This wondrous fine is actually credited to our ever creative, inquisitive mum. Browsing around the bookstore website for Barter Books, she encountered this sage advice deliverable to you for a mere 6 pounds (sterling)- and that includes shipping, my friends! So, for a mere $10 you can purchase this historic poster (wonderful decorative item) plus a large dose of self-help without tuning into Oprah or visiting your nearest bookstore's Deepak Chopra collection .
The poster was originally distributed by the British government during the unrelenting bombings of WW II as a reminder to those stoic Brits to maintain that stoicism (stiff upper lip and all that). I think it's brilliant. And I'm trying to convince Cath that this is just the sort of thing we need staring us in the face everyday. A gentle reminder (or perhaps not so gentle. it's very red and very large.) of how to stave off the mean reds.
Also, we recommend visiting the Barters Book site for a look at their author mural (click on BB Mural). Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf chat it up along side Yeats and Hemingway (who is being felt-up by the acerbically witty Dorothy Parker).
LL
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Guten Tag from your aunt who knows about five German words now--including the words for "crap weather"! (I'm in Dublin--but it's not like Scheiss Wetter ever happens in Ireland of course!) But I digress: I love the "Keep Calm" sign; I'll be purchasing one, absolutely. Yesterday, I saw some fantastic shoes, among other things, that reminded me of you guys. I'm very spacey so I promptly forgot the brand name, but as I'll be buying a pair of shoes at that store, I'll be sure to get the name. Y'all probably already know of them, but still, I don't want to pass them by just in case....
Carry on! :-) Mare
Dublin sounds wonderful! Also, someone might be getting you that poster for your wedding gift (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) ;)
Thanks, Aunt Mare!
Congratulations too! We wish we could have been in Ireland to see you. Well, since we couldn't make it, we hope Bono and/or The Edge made an appearance :) Happy shoe shopping!
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