Epigraph for this journal

[shewhomust]

"I believe many of my readers will thoughtfully lift their snout from the pages of this book every once in a while to exclaim: 'What a Moomin!' or 'This indeed is life!'"

The Exploits of Moominpappa, Tove Jansson
Translated by Thomas Warburton

Comments

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

It's hard to exclaim "What a Moomin!" without falling into that tone of voice. Though one thing we acquired from my stepfather is a tendency to use "poodle" or occasionally "cloggie" (I have no idea how you spell this in the singular).