Impatiens

[bunn]

First impatiens seedlings were showing this morning...

Went to Polo's Great Aunty J's Golden Wedding party. Had previously considered G-A J and G-U Ted to be relatives who ranked fairly high on the Relativometer (calibrated with a high of Polo's cheerful friendly sensible Aunty Jen, and an all-time low of my gloomy bitter and manipulative Gran (deceased). So was rather shocked when G-A J launched into an unprovoked rant on 'Black People and How They Can't be Trusted'. I guess she is very very old, and so are her attitudes. Still: !!!

Mollydog is now rather tentatively chasing the ball, though I still can't get her to pick it up. Polo theorises that a fuzzy ball may be better than the rubbery one on a rope. She does like picking up her fuzzy toys... Will try this.

Sunday - planted three sorts of Sweet Pea (Allbutt Blue, Fragrant Skies, Sweetie Purple) In accordance with my resolution not to plant more seeds than I can reasonably nurture, I've planted only 1 pot of A-B and F_S - 2 pots of Sweetie, as it's a dwarf hanging basket variety, so should be easier to find space for.

Turned the compost heap and mulched the rhubarb too. Go me!

Comments

[chainmailmaiden]

Had a similar experience when we visited Bacchus's Grandparents, I suppose the fact that they were South African should have prepared us, but it didn't. We had to sit through several conversations about the failings of black people and why they weren't like the rest of us, which was why it was ok to treat them differently. We tried to argue back, but it was like talking to a brick wall. The rest of the time they were perfectly lovely and we got on with them very well, but I still find it very hard to even start imagining why people think the colour of your skin makes any difference to anything.

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, the colour of your skin correlates with many other differences of culture and attitude....

Not massively relevant but cf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1708253,00.html
for a suggestion of how leftwing social policies have fuelled racism among the white working class. I thought it was interesting.

- Neuromancer

[chainmailmaiden]

Maybe I didn't put that quite right, I realise that there are going to be some links between the colour of peoples skin and their culture and attitude. What I was meaning was that the colour of your skin shouldn't make any difference to how people react to you, in the same way your sexuality shouldn't matter. Unfortunately this is not the case, which is a great shame.