.jpg "Britta Huegel")
...and 3 Ways to Do It" is the title of a recent article by Peggy Drexler, Ph.D.
I know more than three ways, and entirely without the help of a Ph.D. -
After reading year after year the hymn of praise on my modesty in my school reports (believe it or not!) at the working place I woke up, decided not to be overlooked anymore and trained myself hard to change - with success.
(Nowadays I am trying to become mellow and modest again).
Will you think it is bragging when I show you of a link at The Londonist:
http://londonist.com/2014/09/surprising-photos-of-st-pauls-revealed.php
and then murmur under my breath: "I love the two photos I shot from St. Paul's this year, - may I add them?"
.jpg "Britta Huegel")
PS: The title of Drexler's article reminds me of the (still) hilarious first film I ever (!) saw in a cinema: "The Knack... And how to Get It" by Richard Lester, with Rita Tushingham. (I was a tall girl and thus could add a few years to my tender age - now I do the opposite :-)
Yes, you definitely qualify - intrigued by the object with your reflection though - what is it?
ReplyDeleteIt is an abstract sculpture, I think, that stands, (if you are on the side where I took the first photo of St. Paul's and walk over the street) in the direction of the Thames. Could not find out who created it.
DeleteOh Britta ….. that film clip brought back memories ……… I saw it and I was only 14 at the time …… my hair was just like that !
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to bragging ….. but that's my problem. You go right ahead. That is a beautiful photograph. XXXX
I am glad that you like the film too. As to bragging: I find it very endearing that the English don't.
DeleteIn private life (I hope) I only brag about my work out at the gym and jogging (because so many people behave as if my slim figure comes out of the blue), but never about things I own.
In the job I learned the hard way: my ideas were nicked by men, they bragged and got promoted - till I learned to open my mouth too.
I was in love with Rita Tushingham when a youth. These days, I often put a 1960s peaked hat onto a Collie dog I know, and she looks EXACTLY like Rita.
ReplyDeleteOh Tom - I never saw her in a film again - but I think her excellent humour will have remained?
DeleteI brag by doing not saying. I have no need to be recognized as the one in charge. But I do want things done my way. So I just naturally take charge of teaching everyone involved to do it my way.
ReplyDeleteWell - look at my answer to Jackie, Emma - in a hierarchy I want to climb if I have earned the post. In private life I am not that competetive, though I like to do work very good, but with friends.
Delete
ReplyDeleteDear Brigitta, I delight in your photo. St. Paul's reflected in an infinite one-sided surface --chrome combination of a Mobius Strip and Klein Bottle-- but mostly because it includes the photographer.
Dear Geo.,
Deletethank you! I lhad to look up the "Klein bottle" (had a faint remebrance of the Mobius Strip) - and yes: you got it!
I always learn so interesting new views from you! (Not connected to that - but I thought of you today when I passed the Humboldt University, and saw the proud memorial plaque: "Max Planck taught here")
Britta, I looked up and down the shortlist for you! :) Lovely, glinty image you've provided here.
ReplyDeleteSuze, thank you - I will let you know (in a coy modest way, of course) when they nominated me :-)
DeleteAbout the photo: Yes you may, and the londonist should have. This is a fascinating shot.
ReplyDeleteDear Susan, thank you! When I had done the more conventional first one (I wanted to remind myself of the sweet smelling roses), I had to go further away - and suddenly I "saw" it.
DeleteI love Emma's response. That is the way to brag!
ReplyDeleteDear JJ, I am always delighted with the way my blogger friends see the world, hilarious! By the way: I am the one exception who doesn't think Mick Jagger creepy :-) , and I always wonder how well Keith Richards kept, compared to the life he lived.
Delete