Monthly Archives: July 2005

Well, this isn’t the Deep Sun Café on Boulevard Carnot, Cannes, but the Starbucks in Writers Square, Denver, has plenty of seats available at the outdoor tables, umbrellas, and strong coffee in big cups. We have taken to heading over … Continue reading →

In AA, newcomers are often urged to attend “90 meetings in 90 days.” I’ve been sober for 20 years, but my 90 days in France has led to a time of disorientation here in Denver, a feeling out of joint, … Continue reading →

Darlene has been dreaming of and searching for a miniature Yorkie for more than a year. This week she found one, the only puppy in a litter born June 11 in nearby Brighton, Colorado. She visited the puppy on Thursday, … Continue reading →

What I missed most while I was away from home were my dictionaries. They don’t travel well, my Webster’s Third New International, my two-volume Shorter Oxford English, and my American Heritage 4th edition. Not to mention their companion tomes, The … Continue reading →

We rolled our luggage into the apartment in Denver this morning at 1:30 am. We’re tired. A trip to Whole Foods in Cherry Creek made me think the designers of the displays must have spent some time in the open-air … Continue reading →

Fourth of July Weekend in Maine, U.S.A. Send to KindleTweet

Maine The Fourth of July is a big weekend in Belle Fourche, S.D., the small town on the edge of the Black Hills where I grew up. It is the time when people return and see their classmates from years … Continue reading →

From here, in the dining room of my parent’s second home on the coast of Maine, we can look out toward France. But which end of the horizon should I be gazing at? I don’t know my latitudes well enough … Continue reading →