What to Know Before Pitching Your Book

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

Grateful for the publication of my article on A Writer’s Path

Don’t Masquerade Your Parade

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

If you think I’m ghoulish, you should see my sister.

Okay, maybe not.

Painter/Author’s reminder:

Don’t Masquerade Your Parade. March proudly!

Paintings by CD-W

daily word prompt: Ghoulish

Two crackers shy of a box

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

She’s here. Now.

No need to check on me.

Go home, Miss Helen,

moonshine maker.

Miss Helen

two crackers shy of a box

hair colored orange (she thinks is red)

pokes out on the ends like soggy cactus needles

unless she’s driving Roadster

pulls red tam pulled tight over head

big bosoms poke steering wheel

with hands clutched tight

elbows poking out on both sides

Peers through windshield

wearing aviator goggles.

She’s here. Now.

No need to check on me.

Go home, Miss Helen,

moonshine maker.

Beats her gums about town folk –

“Saw Betty at the Five and Dime…”

“Oh, Lordy, the dentist, he’s …”

I stop listening

Think of something else.

Oh, Lordy.

She slaps and fluffs a couch pillow.

Dust bunnies flit around her orange hair.

Don’t lay down! Don’t lay down.

Go home, Miss Helen.

moonshine maker

My house, too small

for two crackers.

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daily word prompt: fluff

Damn Straight!

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

I don’t ride a horse

I don’t shoot a gun

I eat Mexican food and barbecue

and bask in Texas sun

I don’t say “ain’t”

I don’t chew or spit

I can put on a Texas drawl, y’all

but only when it fits

I don’t own an oil gusher

Still, I’ve got my Texas roots

I can play blackjack, kick back

sportin’ western boots.

First rate?

Damn straight!

painting by CD-W

Photography Gods

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

Version 2

Where do the red birds go when they die?

While keeping their colors, they blend with the sky

and swirl with the clouds in a free-form of flight

with feathers at peace, to the heavens alight

Authors note: Strange how this happened, how photography can be magic. I found the original photo on my computer. Yes, the cardinal is a yard decoration stuck in a planter against a stone wall. But how did I capture the below photo? At night, perhaps?

With a tad of photo editing, a redbird floated amongst the clouds and twirled the above poem toward my palm.

Here’s the original photo:

Version 3

Medicine For The People

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

This is so beautiful. I’m in love with this music and artist!

Wear It Well

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. – Rumi

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photo two credit

Daily word prompt: Gratitude

Feed the Birds

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

Come feed the little birds, show them you care
And you’ll be glad if you do
Their young ones are hungry
Their nests are so bare
All it takes is tuppence from you

Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag
“Feed the birds, ” that’s what she <he> cries
While overhead, her <his> birds fill the skies

Lyrics by Songwriters: Richard M. Sherman / Robert B. Sherman (Mary Poppins)

painting by CD-W from a photo I took in Italy

If You Are a Blogger, you must have elastic bones

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Carolyn Dennis-Willingham, Author

That’s a good thing. Bloggers are typically creative people who are flexible and think outside the box. They (YOU) are writers, painters, photographers, philosophers, and on. This weekend, I left Blogsville and went to an art art show where I met one of these creative persons, in the flesh, no less.

Although I’d much prefer to be doing art than viewing it, I’m glad my thinking returned to “the world belongs to those who show up” (author unknown).

So, I showed up and, not only did I find a kindred spirit, I learned.

Most of you know I’m a hoarder. That, too, is a good thing if you want to create mixed media art like Rebecca. I LOVED her stuff.

Here are a few of her pieces. Hard to choose but I think the last one’s my favorite. She reminds me of someone I know. 😉

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