At a rest stop somewhere along the Ohio Turnpike: Vacation by Wendell Berry Once there was a man who filmed his vacation. He went flying down the river in his boat with his video camera to his eye, making a moving picture of the moving river upon which his sleek boat moved swiftly toward […]
MoreThere’s a sad nip in the air this morning, a reminder to get the rest of my summer beach posts up before they’re as out-of-date as puka shells and jellies. I count myself among the most fortunate of souls that I got to return to Maryland this summer to spend a week at the beach with […]
MoreAlba by Jack Gilbert After a summer with happy people, I rush back, scared, gulping down pain wherever I can get it. I don’t like all my nicknames, but I can’t say I don’t deserve them. Debbie Downer is the one I earned for introducing grit to conversations of spun sugar. And […]
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