Still Life with Wings

From a lifetime of experience, Lorraine Riess - Poet Laureate of Haddam, Connecticut - sifts through the dichotomy of moving from an active west coast life to the east coast. Navigating life as a transplant conjures up the urge to resist feeling that latter life is mere epilogue. There is a conscious attention to memory, environment, and the consequences of action and inaction as they become part of the legacy we leave behind. She weighs in on hope, love, and family in search of the fulcrum point that finds equilibrium between the repercussions of experience and where it takes flight into its larger meaning. Riess guides us through this balancing act with sincerity and humor, ever mindful of the resilience of the human heart as it forges ahead.