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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Leg Warmers

Praise the hot coffee and pass the leg warmers!

Yes. The winter has finally gotten to my brain. I rummaged through the back of the wardrobe - an expedition in itself - and surfaced with a pair of 1970s leg warmers.

So here I sit, ready to do some writing wearing leggins and leg warmers and ugh boots.

Quite a sight really.

But guess what? I DON'T CARE!

You see, it's winter here and it's cold, and I really hate the cold.

Ye olde leg warmers were really popular back in the 1970s. Back in the days when my friends and I all had bodies worth looking at, way back in our dancing days, we all wore leotards and leg warmers.

Even without the leotards, when we were back in "civies" - (civilian clothing) ie: jeans - we wouldn't dare go anywhere without our leg warmers.

I haven't seen my leg warmers for quite a few years. I know they're all still there - lurking somewhere in the back of the wardrobe; sad relics of a past era.

But this winter has gotten to me and my legs are getting cold. Well, I just couldn't take it any more. I managed to find one pair. You can be sure I'll be looking for the other pairs soon. It will mean another one of those dreaded expeditions into the dark recesses of the wardrobe, but I'll brave the hazards and dive in.

I know they're in there. I'll find them. I swear I'll find them!

Until then, I'll sit here with my hot coffee, my rescued leg warmers, my small heater turned up high, my fingerless gloves, and I'll put up with looking ridiculous for the sake of my novels.

That doesn't matter, though, does it. Because I am a writer after all, and an artist, and people like me are supposed to look weird.

Well, that's my excuse anyway, and I'm sticking to it!


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Long before the Tarot became synonymous with fortune telling, Gypsies used the natural world around them to help them see into the troubled hearts of those who came seeking knowledge and guidance.
River stones, gems, crystals, sticks, needles and bones were often used by the dunkerer [dukkerer] or palm reader.
I love using my own set of river stones that I personally hand picked and charged with healing energy.
When I read, I'm not so much telling a fortune, as looking into the heart of the energy surrounding the person I'm reading for. I believe this gives a more accurate insight into what is at the heart of a problem or situation and can provide real, down to earth ways of helping people deal with what life sometimes throws at them.
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