Mulan came to visit with us at Mellow Mushroom ....
... this last time. I always like to rush off to the Mushroom on Tuesday evening, usually with young Clovis, to have beer and tempeh, but last Tuesday was special. Maeréad was there, of course, and we were settling down to order when niece Mulan came in with her mother. Her mother is a woman of the cloth, the most liberal pastor I've ever known. Her congregatioin loves her, which is interesting considering how conservative everyone is here.
Mulan is eleven, and is beginning to look like Arwen Undómiel (well an uncle notices these things!). I have known her since she first came to the High Country when she was two. We liked each other right away. Nothing makes an aging bachelor feel better than having a two year old think he's great. Of course, her dad helpfully explained that it was because of -- well, my age, the grey hair... etc., reminding her of granddad. Anyway, since Mulan is adopted we decided to adopt each other as Uncle and Niece. Fortunately her dad works with me, and I outrank him, so that was no problem. We probably should draw up papers and sign them in blood or something. Her mom the Pastor could help with a few blessings.
Mulan loves the Harry Potter books and so do Carmen and I. In fact I have listened to all of them read by Jim Dale and enjoyed each. So we had a lot to talk about, especially because Mulan had brought a little encyclopedia type book about all the magical and mythical creatures in Harry Potter. It had a wonderful map with wonderful little drawings of places and creatures from the world of Hogwarts and co. My favorite was the little picture in the middle of Italy of Romulus and Remus with mom. The Seelkies are great too - I still remember the folk song about the Great Seelkie. And lots of funny little sailing ships with tiny sailors steering them out into unknown waters.
We spent the whole time looking over her book and talking about Harry Potter stuff. She says she is going to be Cho Chang, Harry's lovely but difficult girlfriend (when she was three she went as Princess Mulan, hence the nom de blog). It has been several months since I have had a chance to talk to her, so it was a special evening.
Now we will have to have her come down to visit so we can take the little lummox over to see the Chocolate Pony. Mulan loves horses!
... this last time. I always like to rush off to the Mushroom on Tuesday evening, usually with young Clovis, to have beer and tempeh, but last Tuesday was special. Maeréad was there, of course, and we were settling down to order when niece Mulan came in with her mother. Her mother is a woman of the cloth, the most liberal pastor I've ever known. Her congregatioin loves her, which is interesting considering how conservative everyone is here.
Mulan is eleven, and is beginning to look like Arwen Undómiel (well an uncle notices these things!). I have known her since she first came to the High Country when she was two. We liked each other right away. Nothing makes an aging bachelor feel better than having a two year old think he's great. Of course, her dad helpfully explained that it was because of -- well, my age, the grey hair... etc., reminding her of granddad. Anyway, since Mulan is adopted we decided to adopt each other as Uncle and Niece. Fortunately her dad works with me, and I outrank him, so that was no problem. We probably should draw up papers and sign them in blood or something. Her mom the Pastor could help with a few blessings.
Mulan loves the Harry Potter books and so do Carmen and I. In fact I have listened to all of them read by Jim Dale and enjoyed each. So we had a lot to talk about, especially because Mulan had brought a little encyclopedia type book about all the magical and mythical creatures in Harry Potter. It had a wonderful map with wonderful little drawings of places and creatures from the world of Hogwarts and co. My favorite was the little picture in the middle of Italy of Romulus and Remus with mom. The Seelkies are great too - I still remember the folk song about the Great Seelkie. And lots of funny little sailing ships with tiny sailors steering them out into unknown waters.
We spent the whole time looking over her book and talking about Harry Potter stuff. She says she is going to be Cho Chang, Harry's lovely but difficult girlfriend (when she was three she went as Princess Mulan, hence the nom de blog). It has been several months since I have had a chance to talk to her, so it was a special evening.
Now we will have to have her come down to visit so we can take the little lummox over to see the Chocolate Pony. Mulan loves horses!
posted by Clemens | 12:04 AM
2 Comments:
O.K. Oscar. With all you reading is "nom de blog" a real word? Did I spell it right?
Sure its a real word. Just as real as 'blog' and 'bluetooth' and 'google' (as a verb).
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