Songs From the Violet Cafe (2014)
“‘Whose boat do you suppose it was?’ Don asks his wife, when she first tells him of her plan.
‘Who knows?’ She is like a high-tailed pony, flicking her gathered hair from side to side, her face alight as she phones first one friend then another, telling each one on her list: this is the way we’ll get rid of our old baggage, what a sight, it’s something different don’t you think. ‘Look, does it matter?’ she asks him, when he still seems irresolute. ‘It’s not as if you can do anything with tha...t boat. It must have been sitting in the basement at least fifty years by the look of it. Haven’t you seen the rot in it? One of the boys might try and use it, even if you tell them not to. You know what kids are like when they’re in the mood.’ Of course, he can see that she’s right. She is about most things — their finances, what schools to send the children to, whose parents they should be celebrating Christmas with this year, all those things that he never cares to consider.MoreLess
‘Who knows?’ She is like a high-tailed pony, flicking her gathered hair from side to side, her face alight as she phones first one friend then another, telling each one on her list: this is the way we’ll get rid of our old baggage, what a sight, it’s something different don’t you think. ‘Look, does it matter?’ she asks him, when he still seems irresolute. ‘It’s not as if you can do anything with tha...t boat. It must have been sitting in the basement at least fifty years by the look of it. Haven’t you seen the rot in it? One of the boys might try and use it, even if you tell them not to. You know what kids are like when they’re in the mood.’ Of course, he can see that she’s right. She is about most things — their finances, what schools to send the children to, whose parents they should be celebrating Christmas with this year, all those things that he never cares to consider.MoreLess
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