So many firsts today! It’s the first day of the month – August. It’s the first day of the week – Monday. And it’s the first day of The August Break, created by Susannah Conway. It’s also the first day after a long hike. The above picture should be memento enough of a delightful day [...]
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August Break: Color And Heat
Posted by emmajames on August 1, 2011
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Katie And Tom
I was struck dumb, in a good way, by Katie Holmes’ photo shoot for the August issue of Vogue Espana. I love how sexy and titillating these images are, and how they allow their subject to shed her girlishness and be all WOMAN. A number of girlfriends of mine have recently done boudoir shoots. The [...]
Posted by emmajames on July 25, 2011
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Avoiding The Keys
I am afraid to touch the keys. They haunt me, tease and taunt me, striking out in accusation, claiming I have forsaken them. A grinning skull of abandoned letters, idle and treacherous. Fickle mistress, they whisper. Expecting a single draft of ideas to blossom full-fledged into prize winning happy endings for all? A mockery, a [...]
Posted by emmajames on July 5, 2011
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Picking Cherries
I’m reminded of that board game, the one I played as a child – except I think it involved apples, not cherries. These specimen are perfect for plucking. We’re told not to pull the branches but, of course, we do. The stems, also, are supposed to stay on the tree. Just the cherries, naked, fill the red buckets to the [...]
Posted by emmajames on June 22, 2011
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To Be One Of Two
I sit and watch, waiting for what’s mine to come. Forget dating. That’s a crime against my heart. I want love to strike faster and more true, cause this ain’t like riding a bike. I end up black and blue every time. I get tired of my own wailing, of pretending I’m just fine, of [...]
Posted by emmajames on June 14, 2011
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