I am reminded of what Mona Ramsay said in Tales of the City when faced with similar prospects "I think what I really need is five good friends."
"I think what I really need is five good friends."
Love that. That's all anyone needs, really.
In the late 70's (
) I worked with a friend in New York (still dear friends more than thirty years later, even though she shuttles, at the moment, between San Francisco and Dublin, Ireland). She was a San Franciscan, born and bred, she would get her care packages from home that included copies of the
San Francisco Chronicle, and all our co-workers would steal them to read the latest entries of Armistead Maupin's
Tales of the City, which was then serialized in the newspaper before it was published in the soon-to-be famous book (followed by sequels and miniseries, etc, etc).
Anyway, as Truman mentioned
Tales of the City, and others mentioned cats, I just thought I had to mention the name of the TOTC character
Mary Ann Singleton.
Even though I'm definitely not from Ohio, I have a lot of Mary Ann in me--especially as I am a Singleton from birth, as it were--
Mrs. Madrigal: Good. You're one of us then. Welcome to 28 Barbary Lane.
Mary Ann Singleton: Thank you.
Mrs. Madrigal: Yes, you should.
Mary Ann Singleton: Do you have any objection to pets?
Mrs. Madrigal: Dear, I have no objection to anything.
I'll also mention: Maupin's eight TOTC book is called
"Mary Ann in Autumn," and fittingly, it will be released on November 2!
Armistead Maupin and his husband Christopher Turner