MIRROR

I have a very old mirror in my bedroom. Stop right there, it is an old mirror, not a mirror with an old woman in it.

As I was saying...

I wonder sometimes how many people have gazed or glanced into the same mirror and how hard would I have to look to see their reflections instead of my own.  The mirror hung in a salon I purchased in 1994 and had been hanging there since the mid 70's.

Thousands, hundreds of thousands of faces must have been reflected in that very glass.

Old faces with lines of experience and pain and joy and history. Women who bore children they lost and women who never bore a child and always mourned that loss. Women who were overwhelmed by all their children and those who doted on and adored their only child. Women who loved women and maybe finally were able to be together. Women who loved women and never said the words out loud. Men who never really looked in a mirror because they couldn't face who they had become. Men who look with pride not at the way they look back, but at the man they know they are.

Blue eyed people, brown eyed people. People of color. People with no idea of their heritage. People.
So many people. So many stories and only the mirror knows them all.

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest of them all?

It isn't talking. It gives up nothing of the lives and the decades it has touched. I love looking at it much more than I love looking in it and it knows that, too. It isn't telling. My beautiful mirror keeps her secrets well.

Antiques are earless for a reason and for the same reason, they have no lips. Maybe that is what I love about my mirror, maybe the only thing besides it's beauty, that I love. The glass is totally distortion-free and that is very hard to find today. Quality that once was standard, now is extraordinary.

Jo

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Now, Prt 2.

 I have been tagged by Jennifer Zander Wilck so here goes some more stuff you probably didn't want to know and may feel free to just skip on by,

What is the one book you couldn’t live without?

My book of passwords and account numbers and names.  I can't remember anything anymore so without that I would be setting new passwords daily.

What can you see out your window at the moment?

It is 1:28 A.M. and with the mercury light shining on the deck, I can see the solar lights and the white railing around the deck. I can also see a power pole and our shed.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?

Rattlesnake. Nuff said.

What fictional character would you most like to marry?

Rick Castle

If ever a fictional villain was going to win, who would you like it to be?

I can't think of any villains that I would wish to win. Though I'm sure there must be one.

How many types of cheese can you name off the top of your head? 

Cheddar, brie, muenster, blue, Colby, jack, mozzarella, parmigiana, creamed, gouda

If you didn’t want to be a writer, what would you want to be?

I'd be a Geek at Best Buy

Can you play a musical instrument?

I played the trombone in high school, but doubt I could play it now.

Do you own an e-reader or a Kindle?

I own a Kindle and I love it.

If so, how many books do you have on it?

200+

You just got published. In a glowing review, someone calls you the next (insert name). Which author has to watch their back now that you’re on the scene?

 I would hope they would say, "There is no one out there quite like her. She is so uniquely talented."  But if they called me the next (insert name of current author of #1 Best Seller) I would be okay with that!  :)

Passing this on to:

Kathy Thompson Combs

Mary Brown

Brenda Moguez Granger 

Darlene Owens Cirinna