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The beauty in our backyard

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Hello Everybody, Life used to be full of of places to go and people to see; but since Covid19, navigating the world has changed. No trips in the foreseeable future for me. So, I've shifted my travel focus closer.  Much closer.  The destination is my hometown; and my home is the resort.  A resort that, regrettably, doesn't clear the dirty dishes left outside my room.  Still there.  Every morning.  It will be noted in my TripAdvisor review.  But I digress, here are some reflections on appreciating your little corner of the world.  the view from my front porch overlooking Birdhouse Pond Three Ways of Looking at the Sunset Earth turns away   sun puts on a show enticing us  not to go sipping the sunset ice melts in my drink waiting for sight of first firefly tonight day is behind night is ahead going, going, gone On the list of places I won't be going this summer ...
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Pleased To Meet You

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the young poet Hello, I'm Stephanie.  Most people call me Steph.  When I was about five I wrote my first poem.  I can remember sitting at the kitchen table, fat yellow pencil in my hand, waiting for my Mom to come home from her night job.  She liked my one line "poem", and I've been writing ever since.  Now I'd like to expand my audience with this blog.  Because I like making connections - people with places, ideas, experiences, each other.  This blog is me connecting with you, and you connecting with... let's see. Writing and words are a passion.  Handwritten words on paper are magic to me.  I have kept every letter I've ever received.  Thousands of them.  They are bundled by year, tied with pretty ribbon, and stored in the basement.  My letter attachment is exceptional for me.  I can accumulate stuff with the best of them, but I have purged all my belongings multiple times - for moves to live in a small London flat...
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