Tag Archives: Childhood

The Place Where

Posted on 21 April 2013 by Isabel Gibson

A trip back to my place of birth and home for a few decades leads to ruminations on home – what it has been for deep thinkers and poets, and what it is for me. Home is the place where, … Continue reading →

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Inexhaustibly Optimistic

Posted on 20 May 2012 by Isabel Gibson

I smell it before I see it. The scent lures me along the downtown street, like a predator to a hidden watering hole. Reaching the corner, I locate my quarry. Continue reading →

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It’s Blue. It’s Imported.

Posted on 18 December 2011 by Isabel Gibson

Sometimes, what we know changes how we look at things; sometimes how we look at things changes what we know. Continue reading →

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Spiders, Burnt Feet & Leeches

Posted on 28 August 2011 by Isabel Gibson

Starting in the late 1950s, summer vacations found my three siblings and me packed in the back seat of our car, off to find North America without benefit of seatbelts. In marked contrast to our friends who had cottages, we … Continue reading →

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