18 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
in A Change of View Tags: ancient rituals, boreal climes, infant, Janine Donoho, Janine M. Donoho, lush Tropics, natural connections, Newborn, singular event, Weather forecasters, Winter Solstice
A singular event—
Our sun hovers over lush Tropics.
The coy North Pole
Tips away.
Luminated hours shrink to an octet in
Our boreal climes.
Weather forecasters assess
Winter an infant,
Newborn upon December’s inception.
The bewildered prepare for end times while
Ancient rituals evoke
Natural connections—
Brief day
Morphs into prolonged night.
21 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in A Change of View Tags: ancient rituals, boreal climes, infant, Janine M. Donoho, lush Tropics, natural connections, Newborn, singular event, Weather forecasters, Winter Solstice
A singular event—
Our sun hovers over lush Tropics.
The coy North Pole
Tips away.
Luminated hours shrink to an octet in
Our boreal climes.
Weather forecasters assess
Winter an infant,
Newborn upon December’s inception.
The bewildered prepare for end times while
Ancient rituals evoke
Natural connections—
Brief day
Morphs into prolonged night.
22 May 2013 2 Comments
in A Change of View Tags: Bethany House Publishers, bona fides, Debbie Macomber, desert woman, fan friends, For Such A Time, Garden, historical, inspirational, inspirational fiction, Janine M. Donoho, Kate Breslin, MISTBORN CHRONICLES, natural connections, pictorial journey, Robin, thrush, warblers
Along my way to an oceanfront writers’ retreat, this parched desert woman received the gift of Kate’s garden. Fitted like a jewel in the bezel of coastal Washington, her garden’s the opposite of dry. I sipped coffee surrounded by lush morning filled with intricate songs from MacGillivray’s and Wilson’s warblers, Swainson’s thrush, and the ubiquitous Robin. Cacophonous geese winged northeast–perhaps toward my high desert.
Kate’s artfulness shows in her placement of azalea, stone, rose and bench. Prayerful seating maximizes natural connections. Her latest Mother’s Day hydrangea–deepest pink–confirms how much she’s loved. Even the air smelled green with plant exhalations and floral abundance.
Her stunning historical FOR SUCH A TIME from Bethany House Publishers launches April 1, 2014. Even though her novel’s been endorsed by heavy-hitter Debbie Macomber, Kate’s too shy to tout her own bona fides. Besides that’s what fan-friends are for…
Like many of us creatives, she balks at misrepresenting herself.
What that equates with? We fail to reach out to the very readers who want and need our work. Since she writes inspirational fiction steeped in history, I’ve no doubt that her readers will come. To help that happen, watch for updates both here and at http://katebreslin.com/.
I hope you enjoyed this pictorial journey. Right now Kate’s wrestling with how to make her next novel as life-enhancing as FOR SUCH A TIME. Meanwhile I’m infatuated with editing my next MISTBORN CHRONICLE.
So I shared–now it’s your turn. What’s riveting your attention and getting you out of bed each morning?
Janine Donoho 