Happy Birthday, Blanche!

The script says that Blanche’s birthday is Sept. 15! I’ve got another Virgo on my mind, my dear friend Armour, born Sept. 19. As I mentioned in a previous entry, her mother Cynthia believed herself to be the real Blanche DuBois. Armour came to visit me this summer, and I was tickled to realize that she’s got a little bit of Blanche in her too. She’s always loved sophisticated people, travel, music, good wine and food. Part of it was Armour’s effervescent conversation, her charming chatter. Part of it was her quite evident love of fashion (Blanche: “Clothes are my passion”); we had a blast together trying on gorgeous vintage-style evening gowns at Silver Moon Emporium on the North Shore. I was delighted to find, on the night she cooked dinner for us, that Armour dressed up in heels and a dress. I was, of course, in shorts and bare feet. I felt very Stella to her Blanche. So Happy Birthday, Armour! I’ve been thinking of you!