Word Play

Dear hearts,

Apart from sport, which we all know is perhaps Miss Mich's greatest love, Miss Mich has another love...it is a love that has grown along with Miss Mich.

Beguiled by D.H. Lawrence, T.S.Eliot, Jane Austin, Tom Robbins, Jack Kerouak, Charles Bukowski, Pablo Neruda, David Malouf, and Miss Mich's eternal favourite Patrick White, these darlings just to begin with;...it is words that Miss Mich has as her muse.

Discussing, or perhaps debating, with the Green Guru over bubbles and Low Isles this weekend, Miss Mich took the bull by the horns and starting roping phrases. Beginning with acerbic wit, moving onto dismissive disdain and ending up with caustic sarcasm (Sha ron Morrie are you there?), Miss Mich was, along with the bubbles, settling into the saddle, getting up a good lope and working her way into a very smooth flying change of her favourite academic sport.

Word Play. Definitely capital letter worthy.

Miss Mich loves a good word almost as much as a good sporting partner, her idea of heaven being that aspirational and divine combo of both. It is however, somewhat like searching for a pair of Prada shoes in Cairns Central, highly unlikely. It is possible it exists and Miss Mich is coming around to the idea that it may, but early days Dear hearts, the Barrier Reef is great and there are many reefs and cays to explore before one can be sure..(but I digress and am beginning to mix my metaphors)

Back to words. Personally, I can't live without them. They amuse me, work for me, identify me. Words allow me to keep those I value close (you Dear hearts) and those I cannot tolerate at a distance. Delivered with love, humour and a healthy dose of self deprecation, Miss Mich manages to share the love and offend the very few. Not bad odds considering how close to the wind Miss Mich's comments can sail. (There I go again mixing those mataphors like a Long Island Iced Tea)

Miss Mich is going to leave you with a few of her favourite one liners.

"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they will kill you"
- Oscar Wilde

"It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious"
- Oscar Wilde (obvi)

"The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity"
- George Bernard Shaw

"We only know of one duty, and that is to love"
- Albert Camus

"I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven."
- Emily Dickinson

Share the word love and enjoy Tuesday.

Love Miss Mich