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“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.” Matsuo Basho
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“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” Rollo May
Parlor in Salem Towne House at Old Sturbridge Village
BOOKS
“A thing created is loved before it exists.” - Charles Dickens
My books…for now.
POEMS
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found its words.” - Robert Frost
Weekapaug shore in Westerly, RI - photo by David James Madden
STORIES
“Human life is fiction’s only theme.” - Eudora Welty
Wilcox Park in Westerly, RI - photo by David James Madden
ESSAYS
“What lies behind us, and what lies ahead of us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” - Henry David Thoreau
Cove off Weekapaug Road in Westerly, RI - photo by David James Madden
EDITORIALS
“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.” - Victor Hugo
East Beach, Westerly, RI - photo by David James Madden
FRIENDLY MUSINGS
"Take heed, dear Friends, to the promptings of love and truth in your hearts." British Advice and Queries
Friends Meetinghouse, Westerly, RI - photo by David James Madden
VIDEOS
“If you have an opportunity to use your voice, you should use it.” - Samuel L. Jackson
Salem Towne House at Old Sturbridge Village - photo by David James Madden
CREATIVE COMMUNITY LINKS
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” Anais Nin
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1896 - by Georges Seurat