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Doesn’t that expression on her face say it all?
It’s a snow day here in rural New England, so I’m just going to offer you this confection and head back to staring out the window. Ciao!
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1 March 2012 at 1:04 pm
“It’s a snow day here in rural New England”
And finally, too. It has been such a bare, warm winter this year.
That outfit is godawful. Though perhaps not for a space cowgirl? No, even for a space cowgirl. And honestly, what is she standing on? Why is the sky at her ankles? These are significant questions! ;-).
1 March 2012 at 3:14 pm
It’s about time we had a decent snow! I’ve been so disappointed till today — and such a nice day for gazing out the window, watching it fall.
I’ve decided that Natalie might have foregone the cowboy boots in favor of some nice big-wheel 1970s roller skates, and she could’ve been Queen of the Skate-O-Rama. Just imagine a little Bee Gees music, and there you are!
1 March 2012 at 3:50 pm
Perfect! Pre-disco, I can buy that.
Here it is not falling so much as blowing sideways.
My weather forecast says that it will be rainy forties again by Saturday. And here I was all ready to pull out the snowshoes.
1 March 2012 at 8:39 pm
Truly, that outfit did not do her justice ! We are about the same age. She grew up in the Hunter’s Point district in SF in a Russian immigrant community. These were fascinating people. I knew some of them. They had great parties.
There was such a push in those days among striving lower middle class families to get pretty, talented girls to Hollywood and into the movies. Natalie Wood was a rare one who made it. I knew a couple who didn’t, the usual fate. They went south and were never heard from again.
So much to say about all this. Maybe I should write a book.
2 March 2012 at 9:12 am
Oh, man. A title like I Wasn’t Discovered in Hollywood. I imagine you could do years’ worth of oral history interviews among women of all ages.
2 March 2012 at 5:15 am
Oh I envy you your snowfall gazing….our snow falls mostly in the night while we’re sleeping. It can be lovely waking up to a bright white vista, but there’s not much that beats dreamily gazing out the window while snow gently flutters down. Bliss for the soul.