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Archive for April 11th, 2008

PRACTICE: Growing Older - 20min

Posted in Body, Family, Growing Older, Life, Practice, Topic Writing, Writing Practices, tagged , on April 11, 2008 | 11 Comments »

I look in the mirror before I start writing but I can’t hold my own gaze. My nose is red from crying, eyes small. My skin is blotchy, and I am critical of my hair. It seems to get pulled straight by its own weight. I want my curls back.
Dad tells me this morning that [...]

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PRACTICE - Growing Older - 20min

Posted in Body, Bones, Death, Dreams, Family, Growing Older, Life, Obituaries & Epitaphs, Personal, Place, Politics, Practice, Topic Writing, Vision, Writing Practices, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 11, 2008 | 22 Comments »

I’m looking at my ruddy face in a small, round, silver mirror. I look older than I remember. Thick eyebrows, salt and pepper hair; it looks the grayest to me right after a haircut. There is something about the way it lays across the black plastic smock, and falls in shredded pieces on to the [...]

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