"Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun."
Lebanese American poet Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
This morning it's snowing on our deck furniture and there is only gray sky to turn my face to. Somehow in this odd month where we wear shorts one day and practice T-Ball amid snow flakes the next, I'm hopeful we'll soon emerge and feel it's truly summer. Perhaps we'll leave May baskets on doorsteps tomorrow and ring the bell to spur the season along.
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- Susan from Sisters, Oregon
- I've loved words, books and nature from the earliest age. Communication was the thread linking my corporate career - which included television news, corporate communications and high-tech marketing. Today I live in a pine forest, get to read to my first graders and work as a freelance writer - so life is good !
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2 comments:
In Oregon...summer starts July 4th!! he he...
Saw you on the Yahoo group for Oregon. I have written a children's book and am illustrated it now.
Next sending it out. Love to be part of a group.
deirdradoan(at)gmail.com
Deirdra,
You're right about July 4th! I'll let you know when/where the writer's group is meeting. I should be sending out an email in a day or so... and your site is beautiful. Thanks! Susan
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