PART II - REMEMBRANCE LEST I FORGET Monterrey is Steinbeck country. John Steinbeck grew up in nearby Salinas. He won the Nobel Prize for literature for a body of writing that included Cannery Row about the sardine canneries of Monterrey and The Grapes of Wrath that became a wonderful movie starring Henry Fonda. Time … Continue reading RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
PART I - WHAT I HAVE LIVED FOR Journeys GREAT POETRY LIVES FOREVER IN THE HEART Certain poems, such as “Ithaca” by Constantine Cavafy, Greece’s great modern poet, have been woven into the very fabric of my being and have added beauty and insights to my journey through life. They blend significant ideas with fine … Continue reading RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
PART I - WHAT I HAVE LIVED FOR Unusual People “All men are children and of one family. The sun sends them off to bed and wakes them in the morning.” Henry David Thoreau – Walden “Each man beareth upon him the entire stamp of the human condition.” Michel de Montaigne – Essays The 16th … Continue reading RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
