POEM BY RICHARD VARGAS once i saw my grandmother hold out her hand cupping a small offering of seed to one of the wild sparrows that frequented the bird bath she filled with fresh water every day she stood still maybe stopped breathing while the sparrow looked at her, then the seed then back as…
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BRUGES BELGIUM
SCENES FROM VILLAGE LIFE – BRUGES, BELGIUM Hi! My name is Grandpa Allan. I like to use words to imagine what is and what might be. I have a friend. Her name is Beena (isn’t that a funny name? It makes me laugh, which is a good thing). She also likes to imagine things, but…
PEOR ES NADA CHILE
PEACE AND QUIET IN PEOR ES NADA, CHILE Oh boy, oh boy. I am soooo excited. My friend Beena shared with me her latest painting! Isn’t it beautiful? I think it is beautiful and just looking at it makes my imagination fly. I thought I was going to have to wait a whole month to…
BUYUKADA ISLAND TURKEY
EAST MEETS WEST IN BUYUKADA ISLAND, TURKEY People say that you can only have one favorite thing in the whole wide world. I think these people are just silly. I have lots and lots of favorite things. And you know what? I think that many people in the world are sad because they have only…
BAKO NATIONAL PARK KUCHING
OUT AND ABOUT IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA You know what? I bet you do not know where my friend Beena lives. Well, let me tell you. She lives in a country called Malaysia. But not only that, she lives in a beautiful part of Malaysia that is called Sarawak on the island of Borneo. Yes, you…
SKOWHEGAN MAINE USA
PEACE IN WINTERTIME IN SKOWHEGAN.MAINE You know, it is a funny thing but sometimes my imagination is strongest when I see something that is almost empty. Like this painting that my friend Beena sent to me a while ago that I named Peace in Wintertime in Skowhegan, Maine. In fact, this is one of the…