Personal Evolution

For thousands--maybe millions--of years, our ancestors trod the earth barefoot, like the Amazonian and African tribes do today, but Fiorella herself belongs to a tender-soled sub-species that grows pens behind the ears, glasses on the nose, and squawks like a cat caught in the door if there's a tiny pebble in her house slipper.

Don't mind me.  I live to laugh.

Costumery

Clothes make the woman, and Fiorella has always  tried to dress to the occasion--not going as far as a former student who wore actual costumes to every class meeting, but dressing to whatever role she saw herself playing.  Her clothes also influence how she feels.  Her gray jersey tee with the glitter across the top makes her feel slinky, and her quilted Nepalese dress jacket makes her feel like she should be commanding servants hither and thither.   

Right now she's crazy about the slippers she bought herself at Target just before Christmas.  Sure, they're warm and comfortable around the house, but they're also cute: shiny velvet-textured fuchsia bodies trimmed in a sort of aqua ribbon ending in a bow around the top.  Fiorella feels like a regency belle whenever she wears them.