On Thursday, I happily indulged in Nancy Drew: The Clue In The Jewel Box (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories # 20). Nancy models in a fashion show for Helen Corning's Eastern Euro designer friend, she meets an Eastern Euro princess in a department store and ultimately reunites her with a long-lost grandson, and rides the Ferris wheel with Ned Nickerson. Twice in the book she comforts small children and once teases Bess about her appetite. In the chapter A Ferocious Dog, she alights three times. No one alights in our day and it is disappointing. Nancy and her friends and family were created to "alight."
Back at home, I finished the last pages of an illustrated The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. In pursuit of the White Stag in the Western Woods, King Peter addresses King Edmund, Queen Susan, and Queen Lucy:
"Fair Consorts, let us now alight from our horses and follow this beast into the thicket; for in all my days I never hunted a nobler quarry."
"Sir," said the others, "even so let us do."
So they alighted and tied their horses to trees and went on into the thick wood on foot.
Instead of leaving the house for the ward luau tonight, I will consciously alight to the party. Alighting means to me: moving quickly to or from in a gracious manner. You will not find this definition in the OED. Usually those who alight are willowy and silent (not exactly me). I used to quit the house and now I will alight.
Luau Punch
2 46-ounce cans pineapple juice
1 orange
2 bananas
1 1/2 C sugar
3-4 large 7-Ups
In the blender, chop the orange peel until fine. Add the orange, bananas, sugar, and 2 cups of pineapple juice. Pour in the remaining juice and stir. Freeze in Zip-locs. Remove from freezer until slushy. Pour in 7-Up and serve in a punch bowl.
2 comments:
K, do you play much scrabble? If so, I would love for you to alight to my favorite scrabble site for a game. Let me know if you are interested and I'll send you the link. I hope you had hibiscus at the luau.
Alo-ha!
I would love the link. I have not played a lot and when I play am not good at it. Just today I thumbed through Real Simple at the gym and fell in love with some deep red scrabble letters and wondered where I could get me some of them. So, in length, I would love the site to practice. The luau was a large fête. It was very well attended and I ate a lot of maraschino cherries.
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