Chuckleberry Chutney

          Skip Hughes, a former president of Northeast Texas Writer's Organization, has a new book of poetry out this year. Chuckleberry Chutney. One poem, Is My To-It Really Round? made me laugh as I am the proverbial procrastinator he has so eloquently summed up.
          Skip's philosophy comes through loud and clear in his poem Love's Crucible. This poem stopped me in my tracks and made me think.
          On page 59 Between Black and White  is a poem we should all take to heart.  I really must write the final stanza.

We must yet strive to right the wrongs of now,
Let lie the dreadful sins of long ago.
To hate a fellow human is to bow
To hate of self, of all things here below.

Chuckleberry Chutney by Skip Hughes can be purchased from Amazon and would make a nice gift for the poetry lover.

Merry Christmas to all and may 2017 be a blessed year for each of us.

    

Anna's Healing

I have just finished reading Anna's Healing by Vannetta Chapman
and can recommend it to anyone interested in an inspiring novel that strengthens their own Christian faith. Anna is a young Amish woman who isn't interested in the traditional Amish roll of marriage. Restless for something new, she moves to an Oklahoma Amish farming community and lives with her aunt and uncle and a wise grandmother.


An accident leaves Anna crippled. The accident changes not only Anna's life but the lives of everyone in the family as well as that of a young Amish man with a strong urge to travel across country.

I first read about Anna's Healing and the author Vannetta Chapman on James Callan's blog http://www.jamesrcallan.com/blog/  Ms. Chapman shares several interesting facts about her writing and her latest novel Anna's Healing.   I found the novel a great read.