Every September the pampas grass plumes were way up over the children’s heads as they set out for school on their bikes. One year when grandmother and granddad visited from California it was hot, but grandmother had crocheted a white poncho for Renie. Renie was wearing it and sweating when she got on her bike to leave for school. One year when Billy came home he was … [Read more...]
Promise Painting Psalms 1:3
Would you like to share what this promise means to you? … [Read more...]
A Quotation from Letters to a Young Poet
Here’s a beautiful quotation from poet Ranier maria Rilke’s book, Letters to a Young Poet So rescue yourself from these general themes and write about what your everyday life offers you, describe your sorrows and desires, the thoughts that pass through your mind and your belief in some kind of beauty – describe all these with heartfelt, silent, humble sincerity and, when you … [Read more...]
Florida Bookstore Day at The Book Rack
Yesterday I went to our small downtown, here in Titusville, to the Book Rack for Florida Bookstore Day. I packed twenty-seven Florida Springs Trilogy books in an Office Depot cart. I should have ordered the extra three earlier because they didn’t come in time for the book signing. I arrived after the other four writers did, partly because I had to go back in … [Read more...]