Seeing Paris from the river, as Nancy Webb does, gives a new perspective: And Paris! Who cares if it is raining? The houseboat is charming, with parquet floors and beautiful wood walls and stained glass on every door. It’s a tiny little place, bath with two bedrooms, a downstairs cabin with a table and upstairs […]
Entries from July 27th, 2009
Pittsburgh
July 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Looking Homewards, Time and Place
Novelist Margaret Murray evokes a well-known place, envisioned in memory, in this excerpt from her upcoming novel, Dreamers. I had my own dream and it began in Pittsburgh, the city where I was born and grew up. What was it like to grow up then? Rivers and hills surrounded me. Hills were everywhere, hills were […]