As I have mentioned before, my friend and “poemrade” Stanley Anne Zane Latham is a beautiful writer with an enviable talent for descriptive language. Among other things, I love her ability to employ simple, direct language to master an image, and I love the use of color in her poetry and prose. (Her work is a real treat for any reader who is a visual thinker.)

Below is Chapter 1 of her memoir, “A Feast, A Roadmap and A Tanager.” Read it.