Sunday, August 6th, 1939 It dawned a hot, glorious day, and after church, Ernie, Billy, Jakey, and I started for Westerly. Jimmy’s girl was still sleeping so we went without them. We spent all day in the sun, slapping sun lotion all over ourselves. I don’t think this business of showing Jakey I like…
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August Excerpts and Vintage Pictures
Sunday, August 14th, 1938 Got up at five and am not going to bed until 12. We three couples went to Misquamicut. Stayed all day, ate, swam, took pictures, got burned. We sang most of the way up and back. On the way home we stopped by the way to eat the rest of our…
August, 1938
August. Possibly my favorite month. Full summer, with a hint of excitement for the fall. The weather. The freedom. August. She goes mushroom hunting and finds more than just mushrooms. We got bit up and scratched up and I got a handful of berries and a couple of mushroom and a spray of flowers. …I…
Travel Review: La Playa Beach Resort in Naples, FL
I have decided to give you an extra today to atone for missing a post while traveling. Through his work, my husband and I got the chance to stay at La Playa Beach Resort in Naples, Florida. First, let me talk about the Gulf side of Florida. Given my experience before this year I thought…
Writing Wednesdays: A Poem
I go back and forth about not titling a poem. Is it just lazy? An attempt to be cool? Mostly it’s a missed opportunity. And yet, if the poem seems to be asking to remain untitled, don’t I have to listen? Pelicans circle in flocks over the beach Attempting the grace of hawks on the…
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