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My next place will be under her spell.
Waiting for the winds
of change
To sweep the clouds
away
Waiting for the
rainbow’s end
To cast its gold your
way
You don’t get
something for nothing
You can’t have
freedom for free
You won’t get wise
with the sleep still in your eyes
No matter what your
dreams might be
from Something For Nothing -
My dear friend Karina’s feature “Second Acts” in the June
2012 issue of More magazine is THRILLING.
And reprimanding. I
need to find my second act.
How bad is it? I
waver between getting a master’s degree (to support myself better) or breast
implants (to get a rich man to do it).
I am hardly the first person to be heartbroken and others have it much, much worse.
I’ve picked up and started life over before. I thought after I bought my studio for cash
I’d just cruise. What a fool I used to
be.
Close friends urge me to go home to my studio and
visit. I haven’t held my Maltese dog Zuzu since
February and won’t see her until Memorial Day weekend (days from June). I live absolutely alone. Home and/or nearest family is a 5 hour drive
away. With gas over $4 a gallon I must
choose between feeding Zuzu and seeing her. I’d rather pay the bills and keep my great
credit than see Zuzu and dodge collection calls.
That’s messed up.
My studio is on the cover of Romantic Homes. I haven’t
seen it yet, but surely it’s the old ‘fantasy come true’ angle. What bitter irony! In truth I’m a grieving old fat fart
disinterested in everything that used to please me whose greatest hope at the
moment is a higher paying night job in addition to my full-time job.
Then…
…along comes an email from a dear friend. A woman that’s lived in heaven and hell. Karina’s inspired me. She’s so action-oriented. I’m just merely stubborn. So, instead of whining I'm thinking about my next project. It will
be much more rustic. (I can get
a tree stump side table from my woods. Free.) It
will be uncluttered yet cozy, cushy yet unsentimental. All white, of course.
It better not take 13 years to get there this time.
Thank you all. I really have the best 'gentle readers'.
P.S. – Special thanks
to 'Romantic Homes' for the feature story on my studio. My copy is at my old address and I won’t get
to it until Memorial Day weekend. I’ll
post about it in June. People say it’s
nice, I’m very grateful and thankful.
Until next time, stay
shabby!
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Thursday at The Shabby Creek Cottage
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Farmhouse Friday
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