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​blog: You'll Never Be Quite the Same

author headshot - face frozen in time

2/12/2020

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            Here is the photo I’ll be sending in to She Writes Press to go with my author bio and book summary sheets. My daughter, Anna K. Wood, photographer extraordinaire, performed the photo shoot in her back yard in Michigan. See how she cleverly shot from above, to hide the wrinkles under my chin?
            I try not to look at it too much. The idea of seeing it reproduced over and over is terrifying. Faces frozen in time can never represent the living animation of a human soul. I’ve mourned the fact that I’ll never see Rachel Field’s face in motion, though I cherish her voice from a radio show recording. Do you ever look at those gargantuan advertising posters on city buildings and shudder at the thought of seeing yourself blown up to 1000x magnification? All you’d see are flaws, cringeworthy details, unmissable. Anyway, this one pleased me enough, as long as I don’t linger. 

 
My 60th year in 60,000 words
Day 170: 155 words, TOTAL = 27,892; 32,108 remaining

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Nellie Wood
2/12/2020 09:29:43 pm

Beautiful!!!!!!!

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Robin Clifford Wood
2/12/2020 09:59:56 pm

thanks my dear girlie! XOXO

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charlotte
2/15/2020 12:39:22 pm

That’s a great photo, and while I appreciate what you’re saying about that sort of thing, we all look back on photos we hated and say “I looked OK then!”
Hello to you and Jonathan- it’s time to catch up!
xoxoxo

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Robin Clifford Wood
2/15/2020 02:24:06 pm

thanks, Charlotte! Very true - I know exactly what you mean.

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    Robin Clifford Wood is an award-winning author, poet, and writing teacher.  She lives  in central Maine with her husband, loves to be outdoors, and enjoys ever-expanding horizons through her children, grandchildren, and granddogs.

    To read about the "60th year in 60,000 words" challenge, go to the August 27th blog post. 
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