tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14283782.post4290148293515007335..comments2023-12-24T06:40:06.425-08:00Comments on Stories for the hero in all of us: Pre-ordering PerksSharon Hinckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01258643938461705900noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14283782.post-44416778682276459402007-06-18T07:03:00.000-07:002007-06-18T07:03:00.000-07:00I love the cover for The Restorer's Son!I love the cover for The Restorer's Son!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767924119613122471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14283782.post-6283318735152337812007-06-17T04:17:00.000-07:002007-06-17T04:17:00.000-07:004 June 2007After the storm, my mind cleared.And a ...4 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>After the storm, my mind cleared.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And a high wind arose and blew the tropics north.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>running quartz crystals through a blender.<BR/><BR/>sand through your engines.<BR/><BR/>bubbles in your bays.<BR/><BR/>estuaries reaching out toward forbidden seas...<BR/><BR/>sand through your eyes.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>5 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Calm as baby's breath<BR/><BR/><BR/>as peaceful as the storm's eye<BR/><BR/><BR/>Clouds spread and drawn with rough strokes of stratospheric winds<BR/><BR/><BR/>a warm and windy tropical day.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>7 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/>Black water at dusk.<BR/><BR/>Lighting on the horizon.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Warm winds coming in across the darkening waters.<BR/><BR/><BR/>A flash of white wings as an egret takes flight.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And Thunder like God clearing his throat.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>8 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Morning star in the still of the clear, dark waters.<BR/><BR/><BR/>a sky as clear eyed as a young girl.<BR/><BR/><BR/>bruised and tattered storm remnants limp off in the gathering light.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>9 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Tickled her fancy.<BR/><BR/><BR/>giggling all the day long.<BR/><BR/><BR/>pretty good for a Saturday.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Clouds on the lake floating aimlessly by.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>She smiled big--grinned really.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>12 JUne 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/>A silver sky<BR/><BR/>ripe for the mirror.<BR/><BR/>you can not see yourself in this mirror<BR/><BR/>you can only see others<BR/><BR/>moreover, you can only see what others choose to expose.<BR/><BR/>Their houses, their boats, their sea-doos.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Birds skimming low over the water could<BR/><BR/>like as not<BR/><BR/>see them selves if they were to look down<BR/><BR/>as they skim low over the water<BR/><BR/>but they never do.<BR/><BR/>Rather they allow their reflections to chase them<BR/><BR/>quick and sharp over the still, glistening waters<BR/><BR/>while the bird's mind remains ever fixed on <BR/><BR/>food, or other birds, or escaping those damn noisy humans.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>A dense forest impenetrable as a gaze.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>13 JUne 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Like angry bee's eyes<BR/><BR/>the metal screen seen through the bamboo blinds.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>A million insects dot the lake spreading micro ripples<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>14 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Of Fly Catchers and hidden lakes.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Of sleeping lizards and morning dew.<BR/><BR/>It is of birdsong and misty dawns <BR/><BR/>and fleeced clouds floating in a still pool.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The waters ripple awake in the gathering morn.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>The first water birds head out for the far shore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14283782.post-32968398462315220322007-06-14T16:55:00.000-07:002007-06-14T16:55:00.000-07:00i LOVE the cover for restorer's son!i LOVE the cover for restorer's son!Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147790818681999121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14283782.post-16550993927537424942007-06-14T14:33:00.000-07:002007-06-14T14:33:00.000-07:00The Restorer is in the top 100,000 books on Amazon...The Restorer is in the top 100,000 books on Amazon.com. Considering there are MILLIONS of books listed, that is pretty awesome!! :)Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948604535015794765noreply@blogger.com