I have always liked the sound and feeling of that expression. The most literal interpretation is the actual breeze.There is a significant breeze today and I might actually have to shut the windows and the door. However, as an idiom it really suggests a change, a significant shift of circumstances. Today the breeze is also cleaning out some cobwebs in my brain leading me to think/see/consider things differently.
Another milestone happened and another class graduated from “my school.” I went and saw so many of my students and felt back in my rightful place, except it isn’t anymore. I know if I wanted I could go back in an instant, but I guess the breeze doesn’t blow that way again.
I love quirky characters. (I love the word quirky too.) Characters that are unabashedly themselves no matter what the world thinks. Characters that think differently and act outside social norms when they need/want to. Two of the books I read this week did have some great characters (Road Trip and Rules for Aging and Larceny). Both books were written by well established authors I enjoy. (Julia London and Mary Kay Andrews). I love how the descriptions were part of the scene – not long drawn out backstories or dumping the information.
So how do quirky and winds of change go together? I realized that maybe – just maybe I am more quirky as I age and that is part of my wind of change. The interesting part is that it doesn’t bother me as much as I thought it would.
Elise sent in an interview with one of her favorite authors Amanda Flower about her newest book, Truffle Trouble. She also sent in a guest review of the book Drop Dead Famous by Jennifer Pearson. Check them out!
