living with a writer means taboo words

there are a lot of words to describe the simple beauty of this coneflower stem. unfortunately i am married to a writer. and so, almost every descriptive word i turn to first is on the steve hoffman list of banned adjectives. it’s stunning. nope. can’t say stunning. it’s amazing. nope. can’t say amazing. it’s lovely. nope. can’t say lovely. it is engaged in a graceful dance… nope. can’t say dance. there is an awesome power… nope. can’t say awesome unless you are talking about a god or gods or the majesty of nature. it gives me all the feels… nope. can’t ever, ever say all the feels, and in fact, that does it. you’ll be hearing from my attorney in the morning, and i want custody.

cone flower in october