"I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns."Sir Winston Churchill
(Portrait commissioned in 1944, copy framed and hung by Stan in 2007, above quotation selected by Kathleen for use in Christmas gift.)
Stan and Kathleen are looking at color chips for the guest bedroom in Tucson. We've got the comforter and the pillow cases. We're in a colorful mood, dear brothers, be warned. More importantly, we're also in a mood for colorful guests. We depart this weekend. Virg is there already, says the greens are in great condition on the Ranch Course -- and he knows about such things.
Stan's favorite Christmas present this year was a hardbound "Sir Winston Churchill, His Life and Paintings" to go with the Gilbert biography. When we get to Tucson we will begin the hunt for Churchill's five-volume "History of the Second World War," in hardcover first edition, starting at the storied Golden Goose Thrift Shop and expanding the search into the greater Tucson area. There's a trove of stuff like this left behind in the estates of Arizona old-timers. The heirs just don't want to carry the books back home, it would seem.
Please indulge one more quotation. Churchill, a gifted writer, said:
"Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all."
