Sleeping Beauty And The Airplane

August, 1993

Sleeping Beauty and the AirplaneShe was Beautiful and lithe, with soft skin the color of bread and eyes like green almonds. She had straight black hair that reached to her shoulders and an aura of antiquity that could just as well have been Indonesian as Andean. She was dressed with subtle taste: a lynx jacket, a raw-silk blouse with very delicate flowers, natural-linen trousers and shoes with a thin stripe the color of bougainvillea. This is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, I thought wh...