The Vibrant Channeled Creator

Whether Weather Can Be Weathered

23 Sep 2014 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Family Tags: David Schultz, into carbon's flow, mobile role, Norway, off the ice, polar bear wanders, ponders, whether weather can be weathered

Polar bear ponders
his mobile role off the ice
into carbon’s flow.

What is an Authorpreneur?

22 Sep 2014 1 Comment

by jeannepoland in Uncategorized Tags: Amy Holman, attention is the currency, authorpreneur, Blurberati, Brenda Van Camp, Craig Morgan Teicher, Daniel Milnor, George Velez, Jane Friedman, Make-Shift Society, Miral Satter, platform, publishing budget, self-publishing, website

George Velez reads his book: “How to Make Friends in space”

Tony, a robot friend in George’s Book

George sketches for his second book to come soon

Please visit George’s website to see his work and bio:
http://gvelez1174.wix.com/makingfriendsinspace#!george-velez/c1ktj

Here are some gems I learned from Blurb:
1 For the self-publisher, consistent behavior is critical; not lofty goals.
2 Since 2006, attention is the currency being traded.
3 When I process a book, I will publish it in 3 forms for 3 different budgets, eg. a graphic novel in hard cover, soft cover and magazine format.
4 Build a platform, develop visibility, credibility, a playful voice, a persona.
5 Primary on your website, begin with what action do you want people to take?
6 Have professionals review your book.
7 Enjoy seeing the Blurb personnel you have met through emails for the last 3 years.
8 The Make-Shift Society is a safe and open venue for security, caterers, gentle sharing and individual networking. The Bluberati and guests get 5 stars: Jane Friedman, Amy Holman Edelman, Craig Morgan Teicher, Brenda Van Camp, Daniel Milnor, Miral Satter.

I Saved 13 people from drowning…

20 Sep 2014 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Family Tags: at night in Vietnam, fight the panic of the victims, I saved 3 people from drowning, Lan Nguyen Kim, learn to swim, taught 1000 children to swim, the beauty ofpartnership between the fields and the water, the water is my friend

Hồ Bơi Miền Quê
I learned to swim in a cage like this too. I’m very thankful to the man who taught me to swim; later on I taught 1,000 children how to swim; I saved 13 people from drowning, diving to the ground – and fighting there vs. the panic of the victims…
it’s necessary that every human being learns to swim – I had wonderful decades in my life, swimming through rivers and lakes, in the ocean too…

At Night in Vietnam

The 3 photos are by Lan Nguyen Kim

For a Five Year Old

19 Sep 2014 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Family Tags: a kind of faith, after a night of rain, closest relatives, Fleur Adcock, For a Five Year Old, harshest kind of truth, I trust you, kind to snails, snail climbing up your window sill, the snail trusts you

I trust you!
The snail trusts you.

For a Five-Year-Old
by Fleur Adcock

A snail is climbing up the window-sill
into your room, after a night of rain.
You call me in to see and I explain
that it would be unkind to leave it there:
it might crawl to the floor; we must take care
that no one squashes it. You understand,
and carry it outside, with careful hand,
to eat a daffodil.

I see, then, that a kind of faith prevails:
your gentleness is moulded still by words
from me, who have trapped mice and shot wild birds,
from me, who drowned your kittens, who betrayed
your closest relatives and who purveyed
the harshest kind of truth to many another,
But that is how things are: I am your mother,
And we are kind to snails.

“For a Five-Year-Old” by Fleur Adcock, from Poems 1960-2000. © Bloodaxe Books, 2000. Reprinted with permission.

Dementia Floor From Heaven

18 Sep 2014 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Family Tags: cucumbers, Dementia Floor From Heaven, fresh basil, kindness all around, Life is just a bowl of cherries!, patio, phone, private bath, radio, singing and dancing, staff and patients, sunshine, window on the world

Bob Singing and Dancing @the Dementia Floor

Bob has gotten used to the Dementia Floor:
sunshine
fresh basil
cucumbers
sunshine on the patio
opening Birthday gifts under the umbrella
radio in his private room
with private bath
phone
window on the world
friends: staff and patients
kindness all around
“Life is just a bowl of cherries”!

The Illustrator’s Resolve

16 Sep 2014 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Family Tags: bicycles, curiosity, Curious George, cycle to safety, escape persecution, German occupation, H A Rey, Hans Augusto Rey, monkey drawings, published in NY, the illustrator's resolve

H A Rey’s
Famous Curious George

To escape persecution, as a Jew, Hans Augusto Rey and his wife, Margaret, had to escape Paris just before the German occupation in 1940. Hans created 2 bicycles to use to cycle to safety, fleeing with his monkey drawings and his life. Later the Curious George books were published in New York, and Hans was listed as illustrator, and Margaret as story writer.

Folio your gems:
Cycle them to freedom’s press:
c u r i o s i t y!

Grandchildren

16 Sep 2014 1 Comment

by jeannepoland in Family Tags: can't keep them on the lap, drift off, grandchildren, helium balloons, obscure as dust, Olivia Stiffler, rehearse for the future, slumber parties

Grandma’s Can’t Keep Them on the Lap

by Olivia Stiffler

They disappear with friends
near age 11. We lose them
to baseball and tennis, garage
bands, slumber parties, stages
where they rehearse for the future,
ripen in a tangle of love knots.
With our artificial knees and hips
we move into the back seats
of their lives, obscure as dust
behind our wrinkles, and sigh
as we add the loss of them
to our growing list of the missing.

Sometimes they come back,
carting memories of sugar cookies
and sandy beaches, memories of how
we sided with them in their wars
with parents, sided with them
even as they slid out of our laps
into the arms of others.

Sometimes they come back
and hold onto our hands
as if they were the thin strings
of helium balloons
about to drift off.

“Grandchildren” by Olivia Stiffler, from Otherwise, We Are Safe. © Dos Madres Press, 2013. Reprinted with permission by the Poetry Almanac for Sept. 16, 2014