Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from it more and more, and float upward in our heedlessness, singing Gratia Dei sum quod sum. (John Updike, Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, 1989, Ch. 6)
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Another Pretty Girl (but DEFINITELY not No. 1)
I was getting a little tired of those dreary old dead-of-winter photos. Therefore, I assume you were, too. Here's a girl whom I met for the duration of a shutter-click at an outdoor market festival in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in July 2008. Not only did she let me take her picture, but she lit up the viewfinder with the smile you see above. Too bad I didn't know about this gambit (or was too shy to use it) when I was young enough for it to blossom into something -- maybe.
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