In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways. Edith Wharton, A Backward Glance, 1934 … [Read more...]
Generosity and my own case of going a little viral
I've been thinking about the word "generous" and how it can describe the well-known writers who responded to my letter pleading for submissions to Solace in So Many Words. After all, if you have prize-winning books to your name, you don't need appear in a POD paperback edited by an unknown and published by an imprint with no track record. My guess is that they liked the theme of solace. But I know also it is because they are generous. I won't lie. I Google myself. A lot. … [Read more...]
Proverbs
Come let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with love (Proverbs 7:18). … [Read more...]
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Susan O'Donnell Mahan is the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the American Association of University Women, Hingham (MA) branch on April 12. The subject is: Healing Words: A Journey With Poetry. She’ll be reading a selection of her poems that chronicle her journey since her in husband died in 1997. Patty Somlo's book From Here to There and Other Stories is available from Paraguas … [Read more...]
Seneca
There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it. … [Read more...]