(Left to Right: Photo of Dad, Vavo, Nina and Visitors to the Farm, c. 1928.) Although I am an only child, I had the opportunity to be raised by a variety of people in my extended and immediate family. When I became a toddler, my parents worked full-time and that left me in the loving…
Image above: “The Boyhood of Raleigh by Sir John Everett Millais [1829-1896], oil on canvas, 1870. A seafarer tells the young Sir Walter Raleigh and his brother the story of what happened out at sea.” Most dictionaries define a story as a narrative account of a real or imagined event or events. Within the…
(Photo (2010) by A. Keith Carreiro) In looking back at the World War Two era, I wondered if I could write a poem that honored my parent’s generation, especially in terms of describing what they were fighting against. From Bascomb’s novel, I took a quote by Heinrich Himmler in reference to Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962) and…
(Photo, c. 1944, of my mother and aunt [left to right]: Martha Louise & Francis Elizabeth “Betty” de Sousa.) In my first blog, I wrote about the resolution I made to myself in compiling together and updating all of the poetry I had written to that time (1965-2014). Doing so helped me establish a regular…
(Lola (2015)– Photo by A. Keith Carreiro) It is not easy to put a beloved dog down. It is not a good day when such an act, no matter how merciful it is to our four–footed companions and family members, has to be made. Little did I know last week when I started this blog…
(photo by A. Keith Carreiro – 2012) It is with excitement, fear, hope and anxiety that I begin this profile of a journey in writing that started in 2014. For instance, when it comes to setting up a business for myself, I seem to falter. I can do wonders for others, but in the past,…