Photo of the Week: "Stratford on the Avon"

I'm saying Good-bye to Stratford for a couple of weeks while

I'm cruising the Dnieper River in Ukraine with my mother and

2 sisters.  We won't be dining on oysters and champagne

unfortunately but each day will be its own reward.

Poem of the Week:  "Pilgrims" by G. E. Johnson

Out of the flat dry country where I seem to be

Stuck these days I'd like to sail up the West Coast

On a cruise ship with strangers and you and me

Lying in bed, feeling the engines vibrate far below.

We'd dress up for dinner in the grand salon

And dine on champagne and oysters like tycoons

And when the ship comes to port, we'd stay on 

Board and walk the decks and hear old tunes

Drift across the water as we promenade

Like "If I Had You" which Bucky Weil played

So beautifully. God rest his elegant spirit.

And here we are, so lucky to be able to hear it:

We are pilgrims afforded room and board.

And each day, my darling, is its own reward.