So, let’s talk about those boots. Charlene purchased them at the Aldo outlet when she attended Book Expo Canada earlier this year. She was supposed to be seeking out fine authors to bring to Winnipeg Words, but really it was a charade to expand her footwear collection. Quite frankly it’s a hot miracle we even have any writers.
I told her I didn’t think it was appropriate to use festival funds to broaden her boot collection. Last night at the readings she even audaciously tried to connect her crazy boots to the theme Surviving Adolescence.
(Ed. - I'm sure Daria means 'festival time' or even 'time off from festival time'...heh.)
The rest of her outfit she explained is cobbled together “from here and everywhere.” She is extremely proud of her ability to seek out deals. I should hope so, Charlene, if you’re pilfering festival funds for your unique wardrobe. The earrings are twenty years old – from the last time long dangly earrings were in fashion.
The necklace, a lovely piece of jewellery, is a “talisman of when I was pregnant with Anna seven years ago.” I was actually thinking of stealing it until she said that. The ring is from a trip to Cuba, the watch exceedingly cheap. And her best accessory was the glass of wine she was sporting compliments of the hospitality suite.
The woman’s got style. And sometimes I wonder if the writers up on stage feel they are competing with Charlene’s wardrobe for audience attention.
* * *
Daria Salamon’s first novel, The Prairie Bridesmaid, will be published in fall 2008 by Key Porter Books. Daria’s journalism has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Winnipeg Free Press, and Uptown Magazine; one of her non-fiction pieces appears in A/Cross Sections: New Manitoba Writing. She lives in Osborne Village with her son, Oskar, husband, Rob and cat, Dr. Puddles.
1 comment:
LOVE those boots!
Post a Comment