“All you’re supposed to do is once in a while give the boys a little tea…” ~ Tea & Sympathy
Let us have this winter then, as if there was any other way to get around it other than going through it. Let us have our cups of steeped and steaming tea, anything to warm ourselves from the inside out. And let us have our lights, seeing us through the darkest nights. There are cold ones yet to come, but each will be a little shorter than the last, until finally the signs of spring will be upon us again.
Winter and an old film, based on an old play.
“Manliness is not all swagger and mountain climbing. It’s also tenderness.” ~ Tea & Sympathy
Last night I watched ‘Tea & Sympathy’ for the first time, a cup of Earl Grey keeping me company, and the glow of a few candles lightly warming the air. It was the sort of Saturday night I’d been yearning for since I was a boy, believe it or not, and most will not. Despite the madness that has surrounded so many of my formative years – a madness I admittedly courted more often than not – all I ever really wanted was calm and comfort and peace. I just took a long and tumultuous path to get here. Being different can make for such difficult roads.
“Years from now when you talk about this – and you will – be kind.” ~ Tea & Sympathy
