Uncategorized L’epicerie in Avignon, France 30 Oct 20165 Nov 2016 L'epicerie in Avignon, France is a delightfully small restaurant where the owners close the doors when full or offer the option of dining outdoors beneath the stars and in the…
photography… Perspective… 3 Sep 2016 "Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses." -- Alphonse Karr Perspective. Each of us possesses a particular view on life and…
photography… Daylight Comes… 25 Jun 201614 Jul 2016 "There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the…
Uncategorized I Ate A Renoir Apple 31 Jan 201631 Jan 2016 Not much had changed in Essoyes, France in the five years since I'd last been in the small village in L'Aube. But there was one addition: La Maison des Renoir,…
Uncategorized Bench Series: November 9 Nov 20158 Nov 2015 Napoleon Bonaparte said: "A throne is only a bench covered in velvet." I'm glad to know I share something in common with him. Benches intrigue me, too. Rustic, rugged, falling…
Uncategorized On the Vineyard 6 Oct 20157 Oct 2015 Writing has brought me back to Martha's Vineyard. Yes, I arrived during a storm once more. This isn't a bad thing, though. Possibly the warmth of food and friendship is…
Writing It was a dark and stormy…Afternoon? 3 Sep 2012 There is a reason that the old cliché about 'a dark and stormy night' starts many short stories, especially the ones where mystery and drama become part of the tale. …
Entertainment… Quotes for Writing and Life 19 Apr 201219 Apr 2012 I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it…
landscape… The Year That Changed My Life 10 Oct 2011 "Inside you there's an artist you don't know...say yes quickly, if you know, if you've known it from before the beginning of the universe." - Rumi The holiday that I…
home… ‘Write While The Heat Is In You’ 8 Oct 20118 Oct 2011 There are times when my head has more going on it than there is space to contain it. It feels as if one more independent thought will cause an explosion.…