I've Got Some Feelings...and a Giveaway
The Beatles rooftop concert A few weekends ago, we hosted a rock band for our town’s Porchfest. People occasionally request songs at these. The one I tossed out was “I've Got a Feeling” by the Beatles. Everybody had a hard year Everybody had a good time Everybody had a wet dream Everybody…
Between the Dark and Light
I call it “the day”. It occurs without warning every year, sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sadness gut-punches me. It’s usually brought on by a sound, a smell, or a memory of my father who died thirty-eight years ago at the beginning of the holidays. The sorrow starts in my…
How to Dream in 2022
Sandra A. Miller starts writing a novel in Tokyo, 1988 In 1988, one month before my 24th birthday, I eagerly headed off to Japan to teach English at a Tokyo University. As is the case with many expatriates, my journey was less about working as a teacher (I had zero training), and more about…
20 Reasons to Love 2020
I don’t think anyone will struggle to find reasons to put this year behind us. But this isn’t that list. This is the list of silver linings and small moments. And seeing the glass half-full. Yes, 2020 has served up unimaginable loss and pain, but when you look closely at these past months,…
Cluing You in on Trove's Hidden Treasure
Finders Gary and Deb claim the bejeweled bracelet in the Trove Armchair Treasure Hunt. Dear Treasure Hunters, Congratulations to Deb Fleischman and Gary Miller (no relation) of Montpelier, Vermont who did some seriously hardcore hunting to find the numbered stone hidden in the Trove Treasure…
TROVE TREASURE FOUND!!!
More details to follow.... Solved! Gary and Deb find the hidden stone in the Trove Treasure hunt.
Return to Treasure Island
Pirates everywhere follow the Trove Treasure Hunt, hopin' to find the numbered doubloon. Photo by Holloway McCandless Ahoy Me Hearties! These last months have been longer than a day’s walk on a beach with a peg leg. Me and me first matey have been drydocked in home port with only our lad and…
What's Love Got to Do with This?
Yesterday at Whole Foods, I picked up a bright yellow lemon and felt like I was taking my life into my gloved hand. But I have a lot of those moments now. I’m about to do something so ordinary like kiss my husband when he comes in from work, or grab the railing up the steep steps to the forest…
Some Hints of Encouragment
Sandra A. Miller on a weekend wander Several people have emailed and posted questions about the Trove Armchair Treasure Hunt, and since I’m not going to give any one person the advantage, I’ll share a few hints here. When I was a junior in college, I thought that I should take a statistics course.…