“A Girl From Somewhere Else”

Posted on March 17, 2019 by JMN

I take myself too seriously, probably because I’m a human being. With our big brains and our bigger egos, we can’t help building the case to ourselves and others that we are very important creatures, when really we’re ludicrous. To be funny is to remind ourselves again and again just how ridiculous we are.

(Maeve Higgins, “My Glamorous Life as a Movie Star in Control-Top Pantyhose,” NYTimes, 3-16-19)

Higgins is the author of “Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl From Somewhere Else.”

(c) 2019 JMN.

About JMN

I live in Texas and devote much of my time to easel painting on an amateur basis. I stream a lot of music, mostly jazz, throughout the day. I like to read and memorize poetry.
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