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The Beauty and Challenge of a Bi-Cultural Marriage

12 January, 2010 от · 3 comments

Elayne Clift Photo: Philms One day when our daughter was five years old she proudly proclaimed herself bi-lingual. “I speak English and American!” she boasted to friends. Now that I’m sixty-five, I’d like to express my own point of pride: I’ve survived three decades in a bi-cultural marriage. It hasn’t always been easy.

Apple Fritter and a Single Rose

16 October, 2009 от · 4 comments

Donal Mahoney Photo: sir_mervs After 30 years together, Carol tells me late one evening in the manner of a quiet wife that I have yet to write a poem about her, something she will never understand in light of all those other poems she says I wrote