Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts

Friday, April 28, 2017

We Are The World #WATWIC Promoting Positive News

We Are The World Blogfest aims at promoting positive news.

 
Here is a quick checklist of guidelines:
Keep your post to below 500 words, as much as possible
All we ask is you link to a human news story on your blog on the last Friday of each month,
one that shows love, humanity, and brotherhood.
Join us on the last Friday of each month in sharing news.
 
Check out Michelle Wallace's site for full information about her vision,
her fabulous co-hosts, and the blog hop list of participants where you can sign up: http://www.writer-in-transit.co.za/we-are-the-world-blogfest/

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My link for April is to a human news story that tells about how some ties-that-bind between new friends last for a lifetime.

When I write my mystery novels, I do extensive research for the settings, on-site whenever possible. For scenes set in Boston, I researched everything from the history of Faneuil Hall to the menu of Cheers Bar and the swans in the Public Gardens near Boston Common. On-line research extended to young patients at Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic.

Excerpts from current, heart-warming news stories always catch my eye. This is one of them.  

“It was a huge source of comfort for both of us to know that
someone else understood what we each were going through,”


April 07, 2017

Some connections can never be broken. Jimmy Fund Facebook re-connects two cancer patients 13 years later. more ›  
Link to full story:
http://blog.jimmyfund.org/2017/04/jimmy-fund-facebook-re-connects-two-cancer-patients-13-years-later/?_ga=1.171038496.1293744457.1459373104

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The Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk is September 24, 2017
 
 

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Each Day, Each Year is ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING

My desire to write poetry sparked years ago when I penned a few rhyming poems. Eventually, I drifted to other forms, Haiku at one time being a favorite. With each new discovery, I enjoy developing my own poetic style. For Haiku, it was easy to shift toward Hawaiian Haiku.

When introduced to the Japanese form of linking poetry, Renshi, I quickly fell in love with the idea of composing my own compilation. An enthusiasm for "romancing the poem" resulted in the collected works entitled ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING 70 Poems for 70 days. After writing and publishing the 70 poems, I gifted the book to 70 family members and friends. A favorable reception encouraged me to continue my journey of discovery in a world filled with delights.

Along the way, I continue to acquire knowledge from generous poets willing to discuss the writing process and compare thoughts evoked from written phrases. In appreciation, I am posting articles about and excerpts from my first and subsequent collections. Also, I will be "Paying It Forward" with author interviews, and reviews of inspirational and poetry-themed books.

And another blog site is born!
 
The first book in my poetry series
ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING
70 POEMS FOR 70 DAYS
is now available in e-book format
 
My original design for ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING
displayed the title on the spine. Because of the page count,
no title appears on the published edition
 
ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING 70 Poems for 70 Days available at Amazon
available in trade book and soon coming in e-book format.