Today I sat with pen and paper in one of my favorite #London #coffeeshops, "Ginger & White", in #BelsizePark. It's been a long time since I sat down with an actual pen and paper. 10 days ago I was extremely #lucky to be visited by my #American family in #England. #Life stopped. For months I'd anticipated their coming, feeling the withdrawal of family #togetherness. For weeks, I felt like a #kid waiting for her own birthday party to start - that anxious #excitement and #frustr