One practicing divination, including
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soothsayer )
Ok , Beryl was probably not a soothsayer , but she did have a few stock standard sayings for particular occasions and moment that were reflective of the times she lived in and the type of person she was
- Yesterday is dead forget it, tomorrow does not exist , today is here, use it.
- If you can’t be good be careful , if you can’t be careful remember the date.
- Blind Freddy on horse back would be glad to see it.
- I’ve had eloquent sufficiency thank you.
- Up in Annies room behind the clock
There is one that I'm stuck on. Its about Laziness . It goes something like "Laziness is not done well unless you are committed to it " Beryl was proud of her commitment to this past time. While it infuriated me at the time , I now see the wisdom of stopping to smell the daisies or the urban equivalent , Window shopping down at the Plaza.
Any clarifications?
Music was pretty important to Beryl when she went to lived at Baxter street. Beautiful music would blast from the little garage/granny flat most days. That was the beginning of the classic CD collection. She was a valued customer of Plaza records. Sadly this fine establishment is no longer with us. It has been replaced by a hairdressers and beauty supply shop..... These cds were the only truly material thing that she valued. They were all kept in artist order . Once you start classifying collections it ranks pretty high on the importance scale unless you happen to suffer from OCD, which Beryl did not. Vivaldi four seasons , Bach, Beethoven (those big numbers with waltzes) were some of the favourites.....
