August 2004 Archives

Which Golden Girl Are You?

I'm going to make up a new word: chrysalaic. It's derived from chrysalis - "The pupa state of certain insects, especially of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges." My word is an adjective form of that state with particular emphasis on the essential nutritive and metamorphic energies of such a state. So, here's a sentence using my word: "My life has been so chrysalaic since 9/11." And it's true - and I'm emerging. That good thing that I knew was right around the corner and just beyond the bend? It's here and it really does feel good.