Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Some version of pastoral

“Where tropes of rural self-sufficiency converge with dainty décor”: The New York Times offers an explanation of cottagecore.

I side with William Carlos Williams: “We cannot go to the country / for the country will bring us / no peace.”

comments: 2

Pete said...

Or as the noted New Jersey longshoreman and prizefighter Terry Malloy once said: “I don't like the country. The crickets make me nervous.”

Michael Leddy said...

A great line. And later, when Edie suggests leaving the city for a farm, he says “A farm,” as if she’s suggesting a move to Mars.