Category Archives: Family

I is for Isabella

Posted on April 10, 2020 by aliceinbloggingland

(appropriate because today is sibling day, according to Facebook) Isabella had me in her thrall for the first six years of my life, maybe longer.  I was honored when she allowed me in her presence.  My vision of us as … Continue reading →

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E is for Eliza

Posted on April 6, 2020 by aliceinbloggingland

My inveterate journal keeping seems to have been passed down to my younger daughter.  In our recent move, I sorted through lots of stuff (SO MUCH STUFF) and found many pieces of art and writing by my children.  My favorite … Continue reading →

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C is for Canoe

Posted on April 3, 2020 by aliceinbloggingland

Star   In a canoe at night my grown-up daughter takes the stern her J-stroke confident.   In the middle we rest our paddles. The quiet fills with crickets and the small lapping of waves.   We crane at the … Continue reading →

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B1 Alice Backwards

Posted on April 2, 2020 by aliceinbloggingland

Excerpt from my memoir Look Her in the Eye I am sitting at my typewriter in an empty theatre, on the edge of the playing area.  This building was once a gymnasium, and I can barely see the ceiling, the … Continue reading →

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