Tulips | Tulips
Apr.29.2013
Hiraeth. I see the tulips and the red berries. The rusting swing set between the lilac bushes. One was purple and one was white. I smell the chlorine wafting from the town’s swimming pool a half mile away. My cats (different cats in different years) turn the corner of the house into the back yard...
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Feb.11.2013
Big guy, a XXL Ohio State sweatshirt, jeans, down jacket, walked into the department before 8 one morning. He waved off help. Ten minutes later, wandering the tables, he acknowledged confusion, maybe he could use another pair of eyes. He knew for sure nothing fragile, like roses. Something that...
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Nov.20.2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011Around the World with Virginia Campbell
"A FLAVORFUL ADVENTURE AWAITS!"
The Netherlands is a small country nestled between Belgium and Germany on the North Sea Coast. Over half of the landmass is below sea level which necessitates the need for the historic...
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Mar.07.2011
A pear tree drapes herself in white lace, Blushing behind clouds as she slips on her garter, Preparing to renew vows to Spring.
A hard mint winter is finished She trembling in breeze, gown billowing, Cloud curtain parting, morning sizzling.
Colored birds fire up their instruments,...
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Apr.26.2010
Friendships, Tulips, and Dreams "Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country." -Anais Nin
It has almost been a year since my husband and I first visited Prague, to consider moving here with our...
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Jan.31.2009
In the morning I put tulips on the table. They are the colour of a lipstick I bought in a pharmacy in Paris. They verge on muted Raspberry with a hint of vanilla running through them. The inherited vase belonged to an Aunt. It is the colour of the sea, Aegean blue.
In the afternoon I walked...
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