Haint Blue at Rippon Lodge
An exploration of legend and truth in restored home, Rippon Lodge, PW County.
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2023: Fog or Head-butting Goat?
(Photo Credit: Shutterstock) As 2023 wound down, I began searching for a metaphor to understand the year that was. A hectic schedule found me immersed in unrelenting work demands that kept me away from the joy of writing. As I often do, I turned to nature to unwind and invite inspiration back into my world….
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For the Love of Matching PJs
Every family has their quirky Christmas traditions. My family has too many traditions to list here. But one in particular has stood the test of time…matching Christmas PJs. Knowing this tradition was merely a prompt for my mother to take photos, we all (mostly) complied with the requisite holiday cheer. As kids, we knew we’d…
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Hiking Through an Elevator Shaft
My recent four-month writing and blogging hiatus, caused by intense stress and workload from my day job, has come to an end, thanks to a hike through an elevator shaft. I sometimes can’t predict when the intensity of my day job will overtake my writing life nor how a creative dry period will end, but…
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Judging a Library by its Cover
As the old saying goes, judging a book by its cover leads to all sorts of ill-advised judgments and wrongheaded conclusions. So, my warning today is to not judge this library by its cover. This is the National Library of Kosovo. It taught me something about perspective and freedom and the thirst for knowledge. The…
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Memories Ablaze
My heart goes out to the residents of Maui who lost loved ones and livelihood, pets and property in this week’s fire. To have witnessed one’s own community go up in flames must have been so horrific. Seeking shelter in the ocean or abandoning a car to scramble from the flames must have been terrifying….
