` :::Wow, what a beautiful homage!  The texture on that painting is just wonderful.  After reading the introduction to Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson, I felt guilty not having more in the article about their speculated love affair, but it's so difficult to keep neutral about such an uncertain thing.  I thought it best to just leave it alone for now until someone else had a better idea.  It's a lovely (and ultimately sad) thought, however.   con `