2 thoughts on “I forgot”

1. Dwight February 17, 2009 at 10:26 am

   I thought you might appreciate this excerpt from an essay by Nancy Gibbs of Time Magazine, which she read on the Newshour last week:

   “My main frustration is that Valentine’s Day only pretends to celebrate what we like about love while more often undermining it. Love is hope and madness and generosity; it asks for nothing in return. Valentine’s Day easily evokes dread and duty and devotion put through a metal detector.

   “A million Web sites instruct men on what to give, lest they send the wrong signal or are reduced to relying on drugstore chocolates. Restaurants cue the violins and raise their prices. You can find matching Snoopy Valentine towels on eBay, not to mention naked Cupid refrigerator magnets.

   “There’s nothing wrong with reveling in romance, and honoring friendship, and pausing in the bleak midwinter to tickle the people we love, but it’s also a good sign of the state of your relationships if the day just saunters by and winks and you feel no need to pay much attention.

   Love should fizz without champagne, should grow even in hard soil. The minute its expression feels like a duty, it has lost its bearings. “Love sought is good,” Shakespeare observed, “but given unsought is better.”

   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/jan-june09/valentine_02-09.html
2. carol February 22, 2009 at 3:12 pm

   I’m not a Valentine’s Day person anyway. Although I do like chalky Necco hearts. And unexpected heart-shaped boxes of candy (you know who you are) (but perhaps do not read blogs…).

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