After spending 2 years living on the rugged coast of Northeastern Scotland, a job now takes us to Fairbanks Alaska. Originally from Oregon, I am a writer, a mother, an aspiring frontier woman, a nostalgia junkie, and a book addict. I call myself a trailer wife, which refers to the state of a person (most often a woman) who is caught up in the professional trajectory of their spouse. This blog will chronicle my journey between two places I never, ever, imagined I'd call home.
I just spotted the gnarliest tranny in my fav little FBX coffee shop. Seriously, I thought at first that it must be a joke. This lady could have been a lumberjack in a former life--chiseled forearms, cut calves, gourd-sized adam's apple. She sat alone, thumbing through a copy of Glamour magazine, pushing the crumbs of a bran muffin back and forth on her plate, her knees modestly pressed together below a short jean skirt (frayed) and ankles crossed (those pumps MUST have been a size 13). I looked around, thinking that there might be a crowd of roughnecks nearby with a video camera. A bachelor party, maybe. Everyone else in the place was trying as hard as they could to stare inconspicuously.
And then, with bird-like grace, she lifted her french-manicured hand and swept back the hair covering her out-sized gold hoop earrings with such finesse, such fluid, look-at-me nonchalance, I KNEW she was legit. Beautiful. I can't tell you how much this eases my mind about living at The End of the World.
I seriously considered following her out to the parking lot to make friends.
3 comments:
Thanks for your comments, you asked about blogging advice for beginners? I don't know if you'd already downloaded my eBook but that would be a place I'd start.
Thanks! I am in awe of you... thanks for your generosity. I'll be adding a link for my readers (the paltry few). Beautiful day in Fairbanks today... hope Anchorage is getting some sun!
This post alone has made me want to come to FBX (I assume this is the official moniker used by your fellow city dwellers)..... who needs Soho, London : )
Have a rocky road for me.
Mx
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