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My Favorite Poem From my New Book
What My Grandkids Will Say About Me on Oprah When my grandkids talk to Oprah about their Nana, the famous writer, they will say words were my oxygen– to read, to write, to share, and that I spent way too much money at Thrift Stores on books by dead authors– Emily Dickinson, George Herbert, LM Montgomery and Keats. They will also tell her I loved to sing– another form of breathing– and how I embarrassed them in public by belting out the “Tomorrow” song from Annie or grabbing their elbows in the mall while shouting “We’re off…
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Hearts on Pilgrimage-Poems & Prayers is HERE!
Available now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble or from your independent bookseller. Hey Dear Readers–rejoice with me? Almost nine months to the day since I began paying attention to the nudge from God to publish my poetry, Hearts on Pilgrimage-Poems & Prayers has been officially birthed into the world. As a self-published author, one never knows what surprises await and – ta da! – here’s my book ahead of time. (I originally chose Jan. 26th as Book Day, but what do you know? It’s an 11th Day of Christmas gift. I do hope you’ll consider buying a copy for yourself, especially if you’ve thought, “I don’t like poetry,” or “I…
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It’s Almost Here–Hearts on Pilgrimage-Poems & Prayers
It’s the fourth day of Christmas and I’m sitting at my dining table while shadows play on the Advent wreath and the dishwasher hums. The post-holiday lull has begun, that in-between time where memories of enjoying my family’s company, complete with six noisy grandkids, partner with a looking-forward frame of mind to a new year and a new book. Hearts on Pilgrimage-Poems & Prayers is allllmoooost finished; the final touches are being added to the cover and I am working on the electronic download of the book as well. Since I’m self-publishing the process is a little nerve-wracking as all the details of content, design and cover are up to…
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We Interrupt your Holiday Preparations With a “Hearts on Pilgrimage” Book Update
To new followers here–Welcome! And for those faithful readers & friends–an update: Anyone who’s decided to write, edit or release a book in the last nine months of #lifeinthetimeofcorona might be considered misguided, but that’s exactly what I’ve been up to. My book of poetry--Hearts on Pilgrimage-Poems & Prayers–will, God willing, be released at the end of January 2021. Publishing a book of poetry, with an eye on the beauty of Creation and leaning towards God seems a fruitless endeavor in the midst of the current challenges and heartache. But we will always have trouble and sorrow with us; who couldn’t use more beauty and goodness right about now-ish? Exactly. …
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Hearts on Pilgrimage-Poems & Prayers-My Upcoming Book
Tell someone you’ve written a book and they’ll ask, “What’s it about?” Well, here’s my non-elevator pitch, from the Preface of Hearts on Pilgrimage-Poems & Prayers, January 2021. The Path When I said my initial yes to Jesus over 40 years ago, I found poet Luci Shaw’s first book, Listen to the Green and was overcome with the perhapses and possibilities of being a poet. I am adept at saying way more than is needed to communicate a point. What would happen, I wondered, if I intentionally pared down my words to say more with less? Listen to the Green was the inspiration and beginning of my journey into poetry.…
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I’m Writing Another Book! Help Me Tell the World?
First of all, hello to new subscribers and welcome! I’m glad you’re here. By now you all know I write a bit of poetry…. much of it has been published here on my website but I have had the honor of seeing my work in print and in other places here on the web over the years I’ve been writing. Have you ever noticed when you have a conversation about poetry, the usual response is, “I just don’t get poetry,” as if there was some secret, codified way that words arranged themselves and only an initiated, select group of people can really understand it. Hence, not many folks read poetry. I’m…
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Life is a Cycle, Not a Straight Line
“Nothing is ever over. You thread things on your life and think you’ve finished with them but you haven’t because it’s like beads on a string and they come around again. “When it comes around again then if it is possible, give what you failed to give before to someone else. You will have made reparation, for we are all one person.” Elizabeth Goudge, ‘The Scent of Water’, c. 1963 My eyes were closed as we drove home in the dark from our days’ excursion to the mountains. I was having a silent conversation with Jesus, “Forgive me, Lord, for my short attitude today with my husband. For my sarcasm and…
