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Today has been one of those days that's everything fall should be...the kind of day where you take a big bite of caramel apple in the morning and that feeling stays with you as long as you need it. Walked into the post office around ten, hair piled up all higgledy-piggledy on top of my head, in my favorite pair of vintage 40's slacks and a black turtleneck. An old man came up behind me as I was talking to the post office guy...shooting the breeze while I was getting my stamps. He was beautiful, probably in his late seventies or early eighties. One of these fabulous old guys who still gets dressed to the nines to go downtown. Full head of white hair. He smelled like lavender and shook a little as he walked. All the post office guys seemed to know him...just like they know me. He opened a little bag of peppermint sticks, the good kind--those old-fashioned soft and sugary ones that melt against your tongue. The post office guy and I each took one and thanked him. I started to walk out and he grabbed my hand. Giving it a quick squeeze he said, "Honey, you look like one of them old movie stars." I laughed and kissed his cheek before I floated the rest of the way out to my car.
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And it's true. You are a star. :)
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i love that kind of classy old men! i had a coulpe of them come in often at the roadside farm and nursery where i worked last year -- wearing suits and fedora hats, stepping lightly, looking for rare plants for their garden. it was truely inspiring to see.
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My friend, Dionne, was a "suprise child" her dad is 82. (She's 32)....
Anyways, he visited just about a month ago......and handsome? oh my! This great smile...all his own! The most dazzling ice blue eyes I've ever seen. I've seen pictures of him when he was in his late 20's early 30's.
Serious swoon material.
Yes..aspiring to be old....I like that!
~wisteria
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Speaking of AMAZING!!! Daddy!!! I think you will be an amazing father!! I am really thrilled with ya'll's decision, and I have no doubt you will be too---more and more from here on out! : )
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Now another reason to visit!
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As you know... It may be a little harder for me to make it down there for a while... and if you come up this way... you can meet Shae too..
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They say by a certain age you have the face you've earned. I hope that with it comes this kind of grace as well.
I want to be him, and live with Georgia O'Keefe, who was beautiful at 90.
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Speaking for myself, you've expanded my horizons and made my world a better place. Not only that, I have been enjoying reading a lot of your LJ friends entries too, so much so that I've added some of them to my friends list. Some, like you, were even kind enough to add me to theirs. (amazingly) I will very likely approach some others too as time goes on - Lot's of good stuff in your planet system Cate and I thank you....
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