For some weird reason I keep connecting the feeble recollection I have of the "vase movie" w/ O. Henry....??? Julie Krueger On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:46 PM, <wokshevs@xxxxxx> wrote: > That does ring a bell, albeit very faintly. A movie ... black and white ... > there were two vases, one genuine and the other fake. Somebody breaks the > genuine one but is told by the owner that (s)he broke the fake one. Of > course, > that is false. > > Now I'll be up all night trying to remember the title and its actors. I > think an > actor who looks a bit like E.G. Marshall was in the movie. He was also in > an old > black and white in which a group of guys rent a store - mostly luggage - in > order to be nextdoor to a bank. They proceed to tunnel their way into the > bank. > That's all I remember. Ah, the holidaying mind ... > > Seen more and read more than he will ever remember, > > Walter O. > > > > Quoting Veronica Caley <molleo1@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > But one of > > my paramount memories of trying to shape myself comes from a story I > > read (I have no idea now where) about a very rich woman who gave a party > > where one of the attendees broke a very ancient Ming vase. She greeted > > his torrent of apologies with "Don't worry, it was just an old thing > > anyway". I resolved then and there to be so unattached to material > > things that I could someday be so gracious. It has made a difference. > > > > Ursula > > > > Thanks so much for sharing this. If you ever remember where you read it, > I > > hope you post it. > > > > Veronica > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ursula Stange" <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:21 PM > > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: None Dare Call It Reason > > > > > > > Loren Eiseley is one of my heroes as well...been on my ten best list > since > > > > > the eighties. So many high points...I remember just now his story > about > > > running away (as a ten year old perhaps) from his deaf mother...and the > > > regret he afterwards suffered. So much heart. So much grit. So much > > > courage to face the things he'd done. Gave me courage.... > > > > > > I spoke to my class last night about where we get our moral > foundations. > > > Church, community, peers, family all came up. But one of my paramount > > > memories of trying to shape myself comes from a story I read (I have no > > > idea now where) about a very rich woman who gave a party where one of > the > > > attendees broke a very ancient Ming vase. She greeted his torrent of > > > apologies with "Don't worry, it was just an old thing anyway". I > > > resolved then and there to be so unattached to material things that I > > > could someday be so gracious. It has made a difference. > > > > > > Ursula > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > > > Veronica Caley wrote: > > >> Something written by Loren Eisley. As fine a writer as I have ever > read > > >> that goes right to the heart. The passage that I still remember from > his > > >> work was about a tree he and his father planted when he was very > little. > > >> Nearing the end of his life, he went back and looked for it. It had > been > > > > >> cut down. > > >> > > >> This brought both of us to tears - he when he saw it gone and me when > I > > >> read it. I don't cry easily. If I did, I wouldn't be on this list. > You > > > > >> really ought to be writing and writing. > > >> > > >> Veronica the fool, applying for a position with King Lear > > >> > > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > > > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html >