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Thomas G. Fiffer: Rubicons

08/02/2013 By Ellen Beals

Rubicons On my way to work each day, I cross four rivers. Driving to the train station, I slide over the Saugatuck, then follow its course for a mile and a half, observing its marshy banks lined with houses and studded with private docks. Once on the train, I navigate the Norwalk with its bridge that splits and rises for high-masted ships, the Byram in Greenwich, whose mouth was once a bustling commercial center, and finally the East as the train barrels from the Bronx … [Read more...]

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Glimpse of Solace: Buzz

08/02/2013 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

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Slice of Solace: Thomas G. Fiffer

08/02/2013 By Ellen Beals

  “At signal points in our lives we find we must cross rivers where bridges do not exist yet, where the shortest, safest crossing point is anything but obvious, where our course is uncharted, where the nature of the other side is unknown, and where we know there is no going back.” Thomas G. Fiffer from “Rubicons” … [Read more...]

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Solace for the girls: Bras I have known

07/26/2013 By Ellen Beals 9 Comments

Bras I Have Known Bras have held me up and held me down and a few have been dear as well as near to my heart. So many I have wanted to keep as mementos. One I almost threw away, but then that bra, sad as an old pair of shoes, looked at me in that certain way and I just couldn’t dump it. I mean, what are another few inches on the bottom of the drawer? Some you owe that much. Bras, like shoes, should have a specific fit. You get in, adjust yourself, and there should be a … [Read more...]

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Glimpse of Solace: Two by two

07/26/2013 By Ellen Beals 10 Comments

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