Friends

My mother, me and Mummy Hildred - Brooklyn, 2009 When you live 6000 miles away from the place you refer to as home, it's important to have folks who you can count on to stay connected. I've been away for 17 years now, and I'm thankful that there are a few friends who are tried and true. One of them is fellow Brooklyn writer Deborah Cowell . Debbie and I met in the mid-90s when we both worked in NYC publishing. As Marie Brown's assistant, I met an array of artists and writers in Marie's office. At that time we were located in downtown Manhattan- 625 Broadway to be exact. Debbie used to be an editor at Doubleday until she left to travel and write. This is a picture that Debbie took on that day in 2009 when she and I walked from downtown Manhattan over the Brooklyn bridge to Forte Green, Brooklyn. We visited her childhood home and then to my mother's who lives just a few blocks away. As Brooklyn girls, Debbie and I always offered each other a mutual unders...