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About Me — Cat Stravino

I have gotten old too darn fast. — I spent a good portion of my life raising four children (in what I describe as my conservative Christian period) only to get divorced. I had to re-invent myself. Change is the only constant. I embraced it fully in 2017. I learned to say “Yes!” to new things and since that time I have had…

About Me

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About Me — Cat Stravino
About Me — Cat Stravino
About Me

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The Wind Phone

·7 hours ago

Poetry — A Powerful Antidote to Pain

As proven by the way a simple poem spoke to this woman’s trauma — I knew it was meant to be from the minute I was notified that I had won a place in the Art and Text contest of 2019 at the Norwalk Public Library, a place that was once my hometown and the public library — my sanctuary inside that hamlet. Little…

Serendipity

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Poetry — A Powerful Antidote to Pain
Poetry — A Powerful Antidote to Pain
Serendipity

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The Lark

·1 day ago

As a Feather Falls

Poetry — I sat, paddle poised, in the middle of the lake and saw it skip and swirl, skip and swirl as it dropped from the tail of the great heron It felt like a long, slow hour but it was only seconds of dancing, skipping, swirling before it landed in my canoe…

Nature

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As a Feather Falls
As a Feather Falls
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The Memoirist

·4 days ago

The Final Gift — A Suitcase

Was it foreshadowing? Was there a deeper meaning? — It was Christmas 2015 and my husband and four children and I were at our home in Connecticut. The fire roared and our living room floor was covered in wrapping paper when I unwrapped what would be the final gift my husband ever gave me. It was a suitcase, made…

Change

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The  Final Gift — A Suitcase
The  Final Gift — A Suitcase
Change

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SNAPSHOTS

·6 days ago

Savor Spanish Cuisine: Exquisite Flavors and Stunning Visual Delights

Art that was made to be eaten must be savored especially after the hilly hike of the El Norde section of the El Camino — It is a sin not to photograph food that is created and presented as art, so I have done my duty, hoping if you find yourself in need of a Michelin star rated restaurant after…

Food

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Savor Spanish Cuisine: Exquisite Flavors and Stunning Visual Delights
Savor Spanish Cuisine: Exquisite Flavors and Stunning Visual Delights
Food

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The Memoirist

·May 26

Feeding Grandma

My last goodbye, a simple act of love — It was the summer of 1998 and I was torn. My grandmother had a stroke and was in assisted living in western Pennsylvania. My husband had limited vacation time and wanted to visit the shore. I was expecting our fourth child. We looked like the Clampetts from the Beverly Hillbillies…

Grandparentslove

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Feeding Grandma — My Last Goodbye, A Simple Act of Love
Feeding Grandma — My Last Goodbye, A Simple Act of Love
Grandparentslove

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The Lark

·May 21

Just So You Know

With apologies to William Carlos Williams — based… —

Poetry

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Just So You Know
Just So You Know
Poetry

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Walking Camino

·May 21

Our Final Hike: Lezama to Bilbao

Sunshine and a loving son — what more could an old lady want? — The hike to Bilbao started out as an ascent. We climbed out of Lezama, a rather industrial town compared to most we had been through. If you missed the journey up to this point, check it out here: My El Camino Journey: From Guernica to Lezama Is this adventure a metaphor for our relationship? I wondermedium.com We knew this was not to be a 23 km. day, like…

Hiking

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Our Final Hike: Lezama to Bilbao
Our Final Hike: Lezama to Bilbao
Hiking

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Walking Camino

·May 15

My El Camino Journey: From Guernica to Lezama

Is this adventure a metaphor for our relationship? I wonder — We found the trail in Guernica and hopped on.

Travel

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My El Camino Journey: From Guernica to Lezama
My El Camino Journey: From Guernica to Lezama
Travel

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Walking Camino

·May 15

Guernica

Basque Country turns out to be the Belfast of Spain — The same cabbie that delivered us returned in the morning to take us to Guernica, (following a traditional continental style breakfast that included my fresh strawberries.) The cabbie had played jai alai in Florida and wanted to practice his English. Good thing, because my Spanish still sucks. (The jai also…

Travel

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Guernica
Guernica
Travel

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