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Greek Yogurt and Honey - Remembering Santorini

Icon Written by on May 17, 2009 – 6:48 pm

The first time I had Greek yogurt with honey and walnuts was in Santorini. We traveled there in May. The wind is fierce that time of year and because of that, the jet stream is filled with sand from the Sahara desert. When asked about it, shop owners look worried - they’ll inevitably need to [...]

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Happy - A Poem Based on a Prompt

Icon Written by on January 22, 2009 – 7:08 am

I wrote my first poem in the 4th grade. I think it was for a Girl Scout badge. I still have it. I seem to have understood poetry before I understood the world as the the layers of meaning behind what I wrote are almost staggering.
Or maybe it’s my 31 years of experience that have [...]

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