it was a prof at the university of arkansas at little rock who got me to resume using capital letters. she didn’t believe in chomsky’s language acquisition theories. i thought she was wrong and still do. she said to me, though, something that stuck. one day you will make your mark on this world, and it will be for something far greater than refusing to use capital letters.
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today i got my own (western version of the) neti pot. sylvain got one and told me that nobody who uses it ever looks back. i tried it and knew i had to have one of my own. what a trip.
today was my day to be with pa at supper time. after supper i showed him my purchase.
“the solution goes up the right nostril and comes out on the left. then you put it up the left and it comes out on the right side. no word of a lie! i’m going to go in the washroom and do it right now.”
“I want to watch dat.”
i guess if i can wipe his bum, he can watch the snot run out of my face
Now THAT’S a close relationship :)