And then this Bear, Pooh Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, F.O.P. (Friend of Piglet's), R.C. (Rabbit's Companion), P.D. (Pole Discoverer), E.C. and T.F. (Eeyore's Comforter and Tail-finder)--in fact, Pooh himself--said something so clever that Christopher Robin could only look at him with mouth open and eyes staring, wondering if this was really the Bear of Very Little Brain whom he had know and loved so long.
Overuse of antibiotics is one of my favorites. So I was pleased to see this article confirming my paranoia. OK, maybe not pleased, but vindicated? Or just presented with an easy way to spread the gospel?
posted by miriam @ 12:01 PM
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This article, or, more precisely, the picture, got me brooding. On the right is Beth Samuels. I didn't know her well (though we were distantly related), but Beth's death was a real trauma in the Drisha community. Her picture is now on the wall, with a plaque naming the High School program after her. The picture of smiling Beth is a symbol of loss. It's somewhat shocking to me, then, to see her picture appear anonymously, with the caption "women studying Torah." Is it happy or sad the she is an anonymous face of women and Torah, in a JTA stock photo from years ago?
posted by miriam @ 11:43 AM
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"Bother!" said Pooh, as he opened it. "All that wet for nothing. What's that bit of paper doing?" He took it out and looked at it. "It's a Missage," he said to himself, "that's what it is. And that letter is a 'P,' and so is that, and so is that, and 'P' means 'Pooh,' so it's a very important Missage to me, and I can't read it. I must find Christopher Robin or Owl or Piglet, one of those Clever Readers who can read things, and they will tell me what this missage means. Only I can't swim. Bother!" Then he had an idea, and I think that for a Bear of Very Little Brain, it was a good idea. He said to himself: "If a bottle can float, then a jar can float, and if a jar floats, I can sit on the top of it, if it's a very big jar." ... "All boats have to have a name," he said, "so I shall call mine The Floating Bear." And with these words he dropped his boat into the water and jumped in after it. For a little while Pooh and The Floating Bear were uncertain as to which of them was meant to be on the top, but after trying one or two different positions, they settled down with The Floating Bear underneath and Pooh triumphantly astride it, paddling vigorously with his feet.
