[Ttha-potm] "Childhood Among the Ferns"

[Bill Morgan]

Yes, Rosemarie & Dennis.  I think it was the lack of ambition that would
have hurt Jemima's feelings-either because, as Dennis surmises, she might
have been horrified to see how her occasional fatalistic remarks could be
seen to have affected her 8-year-old son's view of the world, or because she
herself was very ambitious for him, seeking out schooling, giving him books,
negotiating a good deal on his architectural apprenticeship, etc.  It's true
that she encouraged her children not to marry and to stay close to home, but
for Tom at least she wanted him to have worldly success (on her terms, of
course-as an architect, not a writer!).  

 

Bill

 

[Dennis Taylor wrote:]

Hi all,

maybe Mrs. H. was disappointed that her son was mouthing back her own
philosophy, her remark about a hand always lifted to stop you, or the sign
that always says no, something like that?

D

 

On Apr 3, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Rosemarie Morgan wrote:

one wonders what he later told his mother that she would be hurt:  lack of
"ambition?" hmmm -maybe.

 

 

Bill Morgan wrote: " Afterwards he told his mother of his conclusions on
existence, thinking she would enter into his views.  But to his great
surprise she was

very much hurt,"

 

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://coyote.csusm.edu/pipermail/ttha-potm/attachments/20080403/5a624f2f/attachment.html