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The Shape of a Woman

Friday, October 3, 2008

I caught of glimpse of myself — el nudo — in a full length mirror the other day and stopped. “Hmmm, not bad.” Not as bad as I thought, anyway.
I hardly ever see myself full length, especially without clothes, and I bet most women don’t.
The mirrors where we get intimate are the ones we use [...]

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How to Spot an Old Soul

Thursday, September 18, 2008

The Universe sent me a message the other day. It said:
“You can always tell an old soul, Elizabeth, by how friendly they are to trees…

“…and dogs.”

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55 Miles Further Along

Monday, September 8, 2008

A Befuddled Poem About the Fact That I Rode 55 Miles on a Bike in One Day
by Elizabeth Howard

My butt hurts still today,
But not as much as my knees do.
Which goes to show you…
Having all that padding isn’t
Such a bad thing after all.
I’m brain fried, 24 hours later,
With zero comprehension
Of time or distance,
Though I can [...]

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Dusting for Exercise

Monday, September 1, 2008

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again. – Dorothy Day

I feel as if I have disappeared again.
This was the transitional week, the time I had “free” to get ready, to get things done.
School starts tomorrow [...]

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The Simple Life

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. – Seneca
Colin and I went to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin this weekend for our friend, Andy’s, ordination. Andy is married to Aimee, my best friend. Aimee and I were maid/matrons of honor at each other’s weddings.
After years in London and our life now on the hectic East Coast, it [...]

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Summer Ending

Thursday, August 14, 2008

After the hail storm, the summer seems to have given in.
The days are noticeably shortening, cooler… the humidity still clings, but something within the sunny days isn’t full of the same hope that it bannered in the early part of June. The clouds have come and are bringing the first longings of autumn.
Time for [...]

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Post Script from Elizabethtown

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

There are two green metal boxes in my attic. I am not sure, but I think there were once used for gun cartridges. They are Canadian military issue. They don’t hold anything deadly anymore. Just old love letters, none of mine.
It’s early, grey morning. I’ve made tea, and now it’s cooling on the counter. I [...]

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Dr. Who and the Roller Coaster

Friday, July 11, 2008

In my dream last night I was following Dr. Who (David Tennant) and some friends to an alternate universe.
Since it was a dream, it was alot like a Dr. Who episode, with strange creatures and great gaping caverns. We transported through reams of paper and The Doctor was his effervescent self.
My favorite part of the [...]

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Ma Vie en Vert

Saturday, July 5, 2008

With the window open, from my bed, the view is only grass.
It doesn’t matter if it is raining or sunny– from here I have my square of green framed in white. My life in grass.
In London, from the window of my office at Delaware Road — the first flat — my view was a damp [...]

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A Note on Nougat

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Occasionally I ask myself “What are you writing?!?? Pelting squirrels and fuzzy cat buses?!?”
That is usually when I can feel myself “filling in”– you know, writing something that isn’t exactly the truth of what is on my mind.
I guess I “fill-in” on the days when I need to talk, to spill it, but I just [...]

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Offer Expires at Midnight

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Someone whispered to me this:
Today is a one-time deal, Elizabeth. Offer expires at midnight.
It’s days before the anniversary of one year in Connecticut and the leaves are still busting out. The forsythia does not bloom forever.
I can’t tell you about tomorrow, but for today, I am cashing in on the deal.

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You alright?

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

John Brandon, the great governor of the Warrington Hotel, was the first English person to truly confuse me with a question.
“You alright?” he’d ask, his voice rising up lightly. He was from East London, proper Cockney. His “you alright” was was one of the few things I could actually understand him saying.
Except that I didn’t.
“Yessss…,” [...]

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Nowhereland

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

It’s dark in here.
Yesterday, after the end came, I spotted a soggy tennis ball at the side of the road.
It was in the sand, nearby the strip mall, inches away from rushing tires. Miles away from tennis courts, or even miles from the drooling mouth of a happy dog.
It gets easier to wonder about randomness. [...]

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Bored Beyond Belief

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Lately, I don’t know what I am doing.
I am not so much numb as I have been fiercely holding down my mind, pressing it up against my palm to keep it from straying.
I am stopping every other thought… back spacing and deleting it. I am rushing backwards to go over the day, to edit [...]

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A Stream Running Up a Mountain

Thursday, April 3, 2008

O, love is never easy
It’s almost always out of your way.
It’s not the path of least resistance.
It’s not some words you get to say.
He is rough and she is gentle. He is smooth and she rocks like ice in gin. He is jittery and patient. She is cool and hot.
I love them.
My friends are splitting [...]

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