Tag Archives: Mark Twain

Oh, Really?

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Lida Bushloper

I can’t work at a messy desk. I need to relax with a few games of FreeCell before I get started. This email is way overdue. Just let me throw in a load of laundry. Need to make that dentist … Continue reading →

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Work?

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Lida Bushloper

Mark Twain has a wonderful quote in Tom Sawyer after the scene where Tom has seduced his friends into helping him whitewash the fence. “Work consists of whatever a body is OBLIGED to do, and that Play consists of whatever … Continue reading →