Jaime Morrison Curtis - Prudent Advice: Lessons for My Baby Daughter (A Life List for Every Woman)

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This has served your mother and grandmothers well for generations and seems a fitting place to start.

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Your heart is a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. All signposts that once stood on the ground are gone, inundated and carried away by that rush of water. And still the rain beats down on the surface of the river. Every time you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: Thats it. Thats my heart.

Kafka on the Shore, H ARUKI M URAKAMI

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Or any mans for that matter. Set high expectations.

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Cut the hard bottoms off the stalks of a bunch of asparagus.

Wrap four pieces of asparagus in one piece of bacon and secure with a toothpick that has been soaked in water. Repeat with remaining asparagus.

Sprinkle generously with coarse salt.

Grill over medium heat until the bacon is crispy and the asparagus is browned.

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And apply moisturizer with sunscreen. Nice skin will be important to you someday.

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You learn much about a city and yourself when you see its art collection. A good museum will fill your chest until it feels as though your heart could explode.

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This is one of your fathers most endearing qualities.

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And help them with their bags.

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Thank you, Danke, Merci, Gracias, Grazie, Gratia, Efcharisto, Obrigada, Xie Xie, Arigato, Mamnoon, Tak, Kszi, Khawp khun, Dakujem, Toda, Ksznm, Mahalo, Mese

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If you ever get sad that you dont have a garden of your own, remember that you have hundreds of beautiful gardens all over the city and all over the world. Try to erase the language of want from your head. You have everything that you need.

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It is one of the few uncontrolled experiences of nature you will have if you live in the city.

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