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I’m not blue but I will be if you don’t click me to join the fun. 😉
Genre: Histrionic Fiction
Word Count: 100
A WRINKLE IN TIME
Elise wound a chestnut curl around her index finger and frowned. “Time for a little Miss Clairol.” Twisting her lips into a wry grin, she tilted her head. “Maybe I’ll just dye it purple.”
After she brushed her teeth, she cleansed her face and applied her foundation repeating the Mary Kay mantra she had learned years ago, “When you pat you place, when you rub you remove.”
The morning ritual continued with eye-shadow and mascara.
She gave her lips a coat of color and studied her reflection over the sink. “How the hell did my mother get in my mirror?”
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My mother didn’t really look like this. 😉
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple 
WHY DO SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO CLOWN AROUND, MAINLY PURPLE CLOWNS, ROCHELLE
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Dear China,
What clowns? I’m a mime and love my purple. 😉 Thank you for the reblog. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Loved the spunkiness of your character. As gravity wins and wrinkles start folding my face, I’ve started seeing my beloved granny in the mirror so it’s not so bad. Great photo!
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Reblogged this on LIVING THE DREAM.
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My wife is as beautiful as she ever was…. it just takes her longer.
Or, as my Father used to say, “Putty up the cracks, and give it a coat of Kem-Tone.” 😯
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Dear Archon,
I’ve also heard it said that “a little paint on an old barn doesn’t hurt.” 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Not having been raised in the wilds of Kansa, that’s a new one for me. (Furtively adds it to humor file, for later re-use.) 😆
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Whatever we lose like a you or a me, it’s always ourselves we find in the glass. Nice one, Rochelle
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Dear Neil,
I console myself by telling myself “I’m still cute. Older cute.” Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Genetics are strong. Nature’s way of reminding us we can’t escape our mother 😀. Fun little tale.
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Dear Tanille,
Getting older beats the alternative, doesn’t it? 😉 Actually, I favor my dad’s side of the family. Thank you. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh I’m at the age I’m thinking that too!
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Dear Louise,
I’m sure I’m farther along. 😉 Good to see you here. Thank you for commenting.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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She’s Old and stodgy enough to evoke memories of her mother , but young and foolish enough to think purple hair is nice
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Dear Larry,
Yep, that about sums it up LOL. Thank you. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I wish they’d fix mirrors. Some middle aged guy haunts mine. Nice one. And the photo after, well, you might have patted a little too much foundation on there. Don’t know, just saying 😉
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Dear Trent,
You really think it’s too much foundation? Here I thought it was just right. Maybe that’s why people keep saying, “You look a little pale. Ya feeling okay?” 😉 Those silly mirrors. Ah well, enough reflection. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I was wondering if you felt OK. I noticed you had a hard time walking against a breeze so light that I couldn’t even feel it, let alone all of those problems you had getting out of that darned invisible box…
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I do have a lot of issues with that invisible box. The door sticks so sometimes it’s hard to get out. 😉
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So I’ve noticed…
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The mirror never lies. The trick is to avoid looking at it. Lovely story, dear Rochelle.
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Dear Neel,
Best advice I’ve had all day. Thank you. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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That’s mirror & make-up magic! 🙂
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Mirror, Mirror on the wall…Thank you, Anita.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Love this, Our daughter Ally is now experimenting with Manic Panic. August, who is older, has had blue hair for some years now. I’d settle for any hair at all!
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Dear Josh,
One of these days I’m going to get some purple spray. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I also look into the mirror and wonder who that old guy is. However, I don’t use makeup. Lol. I saw what it did for you. White face, black lines. Naw…..I’ll pass. Good story that everyone will relate to eventually.
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Dear Jan,
Perhaps you should try whiteface sometime. Nah…it would gunk up your beard. Never mind. Thank you, m’luv.
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Very interesting photo there, something very different. Hmmm… this is gonna require some thinking.
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Dear Bear,
Ronda’s good for something different. 😉 I’m sure you’ll come up with something good. Hope you liked my story while you were in the neighborhood. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Ah yes… the beauty fitual, I mean ritual.. I have to say I am rather low-maintenance myself (must be why I never succeeded in Mary Kay – or maybe it was all the rah-rahing that was necessary)..
It’s funny, I must really be a mix of my two parents because I’ve gone from what is my mother doing in my mirror to when did Dad arrive?
Shalom and here’s looking at you kid!
Dale
xo
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Dear Dale,
It was definitely the rah-rah that made me leave the MK fold. Truth be told, I favor my dad’s side of the family much more than my mom’s. It just sounded better and had fewer words than “How the hell did Aunt Lucille get in my mirror.” 😉 And as I’ve said before, I comfort myself with “I’m still cute. Older cute.” Thank you for coming here to reflect.
Shalom and lotsa grins,
Rochelle
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There is only so much “Woot” a woman can take… and when I went to an even at a huge hall with about 5000 of them? I thought that is it, I have died and in a hen-house of hell…
And I hear you. Word count and all that 😉
Of course still cute! Jan will attest to that as well as I!
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Hen-House of Hell. What a great name. And it so fits. “Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional.” That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 😉
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It was nuts. Growing up is overrated ..
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I might just try going through that ritual to see if I look like my Mum! Though on second thoughts….!
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Dear Keith,
I actually favor my Aunt Lucille on my dad’s side. But that took more words. 😉 Thanks for taking time to reflect.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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So it’s not just us that have to slam on the brakes at 100 words!
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I’m a firm believer in “Practice what you preach.”
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Well, all I can say is at least you still recognised someone. I tend not to get involved when women are dealing with make up and looks, for health and safety reasons, you understand.
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Dear James,
Wise man. And always remember to think before answering the question, “Do these jeans make my bum look big?”
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Love your painted face, Rochelle. I’m still trying to come up with an idea to tie everything in that photo together. Have to give you creds for taking it in a whole different, and unexpected, direction.
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Dear Linda,
I don’t paint my face as often as I used to. There was a time I did a lot of mime to songs and Bible stories around the country. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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That sounds like wonderful fun! You are a lady of many talents, I think.
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Funny how as you get older you spend less time in front of your mirror. I can get made up in less than two minutes, and only 5 seconds of that is looking at the finished product. That’s about all I can take. I love your mime face.
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Dear Sandra,
This is so true. At the same time it takes my OH twice as long to get ready to go anywhere and he’s not even putting on makeup. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Mom said that after cateract surgery improved her eyesight.
Shalom,
Ronda
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Dear Ronda,
Alas, I don’t need cataract surgery. I see all too clearly. 😉
Thanks for all your help the past couple of weeks.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Haha! How fun! I think you look fine! 🙂
I don’t do much in the way of makeup or what not – had tried some eye-shadow and lipstick in my early womanhood, thinking it was ‘required adult’, but had given it up since. Lip-gloss is as far as it goes these days, and mostly doubles as sun-protection …
Love the piece and adore the photo!! 🙂
Added mine to the froggy – a different kind of ‘experimenting’ … 😉
Na’ama
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Na’ama Y’karah,
Of course you’ve only seen photos of me. Up close and personal might be a bit more startling. 😉 Thank you for your kind words.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Up close and personal might be great fun, actually! (FYI, I think wrinkles and expression lines and a life well lived are all beautiful, so there’s that!) 😉
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I used to see my mother in the mirror. I am so glad I live in a house with two bathrooms now.
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You crack me up, Nobbin. I’m happy for your two bathroom solution. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I’m glad I can crack you up.
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Could be worse, could be your father staring back at you… 😉
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Good point, Iain. Actually I do favor my dad’s side and look more like his sister, my Aunt Lucille. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Love your mime look, R. Yes, the time has come that I see my father in the mirror. I won’t act like him though.
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Dear Ted,
I’m pretty sure I don’t act anything like my mom. My dad perhaps, yes. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ha… I let my hairdresser do the work… today she surprised me by putting pink highlights in my hair. I definitely don’t look like my father today.
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Dear Björn,
I don’t really look like my mother. More like my dad’s side. One of these days I will do the purple highlights just for fun. . Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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This is my first time here. Fun writing prompt. Todah Rabah, Rochelle!
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Dear Susan,
Barukh Ha Ba’a l’Friday Fictioneers. 😉 Hope you enjoyed my story, too. Todah Rabah l’aht.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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My daughters will be saying this too – my mother passed on strong genes!
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Dear Liz,
It happens to all of us in one way or another, doesn’t it?
Shalom,
Rochelle
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ood question to ask. i can relate. as i get older, i’m becoming to look like my dad. 🙂
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Dear Plaridel,
I actually resemble my dad’s side of the family more. My brother, on the other hand, does look a lot like my dad. 🙂
Shalom,
Rochelle
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HeHe, that’s almost funny. Great story. Sure beats looking in the mirror and not recognizing the face at all.
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Good point, Bear. I do still recognize myself. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh, lord, but I loved that last line! 🙂 I was never much into cosmetics and gave them up somewhere in the Seventies (THE Seventies, not mine). Then I started doing a bit here and there because I didn’t want to look as tired as my mother had, so now it’s back to time in front of the mirror, but with magnifying glasses to catch those little black specks on the eyelids that my mother never left the house without — she couldn’t see it when she “flicked” her mascara!
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Dear Genia,
My mother actually wore quite a bit of makeup, too. Actually, as we age, less is more. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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How the hell indeed? I think my Dad snuck into mine and i’m adopted! Nature and Nurture! Made me chuckle, this one, Rochelle.
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Dear Shrawley,
You made me laugh out loud. 😀 Truth be told, I resemble my Aunt Lucille on my dad’s side more than I do my mother. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Cream certainly making her look younger. It is adding age. I think she should avoid using it.
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Trust me, Abhijit,
“She” doesn’t wear the white face often. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ha, I see more of my dad in the mirror every day 🙂
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My brother says the same thing, Ali. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Mirror, mirror on the wall,
My Mommy is fairest of ’em all!
Good one Rochelle.
Cheerio!
N
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Thank you, Natasha. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Love the photo – funky not old !!. In my house it’s low lighting and tiny mirrors and being short sighted – not a wrinkle in sight….
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Dear Francine,
I also ascribe to ‘quirky’ and ‘eccentric’. 😉 Low light also hides carpet stains. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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This made me smile. Have you dyed your hair purple before? I know how much you love that color. 🙂
How do you feel about looking more and more like your mother? 🙂
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Dear Mags,
I haven’t dyed my hair purple….yet. 😉 It’s on my bucket list. Truth be told, I don’t really look like my mother…at least I don’t think so. I favor my dad’s side and look more and more like his sister, my Aunt Lucille. Watching myself age is…well…sigh…not much I can do about it and it beats the alternative. Glad it made you smile. 😀 Thank you. .
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
I’m surprised you have not yet dyed your hair purple! 😊
I also look more like my dad than my mom.
You’re welcome!
Shalom,
Mags
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Good one, Rochelle! I see my mom in my mirror too, every so often. Wish she were really here…
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Thank you, Susan. I understand. I wish my mother was really here, too.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Purple. Love it! Fabulous photo, Rochelle.
I’ve seen my mum in the mirror too.
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Dear Laurie,
As my banner at the top reads (and it’s my motto) “Growing older is inevitable. Growing up is optional.” That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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OH! I do love that last thought! 🙂
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Thank you, Sascha. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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LOL…I can SO relate!
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We are at that certain age, aren’t we, Dawn? 😉 Thanks for reading.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I missed your link party again. Keep getting Friday Fictioneers in too late. I’ll still share here the picture of the sink. https://onetahayes.com/2019/11/13/what-does-aunt-gilda-know/
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