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We walk into the business expo just as things are getting into full swing. “Don’t worry, it will be a small, laid-back affair”, he had said to reassure me that I didn’t need to change out of the jeans and cardigan I was wearing. Sigh. The place is filled to… Continue Reading Gentle Grace
He grew down instead of up. Sometimes people do that. It’s not that he didn’t try, but he built his stairs like a house of cards, only without grace and patience. It couldn’t bear the weight of his pain. He found it easier, when the cards began to fall, to… Continue Reading Growing Down
Every year it’s the same thing. November comes to New England, bringing with it a bitter, gray cold. No snow yet to cover the dinginess, the dead grass, the naked trees. A low slate sky rests its belly on the rooftops and turns to darkness much too early at the… Continue Reading November OR "Velvet Verbosity is Getting the Hell Out of New England"
She is beautiful. Radiant. She can’t possibly know her own beauty. Her skin speaks beauty, abundance and health. She sits, knitting, her brow furrowed in concentration, and I am mesmerized by the little repetitive dance of her fingers. In the space of an hour she knits about 6 inches of… Continue Reading Juice and gristle
Fellow readers, if you do not yet know about the great 100 Word craze, click here to be enlightened. Last week I pulled the word Precise out of a book, and these are the 100 Words that people had to say about it. From the Great and Powerful LCeel (sorry… Continue Reading 100 Words – Precise
“One good turn deserves another”. So I share a story of kindness. Last night, after being steeped in a painful situation for many months now, I reached out to a past lover and current friend. We call those people “friends” who can meet us halfway through the gaping chasm that… Continue Reading The Kindness of Others
A new Friday means time for 100 Words here at Velvet Verbosity. If you’re wondering what this is all about, click the picture above to learn about the 100 Word Challenge. There’s still time to submit, I’ll add you here. I am stunned that Lceel took it upon himself to… Continue Reading 100 Words on Bold
