Comments | wishihadwings: with my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied.

wishihadwings

with my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied.

Jul 29, 2007 08:47

so we have this one-hundred-and-one year old woman, marlys chatel, living at jhouse right now. and she is mostly sharp as a tack and always hilarious and often quite wise. she had four husbands through the course of her life, all of whose photos are on her dresser here and she refers to them as her 'band of irresistibles'. yesterday instead of ( Read more... )

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waitforx July 30 2007, 02:24:53 UTC

in the morning when you finally go
with your shirt tucked in and your head hung low.

oh yes! magicalwhatnots July 30 2007, 14:58:49 UTC

i do have some blackberrie to eat...they've gotten a little mushy so i'll make a vegan smoothie!...whee!

tranquilrecess July 30 2007, 18:43:13 UTC

Marlys Chatel sounds wonderful, right out of a story. I'd love to meet her; you can tell her I said so.

wishihadwings July 31 2007, 13:46:59 UTC

i told her you'd like to meet her as i was giving her bedtime meds and she said, "ahh...people from michigan. something about the way they stand or the tone of their voices- i do believe i like them." so there you go!

tranquilrecess July 31 2007, 15:37:49 UTC

That made me smile.

gavtron3040 July 31 2007, 20:47:52 UTC

thanks so much for sharing your little run-ins with marlys chatel. she sounds delightful! also, i know you love d.c., but i am very happy you will be moving in to pittsburgh in a short while. we will be blessed. and i would really like to see your portraits if it's possible. perhaps jo and i could pay you to have one to put up?

anyway, kudos to you friend!