Tag Archives: Oxford

Peace To You

Posted on June 30, 2019 by PB Rippey

When I was seven to ten years old, I begged her to let me stay home from school so I could hang out with her, picnic in the park behind our house (she made cheese and tomato sandwiches), just be … Continue reading →

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Once Upon A Time In Gloomy Oxford

Posted on September 19, 2012 by PB Rippey

1970-something, bookstore, downtown Oxford, England. Cloudy, moody late afternoon (there were so many, which makes the memories of sunny days–sky a blue to gasp over, cottonball clouds, Radcliffe Camera’s dome sunsparked, even musty old Carfax Tower rinsed and bright—stand out all the … Continue reading →

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