Paula Hendricks's Writings
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Dec.27.2008
The ink spreads unevenly from my drying brush. Like charcoal or chalk, but deeper, more permanent. Ink on paper. The far left side is very dark and the rest is not so. I have dipped only the tip of the brush into the pure ink and now I paint with an edge.
She compliments a woman at the other table. Oh that’s good. And to the man next to her -- What an...
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Dec.15.2008
I’m weeding out my books. I need to make room… for something else. I’m removing things from my shelves. Books I have not opened in 10 years. Books I cannot remember the plots of. Books that don’t nourish me on a deep level. Books that someone else valued more than I do. I no longer need them here. I can always go to the library or a museum or look them up at...
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Dec.02.2008
So, I sit in Union Square and look at David Beckham’s body. There is a 6-story ad covering the front of the Macy’s store facing the square. It is a gorgeous black and white photograph of David dressed only in Emporio Armani undies. I love this image because it is black and white. I love it because he is tattooed, muscled and beautiful. I love it because it is...
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About Paula
Came to writing late. 5th gen Californian, raised in suburbia, off to women's college in New England and then to New York City. Mid life crisis, quit my life, ran away to the desert, ended up in New Mexico where I realized I was a writer. Made a full circle,...
Causes Paula Hendricks Supports
Grace Cathedral Labyrinth Guild, Bay Area Independent Publishers Association, Litquake, Center for the Book, San Francisco Public Library
Paula’s Favorite Books
Mysteries, books on typography, geology, sustainable business