Letter from London… 26 May 2005 Since we met in 2002, Colin and I have been doing something that a lot of heavy-in-love couples do: we surreptitiously compete to see who can give the best Christmas and birthday presents. The first Christmas, when we had only been together a few months, I gave Colin a…
Category: Writing
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First draft complete
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Starbucks in Maida Vale, London. W9. I finished the first draft of “The One” today. I was listening to my Mp3 player, and pushed my way through the outline, through the epilogue. No, I don’t have a publisher. No, I don’t have an agent. No, you can’t read it, yet. But, yes, I have finished…
Putting for birdie
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Putting for birdie
Postcard from Venice… All those reflections..
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I didn’t know how it would be, returning to Italy. Would the sky be the same color? Would I remember condizionale? Could I be who I was back then– free and wild and decisive– and be who I am now — married, settling in, compromising.The last time I went, in 1999, it was the beginning…
Causin Gelato at Campo Sta. Margherita.
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Causin Gelato at Campo Sta. Margherita.
Hmmm… which way?
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Hmmm… which way?
St. Marco… later in the day.. one pigeon for eve…
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St. Marco… later in the day.. one pigeon for every tourist.
A surprise around every bend in Venice
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A surprise around every bend in Venice
Italian men enjoying an evening…
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Italian men enjoying an evening…
Piazza St. Marco at 7:30 a.m., before the crowds…..
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Piazza St. Marco at 7:30 a.m., before the crowds…
Letter from Egypt
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Lavender Jellyfish and Why you Shouldn’t Rent a Scooter in a Foreign Country 04 April 2005 So this is how it happened. It was the last few days of our trip, at the resort in Sharm el-Sheik on the Sinai Peninsula. Tired of Italians smoking and yammering on their cell phones everywhere, tired of being…
Images of Egypt…
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Boys playing while we wait to pass through the locks
View of the Nile Valley from Hapshetsut’s Temple…..
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View of the Nile Valley from Hapshetsut’s Temple… Notice the lush green in the distance…
Queen Hapshetshut’s image at her Temple in Luxor
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Queen Hapshetshut’s image at her Temple in Luxor
Valley of the King
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Valley of the King