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Tag Archives: New England
New England Memories
Sometimes a long delay gives you better perspective. I hadn’t been back home to New England in eleven years until our recent trip. Thinking of Thomas Wolfe’s dictum, “You can’t go home again,” I didn’t really know if my previous … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Fenway Park, Maine, New England, Ogunquit, Prudential Center, Rowley, York Beach
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Winter Discontent: Dickinson’s “There’s a certain Slant of light”
I’m sitting here in our sunroom, looking out this afternoon on our backyard, smothered with frost. We had our first snow cover a week ago, which came early to Kentucky. I’m a warm weather lover, and while those around me … Continue reading
Posted in People, Poetry, Psychology, Reflections
Tagged Dickinson, nature, New England, Poetry, There's a certain Slant of light
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My Love Affair with Vermont
I can’t say how it began, but I know I’ve always had this love affair with Vermont, even though I’ve never lived there. I suspect it has a lot to do with its mountain greenery, since I’ve always been partial … Continue reading
