All Purls. No Swine.
It's not so much the "sukebind" around here as it is the poison ivy. Amidst which any thoughts of "mollocking" simply cannot be countenanced. ("Mollocking in the sukebind" is the favored activity of the earthy Starkadders and their help, as explained in Stella Gibbons' comic novel, Cold Comfort Farm. A more well known rural metaphor… Continue reading “Mollocking in the Sukebind,” Redux
I had a peripatetic childhood, and by the time I finished high school I’d attended well over a dozen schools on three different continents, with time off for good behavior during a glorious year (in about third grade) where there wasn’t a school anywhere in sight. My mother, who was largely disinterested in her parenting… Continue reading Occasional Quote of the Day: “Mollocking in the Sukebind”