vivid just like you: nearly proof that I am reading...

Friday, September 26, 2008

nearly proof that I am reading...

Just add coffee.

Oh, and maybe I should open the book.

Just me and the laptop, in the bay window with the rain.

And Proust.

2 comments:

emillikan said...: I love this. Did you open the Proust?

I'm totally weirded out by the Proust being backwards, though. Is the whole room backwards? Are YOU backwards? It's like the Denise from an alternate universe, or somethin'.; 2:12 AM
Denise said...: Hey, I got the special backwards edition of Swann's Way, to add complexity to the reading process... Nah, it's just how the laptop-photo thing works, mirror image. I should figure out how to flip it, but... but then I'm reading Proust, and I need to get back to it.; 6:56 AM

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Denise

Vivid Just Like You is a line from a beautiful Greg Brown song, about the beautiful Ani DeFranco gifting him with a summer bouquet and a song. The song is his return gift, a charmed thank you and an invitation for a walk.

"You gave me flowers... I want to give you something, too."

I started writing TEN years ago, remembering all the letters I penned as a young adult. I miss those long Saturday mornings, curled up on the floor and writing page after page, longhand. I never edited-- just threw the pages away if they were not fit for the eyes of friends, or I snipped out the best parts and kept them for my journal.

Blogging helped me to learn to write. I'm still figuring out how it fits, but I know I miss my letter-writing, and when I don't blog, my writing feels stiffer. It's my tenth anniversary as a writer. So let's go.