The Power of Ink

Paris has been so much part of my life over the course of this blog, and it means so much to me, that I need to register my heartbreak at today’s events there. I took…

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End of Summer Tears, Remembering Rome, Remembering Paris, Remembering Me. . .

As I ready myself for Summer’s freer schedule being swapped out for Fall’s more rigorous pace, what I’m really lamenting — besides not having picked a single bowl of blackberries this year! — is how…

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Memory, Its Changing Role, at A Certain Age

Lately, I’ve been fascinated by a changing awareness of memory and how it’s working at this stage of my life. To be precise about “this stage,” I’ve just turned 61. My mother died shortly before…

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Can I ever catch up?

Trying to get back to book-blogging. First stop, recognizing that I have a Draft post that I never managed to press “publish” on. So here’s a start on 2014, except that it’s still teetering on…

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Important Visitors

I apologize for the radio silence, and I assure you we will be back to regular programming as soon as possible. It has been a very busy week with 3 young visitors. We brought our…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.