Good with cheese?
There was this poem I read in high school, A Late Aubade by Richard Wilbur. I remember liking the sensuality of it, the lost morning spent idle in bed, but what I remember most is the end:
“Wait for a while, then slip downstairs
And bring us up some chilled white wine,
And some blue cheese, and crackers, and some fine
Ruddy-skinned pears.”
So, as someone who has spent the last several years attempting to defy her natural pear shape, and is now trying to embrace her pearness, her pear-itude if you will, I’m trying to reframe my thought of pears. And when I think of pears in a positive way, I think of that poem and those lines. If pears can be that drop-dead sexy when paired with regular ol’ cheese and wine, then there’s hope for me, too.
Also, cheese is just damn tasty.
I just want to thank you for linking to Elastic Waist — we’re loving reading about your journey!
…And now we’ve added you to our blogroll so that other people who don’t know about funny writing can fall in love with your blog like we have!
…And now I’m thinking you should write a guest post! What do you say? Email us!
Thanks to linking to my blog, too! And, I loooove cheese. ; )
love love love your blog. Your thoughts and opinions have helped me with my own disordered thinking. Thanks for being honest
Hey blogmate,
I’m in the midst of making an independent zine. Your words are some of my all time favorites, and I’m wondering if I can include them with credit to you. Let me know.
Much love,
Gabby
i feel like i just hit the mother lode.
glad to have found you.
Note from a fellow pear
Thanks. I am really enjoying your blog and am adding you to my blogroll so your words may continue to spread the joy.
Gertrude
http://gertrudegrannypanties.wordpress.com
Thanks so much for the blogroll! I started to notice my hits going up like crazy, and about half of them are now from you.
Now I’m feeling pressured to update more. 
Have a nice day !