summer Archives - Esther Cohen

Woodmont, Connecticut

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 2 Comments

We had an odd beach house green duplex sitting on top of a cement sea wall aesthetics were not a word then screened in porch linoleum floors because of sand re...

County Route 20/Poetry/prayers/summer/TRUE/words

My Last Monday in the Country (for a While) is Today

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 3 Comments

And what I want to do today because it is the last Monday here for a while when I can decide what can happen besides this poem and a story that maybe I’l...

Getting Older/hope/prayers/summer

We Don’t Want Summer to End

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 1 Comment

nothing like summer even when it is too fast too full of incident not enough of those slow days even when the president is this one and when there were h...

About Me/friendship/Getting Older/hope/prayers/summer/travel/words/writing

Plan B (Real Meditations)

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 8 Comments

Still summer. Don’t worry that summer will be over. Summer is never over. Memory is as real as summer. My father bought a beach house with his Cornell ...

choices/food/Jews/People/strangers/stuff/summer/travel

Home from The Azores (Part One)

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 4 Comments

Funny what people say when they come back from vacation. Usually a version of It Was Great. Or Great But. I’ve always been obsessed with What We See and ...

hope/Love/meditation/prayers/summer

Hot and a Beautiful Day (August 1)

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 1 Comment

We sit on a porch more than a porch. Write a song then, actually sing.