[watervole]

I'm still bouncing...

Some of you will have seen my earlier post, but essentially, micavity's temporary 'just until this crisis is over' job has become permanent and salaried because he's saving them lots of lovely money and has become indispensible.

I'm being very virtuous and not phoning his grandparents. I know they'll be delighted and I'll let him have that pleasure of telling them.

(Just in case any newcommers are wondering, this is my 'family' icon. The reference is to Kippling's poem, which essentially says the she-bear is deadly when anything threatens her cubs or her mate. http://www.potw.org/archive/potw96.html I love the poem dearly - I like most of Kipling's stuff. The man wrote about real people and he didn't use exotic language and he had a brilliant sense of scansion)

Comments

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

You're not going to get any argument from me (and, indeed, most SF fen) about how good Kipling is. For me he is first rank, and I don't put more than about a score of English poets in that category.

Do you know the Fish or the Longcor settings? I must admit I prefer the Longcor, primarily because I can't cope with Leslie's accent when she sings Kipling...

[watervole.livejournal.com]

I'm shamefully short of filk recordings. My favourite Kippling recordings are on 'The Widow's Uniform' CD.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Even more congratulations to the indispensable micavity!

[watervole.livejournal.com]

I've been looking for an icon just like that! Please may I copy it?

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Of course! Or if there's anything similar you'd like made up, let me know.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

THanks! I'll bear the offer in mind. (I can't really think of any good image for a toothache icon)

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

George Washington, perhaps?

[watervole.livejournal.com]

No, he doesn't make me think of toothache.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

Could that be because all his teeth were wooden?

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh congrats to micavity!!

[headgardener.livejournal.com]

Kipling doesn't use exotic language? Perhaps not in his poems, which tend to be very much vernacular ballads -- but have you never read his stories? He talked of 'triple-layering' his prose: I get a real sense of texture, of shadows and tensions running through. This is not just in 'Kim' and his other Indian tales, but also in his love-songs to the English landscape and character which of course he viewed as an expat returned from the imperial disspora.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Some of the 'Just So' stories have the most wonderful use of rhythms and use of words.