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  • A NEST OF WORDS

    I’m not yet done with Pepys; his diary gives us physicality, action, not dreams, explanations, or fears. He tells us his wife has gone to visit her family, but not if he misses her. We see that he eats dinner and has drinks with friends. He gives us action and trusts that we will conjure…

  • TIMELESS?

    There are days when I wonder if my words have value. What I write seems not memorable, not important in the grand scheme of things. But when I mentioned Samuel Pepys 1665 diary a couple of days ago, I was glad to have his generous gift to a future he could not have imagined. He…

  • A LESSON FROM HISTORY

    I am a fan of the history of England and Ireland, as those are my ancestral parts of the world. And it seems that, while our recent pandemic is ugly, it’s not the worst in recorded history. If you want to see one of the worst, read a diary kept by Samuel Pepys in London…

  • POETRY FOR UKRAINE

    POETRY FOR UKRAINE Poetry in support of Ukraine, from poets around the world. Paperback ISBN: 9798447088378 Kindle ASIN: B09X8H5P1Q I’ve been in contact with the editor for several years, and he is worthy of our support. I am proud to have my own work in this important volume. This is important; please consider purchasing this…

  • FINDERS, KEEPERS

    When I left New England, I left behind my writing gang, a hard thing to do. But I meant to live in Ireland and those poets would be happy to visit me. However, I landed in Colorado, partly to be a daily part of my only grandson’s life, and partly because a novel I’d written…