Page 12 of Authentically, Izzy
I remember seeing sepia-colored, jagged mountains when I studied for a year in California, but blue ones? Now I’m intrigued.
We have beautiful mountains here. Most are eternally green. Very Shire-like. But I agree about natural light and a window view. I am currently renovating my own place and one of my goals is to ensure I wake to a view to help start my day with a proper perspective. As Keats said, “The poetry of earth is never dead,” and there is something inspiring about seeing the world around us in all its beauty, isn’t there?
As far as Argos, I feel he will live up to his mythical namesake in speed, if nothing else.
Do you have other favorite books besides Tolkien’s classic?
Brodie
PS: Tolkien is enough to study for a lifetime, but there are so many great books to enjoy and I get the sense you’re a kindred spirit in that way.
From: Izzy Edgewood
To: Luke Edgewood
Date: February27
Subject: Josie at work
Never mind my previous question for “my friend.” I’ve decided to end all communication. He quoted Keats and called me a kindred spirit.
It’s a trap.
Izzy
PS: Josie is behind it all. I can smell her Rose d’Amour from here.
From: Izzy Edgewood
To: Penelope Edgewood
Date: February27
Subject: It’s all a trap
Penelope,
I’ve decided to end all of my communication on Heart-to-Heart. How silly I’ve been! I’d actually begun to look forward to Brodie’s messages, checking as soon as I got home from work and smiling when his name popped up in my account, just like Meg Ryan inYou’ve Got Mail.
And then Brodie quoted Keats. And referred to his own social awkwardness... and I knew it all had to be some horrible farce.
I can’t do it anymore. It’s too perfect. Good, single men don’t join online dating communities, do they? And quote Keats and call me a kindred spirit?
So the only options are that he’s a fraud OR Josie has played some horrible trick on me to get me to fall in love with medical encyclopedias and fine noses. Do pregnant women become more ruthless as their babies grow? And if she’s having twins, does that mean she becomes doubly ruthless?
I suppose I should try another date with Steve. At least he reads. The three previous dates she set me up with hadn’t picked up a book (other than comic books) in years. Besides, he’s an audiologist. He ought to be a good listener, right?
Izzy
PS: Evergreen mountains? I looked up geography with evergreen mountains and there aren’t any in the United States. Do you think he’s lying? Josie has a lot of explaining to do when I see her at the library fundraiser tomorrow. How on earth could she pretend with such... believability? Do you remember when she was in the church Christmas play? She had trouble making the innkeeper's wife sound remotely authentic!
PPS: Sea urchins do not have brains. I’m not sure what to think about that.
From: Josephine Martin
To: Izzy Edgewood
Date: February28
