NINA FREEDLANDER GIBANS And so I Must Imagine

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And So I must Imagine is about my sense of place and family heritage, my city as I reflect on its past, present and future. Families and friends, homes and second homes, and cities where one has lived most of a lifetime draw ones unique lifelines. I lengthen my lifelines everyday. [A Poem from the book]LettersThere is something about opening an envelopefrom a friendwritten in handstained with a raindropslipped through the doorso the dog will not run outbarking and leaping. I sit at the tableto read and reread. I know the handwritingread what I want to hearsay what I thinkto myself, andput it in my drawerto season. I will discover new wordstell you about friends who have missed yougive you that recipe I said I would sendplan as if tomorrow were yesterdayand you lived around the corner. I will pick up the pieces that made us friendsand dust them off, gently.