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Bookshop Visit//The Book Shelf
One of the first things I did when we decided to move to northeast Ohio was to look up the bookstores in the area. Imagine my pleasure when I found out there was a used bookstore a mile or two down the road from me. I did not wait very long to visit it. The Book Shelf is staffed by volunteers and the proceeds are used to support adult literacy in the county. When I walked in I was immediately greeted by one of the older ladies staffing the store that day. She was extremely friendly and gave me a tour of the little store and talked a bit about…
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A Poem for a Thursday #132
When I was a kid I went through a stage when I was fascinated by shipwrecks. The Titanic was a particular interest but shipwrecks in general caught my imagination. They were scary and fascinating and full of stories. I remember a beach we went to on Cape Cod on a wreck way out on the horizon and I always wished I could visit it somehow. I like this poem by Adrienne Rich even though my interest in shipwrecks does not include an interest in diving. Reading about them is definitely the way to go for me. First having read the book of myths, and loaded the camera, and checked the…
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Outside Our Door
I have always been pulled between the country and the city. I love the peace, quiet, and beauty of the country but I also love the hustle, convenience, and opportunity of a city. Surprisingly, by moving into an apartment in Ohio I have managed to find a bit of both. I had reservations about moving into an apartment. I liked my house in Connecticut, though not the specific location, and didn’t particularly want to go back to not having a yard and being able to hear my neighbors through the walls. Fortunately, we can’t hear our neighbors through the walls and we have a nature preserve outside our building. The…
