Rome Beckons. . .
Overwhelmed by the tourists and the heat and the grandeur and the noise, one day in Rome last July, I wandered off our planned route while Paul was consulting the map. I found myself alone…
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Monday of the new normal
After last week’s ups and downs, a quiet post, okay? Our island’s community dock in the morning fog. Great blue herons, readying their huge nests for another family-rearing season in the rookery And Nola’s bubblegum…
View PostA Son is Born — as a Father, that Is! Another Granddaughter. . . .
The new parents have introduced their wee one to the world, so I can tell you now that we have been blessed with another beautiful granddaughter. Joy and gratitude and relief (those last hours of…
View PostAnnouncing…
An emotional week, bookended by deaths: a friend Monday, a beloved 90-year-old uncle today. And yesterday afternoon we welcomed our newest grandchild, watched our daughter-in-law nurse her baby, our son swaddling and rocking… Pure Joy…
View PostPaddled Away. . .
I woke this morning to the news thata dear friend passed away yesterday afternoon, only hours after Pater visited him in palliative care and less than three weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer, less…
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