Thursday 13: Places I've Been

1. The Amalfi Coast in Italy: The Mediterranean Sea right across the street from our hotel. You just walk out and sit on a bench until it's time for cappuccino.

2. YART 08 in my side yard: what's better than sharing a weekend with art and good friends?

3. A pizza place up the road in one of the Hill Towns: seating for maybe ten people in all.

4. New Orleans three weeks after Katrina: I was there with the Red Cross, working sixteen hour days. I will never forget.

5. Aruba: Ahhh, here I am lying under an umbrella by the pool, looking up at my good fortune.

6. View from the Kitchen Window: Mostly I look at trees. And the fence JB and I had installed and then spent the good part of a summer staining a panel at a time. No rush. And then we went to the pool to cool off.

7. Provincetown.

8. Mr. Ryan's Arrival9. Hootenanny: Twice a year acoustic guitars, original songs, and my Big Yellow Writers. We sing into the night.

10. Tucson: We have family there.

11. Colorado Springs: We have family there too.

12. The Park Next Door: I walk, I sit, I dream, I write.

13. The Driveway: I love coming home and seeing this sunflower.