Touch teaches us that life has depth and contour; it makes our sense of the world and ourself three-dimensional. Without that intricate feel for life there would be no artists, whose cunning is to make sensory and emotional maps, and no surgeons, who dive through the body with their fingers.
-Diane Ackerman
A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SENSES
The Beginnings – Part 124: SO ULTRA-SWEET
The day sped by. It’s too bad I work on Saturday. It’s only from 8:30AM until 12:30PM, so that’s not so bad.
BASS Tickets didn’t have any more tickets for the TORCH SONG TRILOGY play on Saturday night. I tried to call the THEATER ON THE SQUARE directly.
The Theater rep said, “I’m sorry. We’re SOLD OUT on Saturday night.”
It’s too bad. Perhaps Jim and I can figure out something else to do.
Paloma wasn’t home this afternoon. Was she asleep again?
When I was home at 5:45PM I crashed on my bed. I needed sleep.
Nici called.
“What about our hors d’oeuvres evening?”
“Oh man…I think I’m going to have to cancel out because I’m too pooped.”
She was nice enough to accept my excuse.
I telephoned Paloma again.
I was pleasantly surprised when Paloma said, “I tried calling you at seven-thirty yesterday.”
“Oh…I spent the night in Walnut Creek.”
“Well, I had to have surgery and stitches on my mouth. Now I have a FAT cheek.”
I laughed but reassured her, “You’ll recover. It will heal fast.”
Now we will probably go out on Monday night. I agreed to call her on Saturday or Sunday so we could talk more. She’s so ultra-sweet. I was so thrilled because she called me back again. We talked longer this time about where she lived and her friend, Monica. Monica is the blond girl she was with on Halloween night. Monica reminds me of that blond girl I dated in Sacramento named Michelle Von Thaden (from Loomis, CA).
Paloma said, “I just called you back to find out what you decided to do tonight.”
This line flattered me so much. It made me realize that she was wondering what I would be doing. I really like this one. I slept soundly and straight through until 6:15AM.
Her voice remains as lively, wise and encouraging as ever. As she would say, “We had such fun!”
-Julia Child
MY LIFE IN FRANCE
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