I have to admit I don’t know much about my voice, or voices in general. I’ve never taken voice training or read any books about it, and I can’t even tell you whether I sing tenor, bass, or baritone. In my mid-sixties I’m still surprised by the sound of my own voice when I hear it on my voice mail or in a home video. Do we ever hear our own voices the way others hear us?
Listening is easy when you want hear what the other person wants to say. Listening is not so easy if you’re Jodi trying to talk with Stutz about some tough news. Jodi has known Stutz for three wild and thrilling months, during which they discovered they’re both rebels and soulmates, with new tattoos to prove it: a chain around the right ankle, wings over each ankle bone. This morning she went to the Health Department clinic and came back with the news that she’s pregnant and tested positive for syphilis.
