Tag: travel
member name: MaryBeth W.
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March 08, 2008 09:42 PM EST --
I wished I was still in the Parc de St. Cloud, wandering around, alone - no one crowding me, just me, enjoying the quiet of the birds and the chatter of old ladies. I had no idea what they were saying, . . .
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February 05, 2008 07:08 AM EST --
I lit up another cigarette and stared out the window. Even at 11 pm, rue Richlieu was still noisy. Young couples laughing as they left their flats to join friends at their favorite bistro or club. But . . .
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December 12, 2007 02:36 PM EST --
So after our cool lunch at the big olive press table in the cool cellar, Aunt Norrine gave in. She put more sun lotion on me, made me wear a tee shirt, put a big sun hat on me and sent me on my way. . . .
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December 12, 2007 02:33 PM EST --
Aunt Norrine had told me many times how important it was to take a siesta.
?But I?m 10 and I don?t take naps anymore!? For goodness sakes, I?d thought at the beginning of the vacation; I may be the . . .
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March 05, 2008 08:41 PM EST --
I'm sure there was a proper name for the room. But for us it was a bedroom, siesta room, Crapette playing room, obligatory letters to home before swimming room and once even a dining room. To me, . . .
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January 20, 2008 08:57 PM EST --
I awake in the night
a heavy object
pushing on my chest
I breathe, but barely
laboring to work the muscles
that allow my breath
I look around me and
in the shadows I see a dresser
a drawer is . . .
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