Would I Be as Sweet? The Day I Received My Nom de Plume
"Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave." ~ Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette "What's in a name? That which we call a rose b y any other name would smell as sweet." - Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) In the grand tradition of Mark Twain, George Eliot, and Dr. Seuss, I have chosen to use a nom de plume . I did so not only to preserve some modicum of privacy in our Instagram world but also so as not to embarrass my grown daughters, who might not want their friends to know their mother could write a love scene. (By their estimation, I have had sex exactly twice since two of them are a set of twins.) Often I am asked how I chose the name "Colette," so today I will tell you how the name was bestowed upon me. These events occurred over twenty y