Interlude One Page 10
The true identity of the mystery ornament on the cover page: revealed! (And yes, that’s Sparrow’s mom.)
Winter Solstice, 1982: Northern California
Woman: The darkest night of the year’s at the threshold. Open now the door, and honor the darkness . . .
(RING RING)
Phone: Sharon? It’s your mother, dear. Are you there?
Woman: No, no, go on and answer it. I’m sure the Goddess can wait.
Sharon: Eheh.
Mom, is anything wrong?
Phone: Can’t a mother just want to hear her little girl’s voice?
Sharon: What, now? It’s not your birthday, it’s not one of the high holy days . . . or even the not-so-high sorta-holy days . . .
Phone: Wiccans don’t celebrate those! I did my research, young lady!
Sharon: True, but–
Phone: So you can’t even take time out of your honoring the Goddess on the Solstice to honor the woman who gave you life?
Sharon: Once a Jewish mother, always a Jewish mother.
Phone: And when is that lesbian separatist coven of yours going to give me some grandchildren, hmmm?
:D Sharon’s mother is AWESOME.
Her sarcastic high priestess :D
Well now we know a large source of where Sparrow got some of her more one-sided ideas. Makes her more sympathetic. I wonder how many of the women here went on to be her aunts?
Dude, the only one-sided idea Sparrow has discussed in any detail so far is her opinions about Battlestar Galactica. Quit projecting.
Oy vey. Makes the Seinfeld family look sane.
So, just to make sure I’ve understood. the complaint is that Sharron has been calling Sparrow’s grandmother on Jewish holidays, rather than Wiccan ones?
The complaint is that Sharon hasn’t been calling enough in general. She would have expected to get complaints for that on a Jewish holiday or her mother’s birthday, but was surprised that her mother looked up Wiccan holidays to use them for guilting purposes instead :)
She’s Jewish – all opportunities for guilt will be used :)
Okay, Grammy earns my love with that last line, even if she is being overbearing.
Is this a confirmation that Sparrow is a lesbian?
Both Sparrow and her mother are lesbians, yes.
Cool. Snarky Grandmas are cool. Accurately snarky grandma’s are awesome.