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Memoir Continued - 2007
“OH!” I thought. “How long have we known one another? Almost a year already? Share? Like share the expenses? Rent out my condo? I don’t...
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Mar 6, 202431 min read
Memoir - And Then Loss
2014 **** One fall day in 2014 Dick and I decided on another three-day adventure in Taos, NM. We loved that area so much. We drove down...
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Mar 5, 202425 min read
Death Of A Lover
DEATH OF A LOVER Dearly beloved, why did you go, And where? The pleasures we shared when you Were here - Touch me if you are near....
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Mar 5, 202421 min read


Jamaica
Almost ten years after divorce with empty nest syndrome, I made a memorable trip with Robert to Jamaica. We had enjoyed a week in Puerto...
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Feb 28, 20244 min read


A SMALL BOY'S WISH
I would like to be a frog If my legs just had more spring. I would like to be a bird If my arms acted more like wings. I would like to be...
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Feb 20, 20241 min read
SITKA
Dick planned a trip to Sitka. I questioned, “Sitka, Alaska? What on earth is there of interest in Sitka, Alaska? That bustling, attractive city, when we visited in 2009, had multiple landscaped streets of new, modern buildings and jewelry and souvenir shops for the tourists interspersed with the many lovely old churches and government buildings from its storied past. It is a popular tourist destination and while we were there the monster, city size cruise ships would pull int
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Feb 14, 20244 min read


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Feb 14, 20240 min read


Hana Maui
Dick suggested a trip to one of his favorite places, Hana, Maui, Hawaii. Our, open to the tropical air, second story rooms overlooked the...
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Feb 7, 20244 min read
New Year - Remembering New Life
SONS I bore a tiny son, An extension of me. No longer was I one. How could this miracle be? The rush of his mouth upon my breast, The...
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Jan 2, 20241 min read


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Dec 20, 20230 min read
Winnie
Winnie Gabel lived alone. Occasionally she felt lonely but most of the time she was aware of her beautiful surroundings and loved her...
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Dec 13, 202364 min read
Flying
Robert is selling his plane. The memories of our flights together. That first takeoff As exciting as first passion. Memories. Passion and...
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Dec 6, 20231 min read


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Dec 6, 20230 min read
New Mexico
Alice and I drove down the rutted, rough dirt road that almost wasn’t one in her brand-new Nissan Altima. Falling down barbed wire fences...
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Nov 28, 20234 min read


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