Mary Oliver put it perfectly in her poem, “Blue Iris:” “Now that I am free to be myself, who am I / and as my heart panics not to be, as I long to be, the empty, waiting, pure speechless receptacle.” ...
For nearly half a century, Ursula’s Costumes in Los Angeles transformed customers into everything from clowns to Roman emperors and aliens. Now, the 90-year-old owner is closing the store for good.