This is truly lovely. The more so because the "red-haired, freckle-faced wisp of honeysuckle skin and sturdy Scot-Irish bones" half-way down the page is someone I've long admired and for whose existence I have, on several occasions, given heartfelt, if not specifically directed, thanks. It delights me that she is so articulately appreciated by someone so interesting.
Can one comperse for people one doesn't really know?
Can one comperse for people one doesn't really know?