OK--so I took my non-rodent notebook to the coffee shop an hour before I was to meet a friend, and observed. Observing is a tricky business in itself, and I got some queer looks now and then, so I resorted to surreptitious peeping after a while.
Maeve Binchy is spot on: just look at my haul:
--hands coned, angular boned, like shaping a small globe
-- reading from a distance too vain to wear glasses in public
-- let go a private burp
--ran her thumb over each of her fingernails as if to check her expensive manicure was still in place
--sucked on his cigarette with two fingers then let it go to enhance the draw
--whole body immobile except for his nodding head
--lantern-jawed
--glasses end of nose, stray scraped hairs clinging to the dome as if hanging over the edge of a precipice
--legs crossed, hands in lap, arms hugged about her
--fingers ran down nose removing the shine
--fingers like opened fans
--ran finger from inner corner of eye along cheek bone, stretching too much skin....
No wait! That last was what I observed in the mirror....
Happy writing!
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Posted on 7/2/2009
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