Summer 2018

Marina, S. and Elena

Once summer was underway it was June (somehow spring was a blur of mostly rainy days!). We had a great time with Elena and Marina in New York City, lunch on the East River, took the ferry to Staten Island, then met up with Karen for dinner at Boqueria. They were going to see the play "Come From Away," whereas Bill and I made our way back to L'ville.

This summer we spent a long time in Gilmanton, from July 6 to mid-August. On the way we stopped in Guilford at Sound Reach. A few days later was the service at Loon Pond for Nancy Ball. We had great visits with Steve and Vicki and the rest of the Gilmanton regulars. In late July I drove down to Chester, Connecticut for our annual Chester Conference. We had probably the best year ever, amazing poems, some new

Lawrence, Nan, Anne

members, perfect weather. After the conference I made an appearance at the annual General Andrew Ward Cemetery Association, my first attendance in several years. On our way home to L'ville we stopped in at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to see an exquisite exhibition featuring Casanova. Dinner in Wellesley, overnight at the Warren Conference in Ashland, Massachusetts. Then back home in New Jersey we had a little over two weeks to prepare for our trip to London/Cornwall, coming up. In the meantime, more preparations were made for the mysterious new publication--hint, it's called Will There Be Music?