“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.” Graham Greene, The End of the Affair (1951) Greene starts his story a year and a half after an affair has ended, when the primary remaining emotion tying the […]
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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 Once the decision was made, it seems I can barely sit in it anymore without finding everything dreary, dingy, outdated and worn.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 […]