POETRY SERIES |
26th Reading(SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS)
4th SUNDAY 04-22-12
Brigit Truex has settled in California’s Sierra foothills for the
past dozen years. Traveling across the country after living on both
coasts, north and south, has afforded her a multitude of experiences
and sights to draw upon for her poetry.
Email: cedarwoman@comcast.net |
“What day is it?" asked Pooh. "It's today," squeaked Piglet. "My favorite day," said Pooh.” A. A. Milne |
Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.” Agatha Christie |
Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE. Joss Whedon |
This Showcase is Dedicated to Gail Lee White |
All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust! J.M. Barrie |
Flowers In Honor of Gail Lee White |
D.B. Pacini introducing featured poet Brigit Truex |
Brigit Truex |
First Poem Dedicated to Gail Lee White |
If I must fall, may it be from a high place. Paulo Coelho |
Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale. Peter S. Beagle |
People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead. James Baldwin |
When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points. Confucius |
The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today. St. Francis of Assisi |
The cause of most of man's unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now. Gordon B. Hinckley |
We enjoy warmth because we have been cold. We appreciate light because we have been in darkness. By the same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness. George Will |
The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it. Clarence Day |
There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness. J.R.R. Tolkien |
Refreshment/Social Break and Book Raffle Drawing |
Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton. Don Roff |
The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle |
If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Jasper Fforde |
There are truths of which I have an inkling, but of most I have only a penciling. Robert Brault |
Do or do not; there is no try. George Lucas |
Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books. Mary Ann Shaffer |
D.B. Pacini introducing Tim Christensen |
Songwriter/Musician Tim Christensen |
Song Dedicated to Gail Lee White |
There are never enough "I love you's." Lenny Bruce |
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people who call others weird that are weird. Paul McCartney |
Katy Brown |
Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art. Lao-Tzu |
Many candles can be kindled from one candle without diminishing it. Spencer W. Kimball |
Imagination rules the world. Fred Allen |
Hatch Graham |
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. Jacobi |
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by. Thomas Barron |
Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop than when we soar. William Wordsworth |
Vincent Westphal |
You can't know where life will take you, but you can commit to a direction. Wendell Berry |
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, I am with you kid, let's go! Maya Angelou |
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Buddha |
Wallace Condon |
You can't have everything, where would you put it? Steven Wright |
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia. Charles Schulz |
They're book addicts. Lemony Snicket |
Michael Borboa |
Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. |
Each moment is a place you've never been. Mark Strand |
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something. Steven Spielberg |
The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. Barbara Kingsolver |
Taylor Graham |
Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will. Charles Baudelaire |
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Maya Angelou |
When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me. Sean O'Casey |
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. Isaac Asimov |
A goal without a plan is just a wish. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
Mat Sand |
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. Leonardo da Vinci |
You are the product of your own brainstorm. George Eliot |
Live to the point of tears. Martin Schulze |
Jim Turner |
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude. William James |
If the only prayer you say throughout your life is "Thank You," then that will be enough. Elie Wiesel |
Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal. Benjamin Franklin |
Jerry Swafford A Song Dedicated to Gail Lee White |
If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, then make that change. Dom Helder Camara |
I don't believe in atheism. Author Unknown |
Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand. Seng-ts'an |
Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
D.B. Pacini |
Two Poems Dedicated to Gail Lee White |
It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. Lois Lowry |
In the hope of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. Albert Schweitzer |
Songwriter/Musician Tim Christensen |
A Song Dedicated to Gail Lee White |
Brigit Truex |
Katy Brown |
Hatch Graham |
Wallace Condon |
Michael Borboa |
Flowers for Brigit Truex |
Image of mural created by local artist Tony Segale. |
Tony Segale's Website |
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