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I instantly fell in love with my grandmother’s sister. That marvelous great-aunt of mine who, when I was just a little girl, presented me with half of a cantaloupe filled with vanilla ice cream.<\/p>\n
“Oh who cleans their plate?” Was her confident reply to my grandma’s objection over the food left on our plates.\u00a0 She was bold. She was witty. And I wanted to be just like her.<\/p>\n
But today I wasn’t like her. Today, with all of the force of a grandmother wanting a clean plate, I made myself sit–demanding a riveting piece of prose before I could get up from the table.\u00a0 And, with all of the stubbornness of a strong-willed child, inspiration refused to give in.<\/p>\n
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I sat, pondered, surfed, read, wrote and un-wrote until–just as my head was about to pop–I realized that maybe today I just wasn’t hungry for words.<\/p>\n
Maybe today–like a farmer who leaves his house before dawn–I needed some good hard work to help regain my appetite.<\/p>\n
Maybe today I needed to stop and do the dishes.<\/p>\n
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