In my snow globe life, the centerpiece is a breathtaking Japanese Cherry Blossom tree in the prime of its bloom. Small white flowers, dozens and dozens of them. White with pink middles. The bark is dark brown, and the trunk and branches are thin. It is a beautiful scene.
Surrounding the Cherry Blossom, open books rest on the ground. Some are in piles, others are solitary. These are the book of my past and present. Children's books, teen fiction, the classics, my autobiography. They tell the story of my life thus far. They are the blank books of my future, ready to be filled.
Go ahead. Pick up my life and shake it.
Little crescent moons float and swirl around the tree and fall upon the open books. The little moons are silver and blue with little smiling faces.
entry: 7 October 2009
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of my very favorites as well. There is suspense and tragedy, but there is also an intense goodness infusing the book. In my new release, Angela 1: Starting Over, the first in a series of three set in a coastal Texas high school, I try to approach the same qualities, but with a very different story and different characters. If you would like to learn more about the book, please click on my name and follow the link to my website. Thanks!
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