yappin' it up

As I stood scrubbing clean the virtually spotless fridge of a 94 yr woman this morning - we had one of the most intelligent conversations about politics I've been involved in, in a LONG time. It's a amazing the perspective 94 years can give you. The year she was born the Titanic sunk, the US still only had 47 states and the girl guides were founded. By the time she was 25 she could see a "talkie"and FINALLY she could VOTE...she lived through WW1, the depression and WW2, she saw the inventions of the radio, the television AND the computer.

To sum up Elsie's view of politics and politicians:"They're all monkeys."

Put more eloquantly:"Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage."

Speaking of monkeys...Liam babbles all the time but we have yet to have actual words (other than mum and dad). He's getting very good at imitating the noises of animals however (puppy dog, owl, monkey). Part of me is worried sometimes that he won't ever be coherent. That all my son will ever be able to do is "ruff ruff" like a puppy with his chin tucked to his chest. That I'll never know what he wants or why he's crying or what the hell is so funny about mommy when she wears hats. The other part of me is afraid that when he does start - he'll never stop. That we'll have a running discourse on EVERYTHING that comes into his head or into his line of sight.

*the photo is from Elsie's birthday party back in the spring