SURELY NONE IS MORE EXCELLENT IN ITSELF AND ITS RESULTS, THAN THE POWER WHICH HAS BECOME THE RIGHT OF EVERY WOMAN WHO HAS THE MEANS TO ACHIEVE IT –
OF BECOMING HER OWN UNESCORTED AND INDEPENDENT PERSON, A LADY TRAVELLER. Lillias Campbell Davidson, Hints to Lady Travellers: At Home and Abroad
Wednesday 10 March 2010
A Sad Palm Tree
My Greek brother-in-law refused to move to Ireland on the grounds that he could only live somewhere with palm trees.
‘There are palm trees in Ireland’, his wife declared, indignantly.
‘Happy palm trees.’
Perhaps he was right. This is definitely not a happy palm tree:
It looks a bit like a furled umbrella.
ReplyDeleteIt is a very sad palm tree and I never noticed it in the square in Athlone before.
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