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Conversation Between Me…and Me

December 31, 2021December 29, 2021 / roughwighting / 151 Comments

reflection, waterlogue, resolutions

 

 

 

 

 

Yay for you, for me, for the two of us

Sailing through 2021 with little fuss.

Sure we had ups, we had downs

In fact the year had us spinning round and round. Continue reading →

A Summer Salute

August 20, 2021August 20, 2021 / roughwighting / 88 Comments

sunflowers, sunflower field, summer

 

 

 

 

 

A month of humid and

Undulating heat that

Gushes over us like rock Continue reading →

Trumpeting Truths

June 5, 2020June 4, 2020 / roughwighting / 101 Comments

dogwood, New England spring

 

 

 

 

 

In my little town, the sky sparkles
Like diamond dust thrown in the wind
Lifted by souls of the living
Who search for the gift of happiness.

Like diamond dust thrown in the wind
Questions fly to neighbors near and far
Who search for the gift of happiness
While surveying their view of the world. Continue reading →

Time for a Paws

August 16, 2019August 14, 2019 / roughwighting / 59 Comments

Ocean City NJ, beach, seashore

A pause is a hiatus, a recess, an extra breath in and out.

But paws are kneading me, and needing me, to shout out to the world that MOLLY will be soon in town.

illustrated children's book, picture book, cat

© Shelley Steinle, illustrator. Molly licks her paw in MOLLY FINDS HER PURR, pub date 9/24/19.

But the shore beckons me with each wave on the sandy beach – Continue reading →

The Transformation

July 19, 2019July 18, 2019 / roughwighting / 158 Comments

iris, purple iris“I can’t quite believe this,” the specialist exclaims.

These are words I like to hear from my agent when she’s scanning my just-written manuscript.

But they are not words a doctor should express to a new patient after he has taken a biopsy of a gland that popped out of nowhere on an until-now rather nondescript index finger. Continue reading →

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FLASHES OF LIFE

memoir, flash memoir, flash stories

Fun and heartfelt flashes of everyday life. Click on cover to find softback and e-book at Amazon.

MOLLY FINDS HER PURR

illustrated children's book, picture book, cat book

Molly needs to find a friend to find her purr! Available from Amazon, B&N, and Borgo Publishing

Birds of Paradise

illustrated childrens book, finalist International Blook Awards

A delightful “happily ever after” picture book about friendship, courage, and believing in yourself. A finalist with International Book Awards. Click cover for Borgo Publishing.

Twin Desires

Romantic suspense in San Francisco & Stinson Beach. Click on book cover to read more - available in softback or for your Kindle.

The Right Wrong Man

romantic suspense

Page-turning intrigue set in Boston & the Caribbean. Click on book cover to read more - available in softback or for your Kindle.

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