Happy birthdays!
Today, 24 September, is the birthday of two people who have contributed enormously to making this world a better place while making this blog possible: the Rainy Day wife and the Rainy Day sister. Jung, no doubt, would interpret this double birthday as an example of synchronicity, or "meaningful coincidence" as he sometimes termed such phenomena. And we'd be inclined to agree with him. Anyway, major celebrations are called for and this means a visit to Munich's Oktoberfest where we'll fall upon fowl and rip off their wings and legs while downing tankards of beer. Happy birthdays, and Sláinte!
Diarist of the day: William Souter, 24 September 1938"Sometimes we may wonder why the relationship of man and woman occupies so large a portion of life and art — but the reason is obvious enough. For the majority of folk, the mutuality of sex is the one relationship which links them to life in a vital partnership. Even at its nadir, sex exemplifies the law of gain by reciprocity; even at its blindest, there is acknowledgement of the beauty which is the image of reality. But in true love, sex is the common ground whereon all may find the joy of creative experience."
