sometimes when I need to process my own feelings I walk or write other times I watch talent shows and cry for the contestants Cinse Bonino 2023

I took a walk this afternoon after the yard sales were over. I walked past quite a few free piles. I found a gray rug for my bathroom. I’ve…

a gorgeous black woman passed me on the sidewalk she was wearing Shalimar the closer my mother gets to her death the more I can sense her all around me Cinse Bonino 2023

I’m not wasting these eyebrows I darkened with my new brush and powder so I’m staying out until I have fun I admit I didn’t conceal the bags under my eyes but at my age I only do that for black tie events Cinse Bonino 2023 (from a collection I’m currently working on: Sexy Old Broads)

Before the advent of steam irons, my grandmother would sprinkle her clothes with water to get them ready for pressing. First she used a glass bottle with a cork stopper that had a ceramic top filled with tiny holes to partially soak each side of each piece of clothing. The…

I’ve had these bags under my eyes for a very long time. Same with my crow’s feet. (Why is it singular?) I remember reading an article in a woman’s beauty magazine in the 60s when I was a young girl. It advised women to keep their faces still, that showing…

you’re pistachio he said it’s too much for some people they only want vanilla he adored pistachio more importantly I did too being with you is like having a searchlight shining into my soul he said some people don’t want to be illuminated I’ve learned people see themselves when they look into my eyes no need for me to flip any switches I would choke on my own existence if I pretended to be vanilla is not going to happen in this lifetime

I was talking to a friend today. She’s younger than me. We were discussing how the world expects women to be, how women become convinced to perform, to fill a role, to behave in certain expected ways. I explained how this playacting often results in our romantic partners becoming attracted to or falling in love with someone who isn’t actually us, how when we finally start to feel comfortable enough

one trill from a bird’s throat one sparkle on the river one small spot in my home one warm just baked bite one bittersweet memory one moment of all that is Cinse Bonino 2023