Two woman, Anita Holzberg and Ann Wainwright met over the internet with Bill Costley,
their common friend, whose wife Carolin had been Ann's good friend. Starting in
June '09, Anita sent a Cupcake poem to Ann's website cakecakecake, after seeing
the photo of cupcakes. The poem was about her grandson's first birthday party. Ann
liked that and it was the start of a wonderful exchange of poems from Anita to Ann and
Ann with color, photos, and lay-out savvy, presented them to the blog. Now, in 2010,
the two women so alike in spirit and interests, have started BetweenFriends, a new blog
site where they can combine ideas about their worlds. Ann lives in Northern UK
(Teesside). Anita lives in Northern California, Sunnyvale, (Silicon Valley where all the
computers are.) We share our lives on this blog and hope you will comment and share
yours too, dear readers and enjoy the "ride".

Friday 2 April 2010

Small Talk, Big Ideas - ANITA HOLZBERG

In these cities I came
Rutherford
Spring Valley
Bridgewater

I became a poet
a writer of history
a writer of my own history

In these small towns I came to be.
I worked cash and compassion
in my father's drugstore
Christmas time was our time to shine.

On these tree-lined streets
At the Station Square market
On benches
At the library
I listened to small talk.

I recall these stories
a kaleidoscope
that shaped my vision.

Anita S. Holzberg
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
April 1, '10
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