Lea Lane

Lea Lane
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freelance writer/editor
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I've been around the block (more like around the world). I've played and loved and lived an unconventional life in conventional trappings. I've been a corporate VP, worked with foster kids, acted in an Indie ("Nurse 1"), was on Jeopardy!. I'll write just about anything, from speeches to comedy sketches to feature articles. I've been managing editor of a travel publication, authored six books, including Solo Traveler:Tales and Tips for Great Trips (Fodor's), blog regularly on major sites, and have contributed (mostly anonymously) to everything from encyclopedias to guidebooks. I was divorced late, widowed early -- and dated lots -- and I survived a scary illness. After being happily, peacefully solo for many years, I just started a live-in relationship. I founded and still edit www.sololady.com, a lfestyle Website for single women. I'm truly grateful for each precious day, each well-earned wrinkle, my family, my cat. Truth, laughter, friendship. And now this blog -- on this wonderful site!

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APRIL 8, 2009 1:49PM

Ode to My ... Tweezer(s)!

Rate: 37 Flag

 

 

TWEEZER

 

 

What a joy, my tiny tweezer,

Economic people-pleaser.

No more waxing, money’s tight.

I pull my own hairs out at night.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

And lately much to my chagrin

Eyebrows sprout upon my chin.

(Unless the light is set most dimly

I could be seen as Wilfred Brimley.)

 

Oh implement so small and humble,

Despite your help I often fumble.

But satisfactions of a tweeze

Give pleasures of a full-blown sneeze.

 

Destruction of an errant stray

Is tweezer-gasm, in a way.

So I exalt you, useful tweezers:

Hair-zap weapons of us geezers.

                                     

 

 

 

          

 

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And silly. I am in a silly mood.
At least this wasn't Ode to my Geezer. Very funny and rated.
Funny. But ouch( that's my beard crying.) --rated-- because of the hair in growing in my ears.
This is so totally hilarious! My sister Judy's here with me and we're laughing like idiots as I read it aloud. Sadly, too true but the way you put it makes it much easier to cope. Thank you!!
Small pleasures count!
Very sweet! I like a lot! I really don't know what I'd do without my tweezers ^^
There is nothing like a GOOD tweezer and nothing more frustrating than a bad one.
I would be lost without mine!!!!! :0
You should have all the men in your life read this, too.

They need help with the amazon jungle coming out of their ears, growing on top of their ears, and the ever popular unibrow.

I'm just like you, I can't live without mine.

That's why God invited tweezers. If not, we'd all look alike....

A funny, silly, cute and well-written ode to the tweezer!
You just made The Redhead laugh right out loud.

And me too.

Rated
Thanks all. Just found this was a really serious day on OS and since I've been doing serious stuff lately, thought I'd ponder my magnificent little tweezer(S). Need some lightness.
Thank GOD I saw this today ... I forget to check the old chin and upper lip from time to time and today is spa day ... how embarassing!!!

rated for Wilford Brimley :) Good heavens!!!
I know, bad visual. But not that far off were it not for that wonderful implement!
Lea, OMG, the hair on the chin, it embarrasses me just thinking about it. That's the one thing I've asked my daughters to promise me. When I'm no longer able they need to take care of my tweezing; especially on my chin and the uni-brow that has come to life since menopause.
This was very entertaining, Lea, thank you.
Rated for making my eyes water
Oh, I forgot to add that my sisters and I have a pact: if any of us is ever in a coma (poo-poo-poo), we all pledge to make sure that sister does not grow a beard...
lea - fun! unlike the hairs of my chinny chin chin!

i only get two or three. maybe up to four by now. but they are bristly! for now, i am glad to not have a full blown old italian lady mustache.
You all are hilarious.

I've heard of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but the beard thing ...
Yeah baby. What would us old ladies do without our Tweezermans.
Here here!!! Rated for revelance, hair none!
Funny! I miss my tweezer--it appears I can't see my eyebrows anymore to tweeze the hairs!
Love it! I've always been a tweezer, though I learned from my mother not to over tweeze lest your eyebrow hairs not grow back.
I didn't have to wait for meno-PCOS did a number on the number of chinny hairs that lurve to torment moi. But I lurve your ode more!
Oh, this one is EXCELLENT!!! Very funny, Lea. A little too much time on your hands lately? Plink, pank, twaaaang! Oowww!
Great post, Lea! A few years ago I visited Greece. At one museum, there was a case displaying "tools of beauty" that had been found in the nearby ruins. Among the brushes and combs was an unexpected and very recognizable pair of tweezers. I felt instantly connected to the women of ancient Greece. Some things really do never change ;)
Lea, absolutely loved this! I was out of town last week and forgot my tweezers.......god forbid! I kept picking at those 3 chin whiskers until I finally couldn't stand it and went to Walgreens. I think we should have 'em in our purses, our bathrooms, by our beds, in the living room by the tv....I think I'll go by some more, now!

Ya know, momma never told me about stray hairs and menopause. ::sigh::
Nice to hear that you are in a "silly mood",
Good and bad tweezers?
Rated.
One of my mom's favorite memories of childhood to recount is how she had to pluck hairs from the chin of her elderly aunt. Hoping that is a tradition she doesn't want to pass down.
LOL ~ wasn't in the mood for laughing, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. Alas, tweezer mania is not my cup of tea for I have discovered an advancement in technology that far surpasses the brutal sting of tweezers. The Conair battery operated "shaver" is a kinder, gentler version for about 10 bucks. For those once in a blue moon fluffs, it can't be beat. I shall send your ode to a best friend who recently bemoaned your furry fate.
I'm glad you write fun stuff, too! I think a strong writer will need to move from serious to nonserious as a way to strengthen ones writing skills.

Being able to write funny (in what ever form) is very, very different from serious.

So maybe time, your vacuum??
Lea - this was hilarious. You should send it to tweezerman. I bet they would love it. I love my little tweezerman more than the law allows. I almost have one in every room..... I know. I know.
And very silly. Silly is good. So is sunshine. Like today, sunshine and moonshine.
Good to see all you stray-hair challenged folk appreciating both tweezers and silliness.
tweezer-gasm...what can I say? a real work of word art, my friend.
*screams with recognition* on every level, including the transition to doing my own in this recession.
Ah, tweezer-gasm in tetrameter. Civilization, at last.
Thous makest sport of Wilfred Brimley
Who's seldom seen, and then but dimly
'Twas Quaker Oats instead of Wheaties
Until he suffered diabetes
But tho' disease brought on dysfunction
Penile implant restored his function
If thou beist fond of tweezer-gasm
Wait till you share old geezer-gasm
Cute. And only you could write a poem about tweezers.

And which is it? Tweezer or tweezers? My dictionary is of no help listing both and then talking about a "pair of tweezers," but meaning one tool. Hello? So does that mean that each side is a tweezers? Can't be. But it also does not mean two tools. So should it be a pair of tweezer make one tweezers? I am totally fumberspuddlfearefarked by this.

Monte
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Oh, my god, that resonates!
So funny! Very Judith Viorst. I hope I never get chin hairs because I can't tweeze. I still have my original eyebrows. I tweezed one errant eyebrow hair once and it HURT! My daughter, who once tweezed all of her eyebrows going for a Marlene Dietrich look, told me I need to "wet" them first. Don't they have like Nair for eyebrows? Anyway -- good stuff! I like "silly."
Funny and i needed to laugh. I come from a long line of "eyebrow from the chin" women. It's icky and disgusting. Thank God for the knowledge to create the lowly tweezer. ANd heaven help us if we lose it!!!
Is there a Wilfred Brimley club somewhere for tweezer geezers? If not, there should be, and most of us could be members.

Tom, a shout-out for talent!
My partner and I have a rule about looking out for each other's "whiskers". This must be love.
Yes, love comes in many forms and that certainly has to be one of them.
I finally learned to tweeze my eyebrows properly. I am so proud of myself! And my brows have never looked better.
Yes, emma, my brows look fine. I just don't appreciate them on my chin. But I fight back!
Brilliant! Very e.e. cummings! (I think?) And you actually have stayed true to cadence... love that!

And speaking of sneezing - when I pluck my eyebrows, I almost always sneeze and it is all I can do not to pluck out an eye. (shades of Shakespeare, if I do say so myself). You should try out some Haikus...
That isn't how I interpreted the sneeze. Very interesting!
(Catching up around here after being away....)

Hee hee! Loved this, and love my tweezers (I have some that are gold tipped and more "grabby" for fine hairs). A friend and I agree it's the one beauty aid we can't live without.

And why is it all the hair on my body is turning white except the ones that pop out of places I don't want them to?
Silkstone, maybe not Wilford Brimley, but Santa Claus!
This was superb, LL.

I know you must be busy, so it's understandable that you left out the last line. And you and I have been friends so long that I don't feel awkward about adding it here for you:

— Burma Shave

tweezer-gasmically,

moi
You are a sly one, sir. But I am most honored that you have found this little orphan and given it your blessing and your line.

I shall be watching out for you on my other posts, as you are a strategic reader I can see, and you may be making comments that I didn't catch.

Whoever your real identity, you are most welcome here!
Without them, where would be? A generation of bearded woman I guess.