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rosina lippi  | sara donati on writing and craft

another wrinkle

It occurs to me I haven’t pointed out that descriptions of facial expressions often employ metaphor, as in the example from Cold Mountain the last entry. That’s a whole different topic. Someday, I’ll get to it.

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