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How Moving and a Little Feng Shui Can Save a Marriage
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10879 |
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LIFE
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7 / 1986 |
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Stanton Delaplane
Stan Delaplane is a humorist living in San Francisco,
California. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1942, the
National Headliners' Award in 1950 and 1959, the PATA
Award in 1964, and the Trans-Pacific Passenger
Conference Award in 1970. His works include Post Cards
from Delaplane, The Little World of Stanton Delaplane,
Delaplane in Mexico, and How She Grew. |
"Feng shui?" a visiting lady said, "I had some just yesterday. At that darling little sun restaurant in Chinatown."
"You're out of your mind," her husband said. "Feng Shui is the best prizefighter in Asia. A middleweight. From Macau."
They were both wrong. But well get to that.
We are moving. A daffy thing to do, putting pressure on body, mind, and pocketbook.
Why? "I can't live with one bedroom another day!" the X-word woman shouted across the coffee table.
I admit it is getting chokey, what with only one closet. But there are two bathrooms. And the best bay view in San Francisco.
We are all going mad. House hunting is like hammering yourself over the head each day. We viewed apartments. "It's just right but it has too many stairs."
"It's all right. But the price! That's outrageous."
"Too far out. Too noisy. It's right on the commuter traffic route. I didn't like the looks of that landlady."
And so on and so on.
Fortunately, somebody in our building moved out, opening a three-bedroom
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