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STEAMERS
Pipe Dreams
STEAMERS
Stairway To Heaven
VIGNETTE
Knock, Knock
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Life Among Artists
What is it that compels some people to dare to make art?
I was born in Harrisburg, Pa. and grew up there around the middle of the last century. In my young life, I observed the adults around me: the women were […]
VIGNETTE
Mushroom Month
SKETCHBOOK
The Real American Horror Story
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Music in Us
What is left behind after the instruments have been packed away?
A wedding party celebrated on a large East End deck on a sunny Sunday afternoon and on into a moonlit evening, with a live local band — Steve Morgan and […]
The Catch
UP A CREEK
Dear Friend
An easy-to-use fill-in-the-blanks end-of-summer form letter
Dear ________ (friend / family member’s name), So sorry to have missed you in ________ (July, August)! Option A: I understand you were very disappointed that we couldn’t get together. […]
VIGNETTE
The Last One
VIGNETTE
Back Home
TEACAKE’S TAKE
Tastes Like
VIGNETTE
For Rent
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Swimming for Our Lives
Whether you live or visit here, the water defines your experience
Many years ago — 55, to be exact — I was on the island of Mykonos, in the Aegean Sea. I had met a young British woman there, and we […]