Two little people in my family have birthdays this month. I set out a couple of weeks ago, after we'd spent some time with these littles this summer (they live far away from us), to write a birthday poem for each. Well, I got one written, and then a long break and finally last week,… Continue reading A birthday poem
Happy Fall and welcome to September! The past few months of relative quietness here have been a period of thinking for me. I've asked myself, why do I do this--write, especially poetry? Why do I post it here? Do I want to keep doing this? This June before holidays I lived under a cloud of… Continue reading Denial
Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield My rating: 4 of 5 stars I first came across Openness Unhindered’s author Rosaria Butterfield on a video where she told her story of coming to Christ out of a lesbian lifestyle. I loved the fact… Continue reading Openness Unhindered – review
Aviation Mystery This is a poem of everyday freight of Flight 66 that was bound for Prince George a steep wooded hillside, a wreck found by night. Southeast of Crown Mountain strewn over a gorge the cockpit and crew were found the next day of Flight 66 that was bound for Prince George. Plane dropped… Continue reading Aviation Mystery
Forest Fire Roundel The forest’s a pyre of crackling heat bombers are buzzing, flame fighters for hire glisten black sweat as they hack, spray and beat. The forest’s a pyre. Crashing through undergrowth, vaulting barbed wire squirrel, deer, raccoon dash a panic retreat to the roar of the fire-wind, flames leaping higher. Wildfire fighters resist… Continue reading Forest Fire Roundel
Courting Cate by Leslie Gould My rating: 5 of 5 stars At 23, Cate Miller is considered practically on the shelf by the Amish community of Paradise, Pennsylvania. A serious bookworm of a girl, tall, with dark hair, she lacks everything her small, blonde, happy sister Betsy has at 17, including a boyfriend. That’s something… Continue reading Courting Cate (review)
I decided to spend some time this summer reading just for fun. The "Fiction" folder on my Kindle has been a great source of books for this. I download Kindle editions throughout the year when they catch my eye for whatever reason. When I get around to reading them, I often don't remember when I… Continue reading The Fourth Kingdom (review)
I’ve just returned from a three-week vacation. Therefore I’m as in-touch with being in holiday mode as I’ve ever been. I spend much of each workday on writing and writing-related activities so it was from these thing I wanted a holiday. I was ready for a break by the middle of June! I decided this… Continue reading Feeling burned out? Take a vacation
Unafraid: Trusting God in an Unsafe World by Susie Davis My rating: 3 of 5 stars Already a fearful child, the sight of an eighth grade classmate—a neighbor boy—gunning down a favorite teacher in May of 1978 proved to be too much for Susie Davis. As a result, she developed irrational routines like hiding in… Continue reading Unafraid (review)
Let's Pretend We're Normal: Adventures in Rediscovering How to Be a Family by Tricia Lott Williford My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Mr Responsible died, suddenly and tragically. He was sick for only twelve hours. ... A thief named sepsis stole his breath and his heartbeat, and his spirit slipped right through Curly Girl’s fingers,… Continue reading Let’s Pretend We’re Normal (review)
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