BOOK REVIEW – Now I Lay Me Down to Fight; a Poet Writes Her Way Through Cancer

by Katy Bowser Hutson (Author), Jodi Hays (Illustrator), Tish Harrison Warren (Foreword) A friend gave me this book after learning I too was facing breast cancer. It is a wonderful, visceral, raw, and very helpful book. Katy Bowser Hutson is a writer and poet. She begins the book with “The Week Before Cancer” when she was enjoying attending a writers’ conference.  And…

BLOGanuary – #7 Rain

by Jackie Houchin   “Rain, rain, go away Come again, some other day…” No! No! Wait! Please stay! Do stay another day.   Rain, I love you! Dripping, soaking, greening. Yes, I love you. Sheeting, sparkling, gleaming.   I love you! Yes, with thunder and lightning. Even love you. Dark, gloomy, and frightening.   Misty…