the new home of @bookmark_terry
Dear Owner of Victorian Mansion, Hello, as it were. Is your establishment the one that makes Downton Abbey look like a cheap doll’s house? I sincerely hope so or one might feel compelled to change plans. Did you catch that? I’m using the pronoun ‘one’ like Queen Elizabeth. I thought it brilliant and classy of me. Thanks so much for the info on taxis, buses…
I cannot hold on to old humiliations. I cannot let them seep into present-day interactions with friends, colleagues or my spouse. When I write these thoughts and feelings, they startle me with their power. They frighten me by their power. I cower and writhe under scrutiny from their power. Sunday evening, I fell prey to that might. My defences were down. Stress and defeat had…