I knew our return trip from Portugal would be difficult for me, just as our return from Germany and France had been a few years ago. Walking through small towns and larger cities in Europe filled with coffee shops, interesting people going here and there, and old historic buildings along beautiful rivers makes me joyful.…
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To Read or Not to Read
I hope Jenna doesn’t mind me using her photo from last night here. She was amazing, as were all the other readers at the Water Street Writers open mic event. I’d brought three poems to read, just in case. But I had a feeling I wouldn’t read, beginning a few days ago. I spent my…
The Loveliness of it All
I was never much of a hugger. Being a New Englander, and earlier having all ancestors from England, I tend to be a little stand-offish. But I’ve had a few hugs lately that have warmed me from the the top of my head to the tip of my toes. Coming home from Rhode Island means…