["Mommie Peepest" by Kathye Hamilton]

I was at the bus stop this morning and the You Are Beautiful sticker I put there the other day made me smile. Yes, I’m a vandal. Scandal.

I’ve been fairly antisocial (how unusual) in my private time lately. I’m going to spend the weekend putting up paintings and other wall decor in our place . . . everything just looks too bare right now. I need color and life! Sometimes I just want to dress like an eccentric aging socialite (tatty fur coat, smeared Chanel lipstick, silk scarf as turban, long skirts, pearls for outings to Target) and have done with everything so people see me coming and just automatically assume I’m a little “off.”  When you wear khakis and polo shirts to work, people seem to expect a modicum of normalcy. That’s very misleading of me. Tsk!