This is a photo of Little Edie aka Edith Bouvier Beale taken around 1972. She was the cousin of Jackie Kennedy(as in First Lady Jackie Kennedy). If you haven't been under a rock for the last couple of years you already have some inkling who this woman was. If you want to watch the documentary the Maysles Brothers made, that brought her and her mother, Big Edie Beale, to the attention of the public, go to Hulu and find "Grey Gardens". It's much better than that movie HBO put out last year. Too bad the Broadway show of their lives isn't still running. Christine Ebersole was grand in the role of Little Edie. To find one of the few clips of her in the role, performing at the 2007 Tony Awards go HERE.
I think this documentary is a mesmerizing and wonderful study of two amazing women who were both trapped by their time/society and made free by their approach to that life.
If I can be half the Staunch Women that the Edies were, I'll be happy with how my life turns out.
It's here!!!
Now I need to clean up the inside of the old one that is sitting in the garage and after Jury Duty month I can try to arrange for a repairman to look at it again.
From the annuals of "I just don't get it". How come people who realize that they are on the brink of disaster won't change their behaviors...or won't even do the few things they need to do to make their situation not-so dire? It's one thing to not know that the cliff is there but when you know it's there and you are standing on it, why do you insist on taking that one step over it when you know how to take a step back instead??
I just don't get it....
I do get that you can't force someone to change if they are not ready. If you try, they just get all passive/aggressive on you.
And then later, after the sh** hits the fan, others will blame you for not helping, when in fact you tried to help. The other people's definition of help is really 'enable' anyway, and enabling does everyone involved a disservice and makes nothing better.
My friend Brenda said I could share this photo with ya'll. She did something creative this year in her garden. If I had a wooden shed that got good sun, I'd do this too in a heartbeat next year!
It's genius I tell ya, Genuis!...lolol
Tomorrow we say goodbye to our dog Peanut. With the loss of his bladder and bowel control as well as the deterioration of his back legs, the time has come. He will have family there with him as he takes that last walk to the Rainbow Bridge and a steak dinner in his belly.
Sluggy
