Posts Tagged ‘Father’s Day’

The following post should be read with the theme from the show Two and a Half Men in your head because this seems like the right time to celebrate …………..”Men men men men, manly men men men”

Let me share with you the qualities that I like in a man and the men who have them.

I love a quick sense of humor and Nathan Lane has that hands down. How a man speaks tells me a lot, which has to bring us to Sam Elliot, with that voice  I’m surprised that my garage  isn’t full of Dodge Ram trucks. Bill Clinton would be my choice for an evening of intellectual conversation; discussing everything from books to politics with a good bottle of Merlot.  The element of danger and adventure is attractive.  Lunch in Prague with Daniel Craig  followed by a drive through the countryside in the Jaguar.

I am fascinated with people who are not only a great success but also are visionaries in their field. Male choices for a stimulating board meeting are Steven Jobs, Richard Branson and if he was still alive Henry Luce.  Warren Buffet will have to come in his place.  

Then there was my father a smart and ruggedly handsome man in that John Wayne kind of way, he had so many of the characteristics that I noted above. Through him I gained an appreciation for fine wine, good food and  reading books of all genres. He passed on many things like the importance of a firm handshake, especially for a woman in the business world.  Perhaps though it was through inheriting his foresight to take the road least travelled that I gained the most. This made me a traveller in life not a tourist.

I decided not to do this on Father’s Day as cyberspace was probably busy; but now I want to put this out there. His name is John Crossland and he was my father.
He was tall with a commanding presence that made people notice him the moment he entered a room. He always smoked a pipe. He was highly intelligent with a photographic memory and a love of science fiction.
I regret that I was so full of teenage angst while he was alive that I never really got to know him. We didn’t always get along, it was a different time and he was of a John Wayne kind of male but with English style. He served in WW2, hunted and collected guns. As I said it was a different time.
The important thing was that he was always there when I needed him and that is all that really matters.