“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson In New York, you walk across the sameContinue reading “Hiatus”
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It’s a Thing You Don’t Use When It Pours
It’s rainy season here in Madrid. We Write Poems’ Prompt #79 encouraged us to write about broken things, or when things aren’t quite going your way. In my English classes we’ve been playing many incessant games of “describe that thing,” which is what inspired the title. It’s a Thing You Don’t Use When It Pours AContinue reading “It’s a Thing You Don’t Use When It Pours”
Rainy Avila
After getting off the train in Avila, John and I notice that the weather has dropped about 15 degrees since leaving Madrid, plus the sky is overcast and rainy. Any time we decide to take a vacation anywhere, it’s COLD. Only after I return to Madrid do I discover that Avila has the reputation ofContinue reading “Rainy Avila”
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