• My Friend Sally

    I met Sally when we were both newcomers to town.  This was many many years ago, before kids.  We had an instant connection, and our families became friends.  My husband even babysat for her small daughter when Sally and John went to the hospital for Margaret’s birth.  (I was large with child at the time).

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    Telephones
  • Monday Morning

    I am getting over my jet lag and now manage to sleep until 7 or so. It’s Monday morning and I still haven’t restarted delivery of the local paper, so instead of the dubious pleasure of seeing who died over the weekend, I have a book to keep me company over coffee. Yesterday was a

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    Cup of coffee on a table
  • Sorrento and Capri

    By the way, the Jetson’s shower was great. There are lights that continually flash with different colors, red, blue, green, white. And there was a full length mirror in the shower…I turned the other way. I awoke at nine after sleeping like a log. Great breakfast, sat with a couple from Boston. Across the way

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    Capri shoreline
  • My first email from Italy

    Time to spread my wings, no more Cambridge for me, but instead a trip to Italy. Commuter flight from State College to Philadelphia then a 6 hour layover until the flight to Rome. Luckily I had a pass to the Admirals Club, formerly known as  the USAirways Club. There were seats next to the windows

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    Italian Flag

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