Russet Beauty. And an Almond-Shaped Face.

Judith Newman, writing in the April issue of O magazine, interviews Norris Church Mailer about the publication of her book A Ticket to the Circus.

Mailer was blessed with a "russet beauty," according to Newman. Presumbably, this was one of the charms that attracted her husband, Norman Mailer, philanderer and novelist.

It's also a marvelous way to describe a redhead.

I was also struck by Newman's description of the male Mailer in the accompanying photograph as having "an expression of lordly possession."

Just last night, my sweetie called me beautiful.

How? I asked.

"Your almond-shaped face," he replied.

For years, I just thought my face was narrow.

His assessment was a new and welcome perspective. It changed my outlook. And it earned him some brownie points.

These are reminders that right words delight, conveying details that are spot-on and memorable.