I knew her from high school. She was beatiful, intelligent, educated. We met many years afterwards, she was still beatiful, intellingent, educated. But she became religiously mad (from my point of view)...
I knew her from high school. She was beatiful, intelligent, educated. We met many years afterwards, she was still beatiful, intellingent, educated. But she became religiously mad (from my point of view)...
Yet her madness was was alluring, it kept her from the follies of life. As she explained it, one could choose indulgences - but never its consequences...
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
She was a born loner though. During break, she could be found in a quiet corner of the playground, musing on life.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Her name was Deidre, or Dee as she preferred, and worked part time in her Father's flower and gift shop.
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
The town where she lived was very small, so the shop didn't have much business. Birthday and anniversary gifts, the classic bouquet, when a young man wanted to propose to his intended, fresh flowers for the house and the churchyard, and that was all.
But on a certain day...
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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