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Love is a place

July 16, 2021May 26, 2015 by Stephanie Chatfield

One of the benefits of an active reading life is that when you read not only for pleasure but for improvement, then similar themes in different authors’ works seem to just float to you, unbidden, like synergy. Today I read e.e. cummings’ Love is a Place love is a place & through this place of … Read more

I stretch my hands and catch at hope

July 16, 2021December 17, 2014 by Stephanie Chatfield

According to myth, after Prometheus stole fire from the gods, Zeus wanted to punish mankind. He ordered Hephaistos and other gods to create a woman that they would endow with gifts and beauty. Hephaistos created her lovely form; the Four Winds breathed life into her. Her beauty was given to her by Aphrodite. Zeus bestowed … Read more