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October 28, 2009 11:14 AM EDT --
After numerous turns around a town square outside the walls of Florence, the GPS system leading us to the wrong building in a different section of town with the same address, and several phone calls . . .
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September 16, 2009 01:49 PM EDT --
Assisi: parking ticket and all
We came to Assisi seeking St. Francis and Clare. We found them. We found, as well, a greeting from the Assisi police: a parking ticket. Parking in Assisi . . .
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August 27, 2009 09:24 PM EDT --
We ate breakfast on the terrace in Amalfi, served by skinny Renaldo who buzzed and hummed about, making an occasional nervous foray into conversation about his marriage to a Russian woman from Eastern . . .
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April 14, 2009 10:33 AM EDT --
My husband Bill is noise sensitive. Sounds of traffic, noise from factories, lawn equipment and machinery drive him batsy. I, on the other hand, having spent many years in a cloistered monastery on a . . .
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March 22, 2009 07:35 PM EDT --
Juliahna was diagnosed last August with acute myelogenous leukemia. Since then she’s undergone progressively more radical procedures, all the while keeping her friends informed of her progress through . . .
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February 27, 2009 03:39 PM EST --
As if she'd been awaiting the exact moment of our arrival on the patio for breakfast the next morning, Rita –Titty’s mother (of La Maison de Titty ), hurried out with tiny éclairs with Nutella . . .
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January 27, 2009 11:36 AM EST --
"What is it you REALLY believe?" asked a friend in her weekly email "On the Waterline."
She posted the question two days ago and I am still pondering the thought. What . . .
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January 17, 2009 07:09 PM EST --
We left Rome for Naples on my birthday, October 10, 2008. This was not a wholly good idea, unless one thrives on travel tension. The day started off innocently enough when we took a taxi to the Termini . . .
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December 16, 2008 10:38 PM EST --
Normally, while trudging through the deep sand along Lake Worth’s beach, we encounter lots of man-made debris cast up on shore by Atlantic’s waves along with slimy seaweed, tortured driftwood, . . .
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December 12, 2008 04:46 PM EST --
Dark suits for men; long skirts and sleeves for women -- on a warm day, not such a good idea. The Vatican website suggested that for an audience with the Pope we should dress modestly so Bill and I . . .
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November 19, 2008 04:05 PM EST --
When my hubby Bill surprised me with tickets to Italy to celebrate our 12 wedding anniversary and suggested that I plan the trip as I “knew Italy,” I thought “Oh my! Did I still “know” Italy 30 years . . .
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September 30, 2008 11:45 PM EDT --
"Leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again." John Denver's lyrics waft through my mind as I return to Gather for an intense day of reading and commenting, only . . .
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September 19, 2008 09:41 PM EDT --
Drinking from the Saucer by Charlene C. Duline is a fascinating memoir of a strong-headed, devout, and idealistic young black American woman who was among the first volunteers to join the Peace . . .
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August 13, 2008 08:33 PM EDT --
I took my grandchildren, Tommy age 10 and Cassie age 9 to Ely, Minnesota last week. Why take grandchildren to Ely when there’s so much to do and see here on Minnesota’s north shore of Lake Superior? Come . . .
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July 23, 2008 10:55 PM EDT --
Roses. This is a true story told in 10 minutes in response to kathryn's wedneday writing essentials prompt.
In 1996, I was at a writing retreat in one of the most scenic spots along Lake Superior’s . . .
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July 23, 2008 09:52 PM EDT --
I was in Duluth last week, running all those errands that a 168 mile round-trip drive demands, when I decided that I also needed to take a walk. I headed for the city's harbor walk that stretches along . . .
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July 16, 2008 06:38 PM EDT --
Some people have a fear of public places, others fear public speaking, while yet others fear speaking on the phone. I fear none of those things. What I fear is getting the mail.
My fears . . .
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July 02, 2008 07:48 PM EDT --
Jacqueline loved her high place a top the dune. She was the only one who climbed up here, who had the whole expanse of the sea and the beach at which to gaze, the magnificent old home in the distance . . .
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July 01, 2008 12:07 AM EDT --
From April 29 through May 4, I was in New York for the PEN World Writers Fesitval "Public Lives/Private Lives."
First, I should probably tell you what PEN is and how I found myself at this . . .
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June 25, 2008 02:53 PM EDT --
This is 10 minute fiction based on Wednesday Writing Essential's prompt photo taken by Kathryn Esplin-Oleski. I've never visited Montreal and never had this experience but I do like to travel . . .
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