Smoky Mountain rain, fresh and clean, driven through the cracks and crevices

of the cold crystalline aquifers in the deepest dark far below our warm, sunny world.

This precious resource filled up the gargantuan canyons of Earth’s oceans eons ago;

long before we humans strutted the stage of creation.

It was and is the source of all life, a…

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‘Big men’ come and swoop down upon us

like hawks diving down on cowed, helpless mice.

They come, whether we want them to or not,

like bad weather or other natural disasters.

What if ‘big men’ didn’t come,

staying away and left us free and unmolested?…

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A riot, an explosion, a conflagration of colors;

Spread across the land according to the laws of the Creator.

Brilliant yellows, dark forest greens, gentle pinks, and dazzling whites;

A collage of colors burst forth from the earth.

Every spring, life comes springing up like a colorful…

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Guest at Riding with the Top Down . . . cheesecake come callin'

Hope to see you there - will be signing SG at 1:00 at the bookstore on main street in good old Waynesville. Always nervous about book signings - my head whirls with "will anyone show up?" lawd....

We now have our website online and would like to invite everyone to drop in and check it out when you have time... the URL is www.djmwritersgroup.com

Thanks!
Dawn

UNC Asheville History Professor Grant Hardy has released "Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader's Guide" (Oxford University Press, April 2010) to positive reviews. The work provides a thorough literary analysis of the religious text, especially focusing on its narrative structure, the style of its main writers and the characterizations of its principal characters. Publishers Weekly, which gave the book a starred review, said, "This will be a classic work in the field of Mormon studies for… Continue

(Photo by Valorie Luhr)

It's been three years since I first met Glenda Beall. We submitted one of Chitter's poems to a Poetry Contest for children-Chitter didn't win a prize-but through the contest we won a…

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"Real Nascar; White Lightning, Red Clay and Big Bill France" by Dan Pierce is a great history of Nascar. I've never been to a race but I've heard so much about Nascar that I had to read about it.

Check out Pierce's blog at http://www.realnascar.com

Danny Bernstein http://www.hikertohiker.com

Tree swallows, Blue birds, and little Finches hop around;
A couple of Starlings fighting at a feeder.
While under them, hiding, hungry in the grass;
A vigilant gray cat waits for his chance.

Chuck Connors, April 3, 2010

She wrote an account of her adventures and took pictures while horseback roaming the high country of Colorado.

I posted her writings and some of her photos on

http://triptoaduderanch.blogspot.com

Please take a look and let me know what you think...

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Sunday was the live stream of The Writer's Show, but it is now available to listen to, if anyone should want to listen!

The Writer's Show with Joan Hetzler - Interviewing Kat Magendie

Thank you for your interest!

Tomorrow at 1:00, I'll be on a radio show at WAWL "The Writer's Show" --

It'll be available after that as well. Tomorrow's show is a live stream, but it's also easter!

http://www.wawl.org/