Bud Grossmann’s Words of the Week for the Week of January 15, 2012 Previously unpublished fiction. © 2012 by Bud Grossmann. All Rights Reserved.   Mirrored Doors, 2012 © 2012 by Bud Grossmann POSING FOR MARY CASSATT        A day after David Fischer returned from a Sunday excursion to Milwaukee with his nephew, the nephew’s two young sons, and the boys’ three-month-old sister, Fischer reported to a friend:       ... Yes, of course I have showered and scrubbed, but my wrists still smell faintly of baby vomit. I don’t mind. During the one hour I carried Rose Anne in my arms at the art museum, I received, I believe, more warm smiles from women than in all of my previous twenty-three years of wishing to win women’s approval. ♦ Four Men & a Baby Girl, 2012 © 2012 by Bud Grossmann         ARCHIVES         Click for a list of other Words of the Week I would welcome your thoughts on this page (or any of my others).  Write to me at the following address.  Please be sure to spell Grossmann with two n’s and mention what page you are writing about. Thanks!  BUD GROSSMANN Top of this page | HOME | Fine Photography | Picture of the Day | Writings | | Words of the Week | Mom & Pop Prop. Mgt. | FAQ |

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