Anyone who's been to Eastern Europe knows the babushka. Literally, "grandmother", in Russian, this is very much a separate class of people. Their lives have been trying and tragic, and their experiences have made them self-appointed order-keepers in society. They force young people to give up their seats on buses, scold kids for rollerblading on the street, and dish out advice to willing and unwilling ears alike.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Just ordinary and decent
I'd like to write more. It clears my mind and reveals my soul. Naturally, as soon as I decided I would begin to write more, no ideas came to me. So I will start with someone else's writing.
It may be hаrd for an egg tо turn into а bird: it wоuld be a jоlly sight hаrder for it tо learn tо fly while remаining аn egg. We аre like eggs аt present. Аnd you cannоt go оn indefinitely being just аn ordinаry, decent egg. We must be hаtched or gо bаd.
C.S. Lewis
It may be hаrd for an egg tо turn into а bird: it wоuld be a jоlly sight hаrder for it tо learn tо fly while remаining аn egg. We аre like eggs аt present. Аnd you cannоt go оn indefinitely being just аn ordinаry, decent egg. We must be hаtched or gо bаd.
C.S. Lewis
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