While I’m on the subject of our parish church, I have to mention
that it now has a woman vicar. Her name is the Rev Geraldine Pond. How quaintly
English; how assuredly middle class; how reassuringly liquid; how comfortably
Christian.
I’ve never met her, but I suspect she’s a very nice person
and most unlikely to indulge the primal energies of a Beltane Eve fire.
You may insert 'indulge in' if you prefer. I meant both.
You may insert 'indulge in' if you prefer. I meant both.
8 comments:
Geraldine Pond is such a perfect name for a little stuffed monster. I used to get some of my names from the names of patients when i worked for a durable medical company. I'd take a first name and put it with another patient's last name... my favorite patient last name was Mantooth. Maybe someday i'll make an Edith Mantooth. She will be the color of neopolitan ice cream and have waffle cone roots/legs, (I saw another stuffie like this in a book). A little sweet tooth.
I've always liked the last name Pond.
I've never heard of anybody called Pond before. Maybe they all went to America.
Really, i've only ever heard Ponds.
Must have something to do with being a water sign. You know what water and fire make, don't you? Steam!
You can boil things with water and fire, too. Boiled peanuts aren't very good.
So now I'm thinking 'Is Andrea being factual or cryptic?'
Factual.
You have a lot of Kates and Emmas in the UK, don't you? Or do you?
Do names "trend" with age? Like for women my age there are a lot of Jessicas and Jennifers and Sarahs. Names that end with an ah sound of a y sound.
We do have a lot of Kates and Emmas, yes. During the 60s, Victoria (Vicky) was seen as a trendy but 'sophisticated' choice, while Sharon and Tracy were so common that they became almost a joke.
I fully expect Ethel and Hilda to make a comeback one day, but I suspect that Doris has definitely died out.
And I never liked Jeffrey.
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