Oh, to float on a Klimt canvas, outlined in undulating graphite, wrapped in ephemeral cloth, rapt in pleasure, revealed and revealing, captured in that private liminal space between self-awareness and the intense eye of the artist, Japanese paper skin-smooth, soft as the curve of shoulder, the smile of calf, the delicacy of breast, the heat […]
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Portrait of a Woman, Reclining
Posted in Art, Sexuality on April 1, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Dedication Plaque
Posted in Art, Beaches/Tides, Death/Loss/Grief, Existential, Ocean, Poetry on October 19, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty two years after his death, I sit on the weather-stripped bench. At my feet a small plaque commemorates a man I never met, whose family and friends chose to mark his life. To mark his death, really, as that’s the only year engraved. Chose for strangers who never knew he existed to know that […]
Traveling Alone, I Fell in Love
Posted in Art, Falling in Love, Marriage, Relationships, Romance, Travel on September 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My husband didn’t mind. Not because he’s particularly keen on us having sharesies with others, but because I didn’t fall in love with another man. Or a woman. I fell in love with many men and women. All of them, in fact.
Harper’s-style Index: Summer Vacations, 2012
Posted in Art, Having Fun, Photos, Travel on August 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Number of photos in my phone gallery: 278 Number of photos on my camera: 519 Vacation photos the average person can tolerate viewing while still being polite: 8 Vacation photos my husband can tolerate: 3
A New Look
Posted in Art, Finery, Midlife, Personal Growth, Photos, Reminiscences on July 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve decided to update my office. Once the decision was made, it seems I can barely sit in it anymore without finding everything dreary, dingy, outdated and worn. I’m aghast that I’ve been ensconced in this realm, thinking it was fine. The current color on the wall, painted when I moved in, over 8 years […]