summer leaves fall
but petals always bloom,
in memory
Copyright 2017 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: Here is echinacea for health and to celebrate meeting my goals with NaNoWriMo. Yay, I have a new book! I am well in excess of my goal of 30K words.
I’m also pleased and honored to announce the publication of two poems, Summer Vacation!? and an excerpt from Children of Privilege, on November 2017 in the Best of Today’s Little Ditty Anthology 2016 (Volume 2). If you’re interested, click on the title and the link will take you to Amazon where you can buy a copy.
Hope everyone else had a happy, healthy November.
Happy Poetry Friday! Thanks to Mary Lee Hahn at A Year of Reading for hosting!
Awesomeee… Congrats Brenda Davis Harsham
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Thanks!
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Congratulations for both accomplishments.👏🌸
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Thanks, Imelda!
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Reminds me of our echinacea…4 months ago!
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Yep, but I’m not ready to let go of summer yet. 🙂
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Thanks for the echinacea. I’ve got the class crud, so hopefully it will help me heal up quickly (and not lose my voice)! Congrats on your NaNoWriMo success!!
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Aren’t people so generous with their germs? I always seem to catch everything going by. Oh well, at least that creates lots of time for reflection and reading.
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Congratulations! You have been nominated for the Bloggers Recognition Award 2017….enjoy and share ….https://solitarysoulwithachaoticmind.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/bloggers-recognition-award-2017/
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Than you! I’m mid-novel writing, so I won’t be able to participate, but I very much appreciate the honor. Have a wonderful time making connections from it!
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All the best for your novel
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Thank you!
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“La Esencia de Titania” and I congratulate you on completing NaNoWriMo!
Editing is fun work, and I just know that you will have fun with your work.
Come by to see her on a model! xo
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Happy News is healing, too – thanks for sharing all, Brenda! And, way to go on all those wonderful NaNoWriMo words! :0)
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Thanks, Robyn!
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Brenda – Bravo and Congratulations on your such creative story and image…amazing!!
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Thanks, Mihran. I know you live the creative life, too.
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Congratulations, Brenda. You have been very busy lately with all of your writing.
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Yes, and I haven’t wrapped a single thing! I am so behind every which way. 🙂 But loving it.
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Beautiful photo, and congratulations on meeting your NaNoWriMo goal! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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Thanks, Ruth!
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Congratulations on exceeding your goal.
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Thanks, Joy!
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Hooray for good writing in November, and congrats on your poems being published! Lovely echinacea poem :).
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More good news: You won the Dumpling Dreams book giveaway :)!
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YAY! You are the very best!
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Thanks, Jama. I’ll stop by soon! Oh, and I see another notification coming that I won the give-away. Yay for me!! Thank you so much! Do you still have my address? Do you want me to kick in for postage? Do you sell your photos as etsy or Society6 notecards? I would buy some…. XOXO
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Congrats on writing your book through NaNo! And on the publication of your poems, too. Your post is just chock full of good news. I love your haiku that reminds us that memories bloom even through winter.
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Thanks, Kay! It was a satisfying month. Lots went well. I love my new book. It’s such a fun story.
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Congratulations on all the words! So happy for you. You must feel great! And, petals bloom in memory….so lovely.
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Thanks, Linda! I do feel pretty great about my story. It was such fun to write.
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That’s a gorgeous haiku Brenda, I love these two lines,
“but petals always bloom,
in memory
YAY Congrats on meeting and exceeding your writing goal for November!!! And also for having the two poems in the 2016 edition of “Today’s Little Ditty,” I’ll definitely check them out. Thanks for the summer flowers too.
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Yay for writing! It’s been such fun. I hope your dummy was well received. XOXO
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Oh I love echinacea – a a herb and as af flower, And your poem is divine. Well done on meeting your goal!
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Thanks, Sally. It was eye opening to do NANO. Empowering. I can do it! 🙂
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I love your snow, guess it’s time, isn’t it? We have weather that’s simply too warm! The echinacea picture and then the poem, “bloom/in memory” is quite apt this time of year, Brenda. Congrats for your nanowrimo achievement, too!
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Thanks, Linda. It’s too warm to be thinking about snow around here. Can’t avoid it on my blog, though.
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Congrats on meeting your goal!!! Laura Shovan did too.
Your echinacea are beautiful (and I like the snow in the background of your blog).
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Thanks, Tabatha. Each December, WP makes it snow if you elect to let it. It’s fun. It reminds me to start thinking about Christmas. 🙂
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Congrats on the completion of your book! Whoo Hoo! Thanks for always sharing 🙂
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Thanks for cheering me on. Now to editing… 🙂
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