Abalone Shell Earrings from San Francisco
Like
most of you, I’m mostly confined to my home right now. Fortunately
I can continue to work at my job remotely, but days can go by without
my seeing anyone except my dear husband and my cats.
Needless
to say, I’m not spending much time on my appearance. I’ve never
been one to put on make-up, anyway, but I do normally visit the
hairdresser once a month to rejuvenate my image. Now I’m having to
accept my increasingly prominent gray roots and split ends.
I’m
wearing tee shirts to avoid the need for ironing, and that
comfortable jeans skirt with the frayed seams and the holes in the
pockets that’s too raggedy for going out in public. After all, I
don’t have to impress anyone right now.
Still,
despite the fact that I’m more or less isolated, I do take one
daily action to lift my spirits. Every day, I put on a different pair
of earrings.
My
mom pierced my ears when I was fourteen, and I’ve been collecting
earrings ever since. I wouldn’t be surprised if I have more than a
hundred pairs, even though I purge them every few years to get rid of
the mismatched ones. They’re my favorite type of souvenir when I
travel, since they don’t take up a lot of space in the luggage. My
friends and family know that earrings are a gift that will always
please me. When I moved from the US to Asia, more than a decade ago,
I jettisoned about 80% of my worldly goods – but all my earrings
came with me.
So
this Sunday, instead of posting a sexy excerpt, I’m sharing some
photos of my earrings. I’m afraid the pictures taken with my phone
don’t really do them justice. Many of them are works of art.
These dangly beauties belonged to my mom
Modern art - a gift from my sister-in-law
Purchased in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul
Celtic knots - a daily favorite
One of a kind hammered gold wire - from Rhodos, Greece
You can actually flip the pages!
Bastet replica earrings - from the Boston MFA
Without
earrings, I feel naked – regardless of what else I have on. With
earrings… well, it doesn’t matter, does it? Indeed, there are few
sights more erotic than a woman wearing only earrings and nothing
else.
It
might sound silly, but for me, donning my earrings is a way of
claiming the joy that lies in every day. Even difficult days like
these.
