Elspeth, 10: “Oh mother I love
kissing kittens under the arms!”
Elspeth, 10: “Aargh! I hate
finishing a good book!”
Jill, 17, peeling a potato:
“Here is its stem. Potatoes
always seem so self-sufficient.
You don’t think of them as having stems.”
Jill, 17: “I have to write a Canterbury
tale tonight. How long did it take Chaucer?”
Jill, 17: “I have a right to say
‘Ugh!’ If I find a task distasteful.”
Jill, 17, about Elspeth’s new kitten:
“He’ll have a hard time developing his
personality second cats always do.”
2025 Jacqueline Jackson
This article appears in Mar 27 – Apr 2, 2025.
