19 March

Spring Solstice 2015

Posted in Seasonal Messages

This time of year The sun rising on my walk to work. Skipping through puddles. Me slip-sliding, sometimes tripping. The streets running with water. The river breaking up, the swans low overhead. The souls. In a hospital room somewhere, someone is dying. Snow storm and robin song. It’s always the same metamorphosis. I pick my […]

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8 March

If I were a writer in Cuba

Posted in Books, Reflections, Travel

I often pondered this question when I was in Cuba. While there, I was able to attend the 24th International Festival of the Book in Havana, one of the largest book festivals in Latin America, founded in 1982. For ten days, the city diverts buses from their regular commuter routes to transport thousands of Haberneros to the […]

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