Romance is . . .
OK, so it's Valentine's Day . . .
As someone who always has an element of romance in my books, I can't help but wonder what the heck romance is?
Is it my toddler, right now, feeding candy hearts to the dog?
Is it candles? Flowers?
What is the most wildly extravagent romantic gesture you've been the recipient of (or have done)?
Oh, at one time, it was a limo to the Bruce Springsteen concert. Or the Broadway show. Or walking in with a diamond.
Now that I'm older . . . I don't like diamonds (for ethical reasons). I don't eat chocolate (macrobiotic diet).
To me, romantic is giving me a few hours peace to write. It's saying, "I'LL clean up after the sick baby, you rest."
So what is it to you?
Peace and romance,
E
P.S. Check out Kelly Parra's blog (at right). She has an itnerview with moi. And all of you run out to buy her book when it is released.
As someone who always has an element of romance in my books, I can't help but wonder what the heck romance is?
Is it my toddler, right now, feeding candy hearts to the dog?
Is it candles? Flowers?
What is the most wildly extravagent romantic gesture you've been the recipient of (or have done)?
Oh, at one time, it was a limo to the Bruce Springsteen concert. Or the Broadway show. Or walking in with a diamond.
Now that I'm older . . . I don't like diamonds (for ethical reasons). I don't eat chocolate (macrobiotic diet).
To me, romantic is giving me a few hours peace to write. It's saying, "I'LL clean up after the sick baby, you rest."
So what is it to you?
Peace and romance,
E
P.S. Check out Kelly Parra's blog (at right). She has an itnerview with moi. And all of you run out to buy her book when it is released.
posted by Erica Orloff at 7:26 PM
6 Comments:
I sent roses this year but, you know, that's pretty easy and ordinary.
Next year, I'm going to send the nicest pair of crotchless panties I can find.
Guess I'm just a hopeless romantic at heart. ;)
Jude:
I don't know a single woman who would consider crotchless panties romantic. But, you know . . . go for it.
E
It was a joke!
I really am a hopeless romantic. Probably too much for my own good. When I fall for someone, I really fall.
Like driving-to-Timbuktu-on-a- Moped kind of fall.
Like Johnny fell for June.
Jude:
Very sweet. I figured the crotchless panties was a joke. Unless, of course, you have a 20-year-old girlfriend with a hot bod. In which case, indeed, it might be considered romance. :-)
E
Hmm, the mutt and I are both addicted to cinnamon hearts :)
I had an ex send me a mammoth, ostentatious floral arrangement with this 'you'll always be the one card'...the year after I got married. Didn't go over real well.
I'm not a particular fan of Valentines day.
And yeah, romance around here is when he shops and makes a special trip down the produce isle just for me.
lainey:
I had a stalker ex send me Valentine's after I married. Went over like a lead balloon as well.
E
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