Solace in a Book

Dennis O’Driscoll

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"It is tomorrow I want to look back on, not today. Tomorrow I start to be happy; today is almost yesterday."   from 'Tomorrow" by Dennis O'Driscoll, ©Dennis O’Driscoll, "Tomorrow" from New and Selected Poems (Anvil Press Poetry, Ltd.) and published in Poetry (July 1999).  To read the complete poem, check the Poetry Foundation website. … [Read more...]

News of Solace writers & friends: Powers, Somlo, McConnell

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Arthur Powers has a new book, The Book of Jotham, out on Kindle.  The Book of Jotham won the  2012 Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction for the Novella and is published by Tuscany Press, which is "seeking and making known stories with human frailties, beauty, grace, love, redemption, hope, courage and the presence of God."   The 61-page book is about Jotham who is a mentally challenged man-child and apostle of Jesus Christ. Arthur also has a book of short stories due out from a … [Read more...]

Nipsey Russell

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I learned through a tweet that there may be a biography on Nipsey Russell. That's a book I'll read.   A trip to Wikipedia told me that he was known as the "poet laureate of television."   Here's one of his poems:   Those who think of women as the weaker sex Just can't see the trees for the woods Cause no matter how loudly a rooster may crow It's the hen who delivers the goods.   Nipsey Russell … [Read more...]

Indulgences

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Happy 2013! Over the holidays, I indulged myself (and found some solace) so I thought I'd share. My favorite present--homemade caramels-- came to me Saturday, December 22. I have received them for some years now, and they never disappoint.   I have four left and I am guarding them. We got snow here Christmas and then a couple days later.  I was inspired to take some photographs.  Snow-covered trees are so pretty.  And, I tried to get artistic. After … [Read more...]