by Jerri Dell | Jan 1, 2021 | American History, Democracy in Peril, Living Abroad
My husband Terry and I spent the morning in Marvão –at the castle about twenty minutes from our house. A beautiful blue sky – cold but clear – as we looked out from the battlements to Spain on one side, Portugal on the other. This afternoon, we... 
by Jerri Dell | Nov 27, 2020 | American History, Democracy in Peril, Living Abroad
Recently, I happened upon a long poem written by Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1950 entitled “Thanksgiving” . I want to excerpt some of it here. Hard, hard it is, this anxious autumn, To lift the heavy mind from its dark forebodings; To sit at the bright feast, and with...
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