Mystery of Quercus Gardens (Book) - 5/21/2025 8:29:31 AM
This is a quick read. The story reminded me of "Only Murders in the Building." I enjoyed the author's knowledge of renter's rights. This can definitely become a series, because there were so many characters to elaborate on. I would love to read about the future of this building complex. While reading I was reminded how people can help others. I definitely would read more from this author. What a great place to escape to. I am giving this book a 5/5. I was given a copy to review, all opinions are my own.
One Pledge Unspoken (Book) - 6/10/2024 2:54:00 AM
You set the tone for the times.
One Pledge Unspoken (Book) - 12/28/2023 2:27:44 PM
This resonates with me. A hometown guy that I once or twice drove back-and-forth to college became a Marine pilot and went MIA over North Vietnam after killing many probably during his raids without seeing who he was killing except when he shot down a North Vietnamese, Chinese or Russian plane.
My girlfriend in the fall of 1965 declared at a church retreat we were attending, "All of my boyfriends are conscientious objectors." Right then, I wondered if I met her criteria.
Ron
Go To Liberty (Book) - 2/16/2022 4:33:48 PM
Eva and her mother, Colleen, are members of their local Friends of Nature organization. Eva's sister, Judi, has other plans, like getting married to the future owner of a restaurant she has plans to improve. Judi realizes her dream while Eva goes to college to become an environmentalist. Their successes are mixed with sadness as their mother and father's marriage comes to an end. Leaving their mother alone is no longer a worry, though, when Colleen wins the election to become the new president of the Friends of Nature. Along with her new friendship with Amanda, Colleen, too, now has a new life to look forward to.
The story covers Eva's growing interests in nature and the need to protect it from powerful interests that only seek to exploit it. Working for the park as a summer employee brings some satisfaction when she's a high school student, but as she becomes an adult and grows fond of one young man, Matt, with whom she has shared interests, the world begins to call to her. Still, she learns that, while seeing the world is exciting, the need to protect their local natural areas will always be necessary and important.
Written in a straightforward, knowledgeable style, the author shares her own experiences of Liberty Park. Names of plants, birds, and tidbits of natural history and ecology gives the story an educational flair. The struggle to protect the natural land near the park, provides conflict, adventure, and hopefulness. A wonderful story with a message that young and old can enjoy and appreciate.
Mystery of Quercus Gardens (Book) - 11/13/2021 2:14:57 PM
Mystery of Quercus Gardens is about an old, unsolved murder in an apartment complex.
Beth Murphy, tenant activist, organizes her fellow renters to get repairs done and improve living conditions at Quercus Gardens. Soon, stories of murder and who is guilty reach Beth's ears. Her job as an activist appears dangerous as fear spreads. Lucky for her, many of the tenants offer support and lend a hand. As work crews arrive and rents get raised, another issue develops regarding evictions. Resolution comes when the truth is finally revealed.
Enjoyable and light reading. A fun-to-read mystery that can be educational for those wanting to get involved in renter's rights. The only downside is that the story ends too soon. I would like to hear more about Beth's activism and the lives of the people she meets along the way.
Mystery of Quercus Gardens (Book) - 9/21/2021 12:09:58 PM
This light-hearted mystery was a fun read. Sometimes it is just nice to read a mystery that is not filled with violence for the sale of violence.
This is the story of Beth Murphy's first steps into activism to help make the apartments in her complex livable for all the tenants. The premise that one person can make a difference comes to life in this publication.
The murder of Mrs. Mary Milligan at the complex is a rumor that Beth tries to solve.
The suspicion for the murder of Mary has been placed on the super of the complex is as puzzling as it turns out to be -- devious. The realization of the machinations of one person and how it affects so many....
While a mystery, this author has kept this book appealing with the reader engaged and wondering where the story is going to end up.
Would highly recommend for all ages. 'Mystery of Quercus Gardens' would make a great gift.
Go To Liberty (Book) - 4/28/2019 8:01:27 AM
"Go To Liberty" by Patricia Hilliard is the story of 18 year old Eva who is searching for self-identity and direction. She finds her calling alongside park veteran, Amanda. The two create a formidable pair with the shared quest of saving their local park. With Liberty Park serving as the backdrop for this coming of age story, Eva's inner naturalist emerges and readers experience the importance of environmental stewardship.
The story perfectly illustrates the multipurpose function of outdoor spaces. It also uses the fiction approach to share the extremely real issue of the loss of green spaces. The standoff between man and machines was moving and meaningful. This book left me ready to opt outside and get involved within our park system. As author Patricia Hilliard writes, "The park means so much to so many people." We shouldn't lose sight of the beauty and wonder that our natural outdoor spaces provide and this book did an excellent job of reminding me of just that!
Without providing any spoilers to future readers, I felt like the book ended exactly how it should have! I was extremely pleased with the development of Eva and how her character's story was left at the end of the novel. Congratulations to Ms. Hilliard on this wonderful novel.
One Pledge Unspoken (Book) - 3/3/2019 6:47:15 PM
I have to admit that I am a big fan of historical fiction and based on Patricia’s first chapter her book really hits the mark. She sets the scene and develops her characters with good clean prose. You can see that an interesting plot is developing as the action moves ahead at a good pace. Her book is set in the late sixties, a time of great conflict in America and an important era for our current young adults to learn about.
The Gun (Short Story) - 7/8/2026 2:42:23 PM
Hey! I came across your story and ended up reading far more than I planned. Your storytelling pulled me in, and I could easily imagine it as a comic series.
I specialize in creating Webtoons, manga, and character art, and I'd love to collaborate if you're ever interested in adapting your story.
You can find me on Instagram: .lunaartsoul.
Thanks for sharing such an enjoyable read!
The Gun (Short Story) - 6/30/2026 12:45:13 PM
That gun must've been very quiet for it not to get people in the neighborhood awake. And, at midnight, many people are not asleep these days…chasing their nighttime desires. It certainly is a metaphor for the madness of lighting up everything so that nature is confused. Even our nature.
But it is a metaphor for how urban living has made it difficult for anyone to sleep in the dark of night.
The apartment house behind my house with parking in the electrical right-of-way has been spotlighting my house for the last 30 years. For a while those lights were aimed lower, but they are back, making it light in my bedroom. But I still sleep. Even though I lied in the bathroom or the closet makes it hard for me to sleep.
Ron
The Gun (Short Story) - 6/20/2026 3:54:05 AM
It won't be enough. The next time she'll probably get caught. Then what? The glaring light inside a prison cell. Your story kept me rocking and reeling as to what she had in mind.
War Toy Boy (Short Story) - 6/4/2026 3:13:15 PM
It's hard to write in the first person from the opposite sex and social standing. You've done it very well in this gentle tale of what an elder can do for youth.
The guy who owns my auto repair shop was studying electrical engineering at Columbia university in 1979 when Ruhollah Khomeini took over the country and changed it immensely. All the US students lost their support.
I haven't talked to Mustafa about his apparent anger and worry or how he feels about the current situation, but I believe he never was able to work in electrical engineering after that happened. He only has the shop because he bought it from another Iranian while he was the head mechanic.
Ron
War Toy Boy (Short Story) - 5/30/2026 8:25:23 AM
Nice writing Patricia. Compassion and empathy never fail for those with the courage to use them. Cheers and God bless.
Bob Drews
War Toy Boy (Short Story) - 5/30/2026 3:59:03 AM
You kept it real! Sometimes one needs to carry the chip on our shoulder to survive.
That's Enough! (Short Story) - 7/31/2025 10:55:37 PM
Unfortunately I can see this happening. Really enjoyed it
The Voice of Want (Short Story) - 7/27/2025 4:03:33 AM
Oftentimes, the free things in life are more gratifying in the long run. Oftentimes, what is free becomes subject to budgetary cuts.
The Voice of Want (Short Story) - 7/21/2025 1:57:16 PM
Nice writing Patricia. Truly, the best things in life are free.
Cheers, and God bless.
The Voice of Want (Short Story) - 7/21/2025 1:53:36 PM
A common story these days for young families who don't earn enough to live the life that they see advertised.
My father was a spender. But my mother taught us to be frugal. I never spent money on games even though they were loud and flashy. But we did attend carnivals, enjoying the sights and smells more than spending money. Except on things like cotton candy that we couldn't get anywhere else.
My freshman year in college, my twin brother and I ate at restaurants for a dollar a day. With $.10 left over to buy Orange pop in the evening in the bars. Throughout most of my adult life, my best experiences have been free are very inexpensive.
They recently closed our local library and this whole area of suburbia has very little in the way of parks. But flood control along the bayous at tremendous expense may expand the park system of Houston and provide more habitat for wildlife to enjoy for free.
Ron
Salad Dressing (Short Story) - 7/11/2025 5:14:36 AM
A great slice of life story, Patricia. Sadly things like this happen too often. Hard to fit in if you aren't just like others. Much enjoyed.
Salad Dressing (Short Story) - 5/25/2025 2:24:05 PM
I could see traces of your own experiences in the story.
Even in small towns, cliques can develop, even among those of similar taste. From what I read, I'm sure that Liz would also be able to find others in town that would share her way of thinking by just going about her normal behavior while shopping, growing healthy food and flowers, and bird watching.
A down home kind of story with, as you wrote, its own kind of biases, some reinforcing bad behavior.
Ron
Salad Dressing (Short Story) - 5/24/2025 1:13:40 PM
Nice story, Patricia, another good reason to avoid get-togethers. Have a blessed Memorial Day weekend. Cheers!
Bob Drews
Salad Dressing (Short Story) - 5/22/2025 4:00:13 AM
It's too bad some of the other women didn't break the ice with humor so Liz would feel more at ease among strangers. Liz also harbored bias, the only difference being, she kept it to herself. Maybe it showed...
Country Girls (Short Story) - 5/14/2025 11:51:11 PM
I love you and your friends spirit…!
Those days of the late 50’s early 60’s
were the beginning of real change for
girls/women…Perhaps it was happening earlier
for country girls…I remember my Grandma who lived in the small Market town of Hedon near Kingston upon Hull where I live here in the UK…Their house was in a country area and had a large tree outside Grandma’s bedroom window…On Friday nights after being told by her Dad she wasn’t allowed out, she would climb down the tree outside her bedroom window to go to the local Barn Dance! So the country girls spirit was alive and kicking over here too!
Best wishes,
Diana…🌿
What Words Mean to Young People (Short Story) - 5/14/2025 11:25:43 PM
I found this very interesting…!
I was born in the same year as you, and I’m from
the UK…I would have loved to have read more
about where life took you based on this story…
I remember writing poetry as a young teen about
Vietnam…I wonder how you view those words now?
My best wishes…
Diana…🌿
Making America Great Somehow. (Short Story) - 4/17/2025 3:02:23 PM
So many in our country waiting for Jesus to come and make things right. So easily falling into the rhetoric of a demagogue who sells bibles like a good huckster and never did any honest work in his life.
Sounds like my grandfather. We went fishing down to the old homestead river one day where he threw in his chalk line with the dough ball to see if he could catch another catfish. We moved up and down the river with our spin cast reels for game fish. When we asked him what he was doing in retirement, he replied, "I'm just waiting for the good Lord to come and take me away."
Ron
Making America Great Somehow. (Short Story) - 4/11/2025 8:34:06 AM
The Bible and the Lord are there to guide us through, no matter where we live no matter our circumstances.
Thanks for writing, Patricia, and God bless.
Making America Great Somehow. (Short Story) - 4/9/2025 3:16:25 AM
Earl has gotten life down to the fundamentals and then some. It's always time to take stock of what really matters.
What Words Mean to Young People (Short Story) - 4/6/2025 8:27:16 AM
Who among us could imagine where life would go? Divine Providence leads the way. Nice writing, Patricia, and thanks for sharing your story. God bless.
What Words Mean to Young People (Short Story) - 4/5/2025 3:53:48 AM
A thirst for knowledge should always be encouraged. I hope your different path opened up new doors.
What Words Mean to Young People (Short Story) - 4/4/2025 3:02:23 PM
I was fascinated reading. But it seemed to end abruptly like it was unfinished. Maybe you wanted it that way.
Our lives are similar although I travel the same path about eight years before you. My dad was a truck driver and Teamsters member was asked but didn't dare leave for management because he would lose his pension.
My mother worked as a cleaning lady and then later as a factory worker and waitress, ending her low paid career in schools preparing lunches.
But I was always destined for college. I never seem to have any problems with communism and socialism like you did. I found that every time there was an attempt to be completely communal, they're always ended up being some kind of power struggle. But the hierarchy goal System we live under based on wealth is not much better, because it's totally unfair and sometimes very cruel.
I was a little bit disappointed with my engineering studies and read a bit of the philosophers, including Marx. He gets a bad rap for a good idea. During that time I became an atheist reading Camu and Statre. I never got caught up in any cult or political movement.
Ron
Country Girls (Short Story) - 3/15/2025 12:41:25 PM
I loved it! And I loved girls who climb trees with me. I can think of my cousins, but I never saw them climbing a tree. Their brother built tree houses.
I liked the saplings that had reached 20 feet tall. I would climb to near the top and they would bend. They would bend all the way to the ground where I would gently get off and let the tree whip back up into place, totally unscathed. Me not having to climb back down, always harder… but take a smooth and sweet elevator ride. Shorter, but a precursor to the zip lines of today.
Ron
Country Girls (Short Story) - 3/8/2025 10:42:41 AM
Very nice writing Patricia, and having grown up with four sisters I appreciate your sentiments! Nothing stopped them. Cheers, and God bless.
Country Girls (Short Story) - 3/7/2025 3:18:45 AM
A higher and broader perspective both literally and figuratively.
Why Peterson Field Guides are Best (Article) - 9/11/2026 9:42:47 PM
I was a beginner back in the 1950s. Among the books that my grandmother had on the farm was a book identifying birds. I remember using it. I never recall having any trouble identifying birds in Wisconsin.
But for the 45 years that I've been here in Texas, I'm finding that I have to go to the Internet, What Bird, and other sources to identify what I'm seeing.
Just the other day, my partner's brother sent me the photos of of a bird grabbing a frog, he called, Dinner.
I had a devil of a time finding it so that I could tell him that it wasn't a great blue heron, because I know a great blue heron when I see one since I lived in Wisconsin.
When I finally found a picture of a little blue heron that I come across before, that was the bird that was enjoying the frog.
Ron
Why Peterson Field Guides are Best (Article) - 9/11/2026 4:55:38 PM
Hi Pat, I always love listening to and appeciate the birds in our back yard, God's gift to us.
All good wishes and blessings to you.
Bob
War and the Earth we need to live on. (Article) - 9/2/2026 8:43:35 PM
That's an interesting picture. And certainly a very important message to those environmentalists who ignore war as a primary spoiler of ecosystems that we rely on as humans, but readily destroy as consumers.
We need to get into the war of sustainability. The war against those who would destroy wild places for profit. And from those who would destroy just for the purpose of power and control. Something that has been nearly endless since two families fought over the same small food source thousands of years ago.
Ron
Cures not Wars (Article) - 7/27/2026 2:23:20 PM
A very good article highlighting one of our more severe problems, usable water. I read somewhere recently that only 3% of the water available to us is freshwater. And much of that is polluted.
You are right that wealth largely based on taking from the Earth’s resources without cleaning up and giving back. There’s a major problem in the United States. Elsewhere in the world, countries where colonialism or monarchies failed are ruled generally, by strong arm religious or military leaders who's only direction is to gain power and wealth for the autocratic leaders at the expense of the people.
It seems simple that giving up war for helping out our world and restoring its original resources by recycling and stewardship, but it isn't being done. It will take a revolution, worldwide, for everyone to wake up, stop living the way we are…like drinking most of our water, not knowing where it is coming from, from plastic bottles with inflated prices, and then throwing them away.
Knowledge is power. Articles like yours help grow knowledge. We are running out of time before serious problems we have created will make our children and grandchildren miserable. The wrong legacy to leave. So many of us are miserable already. And don't know what to do about it.
Ron
Cures not Wars (Article) - 7/20/2026 12:37:07 PM
All good thoughts Patricia, wouldn't it be nice if they came to pass?
God bless.
Bob Drews
Are You Writing for Me? (Article) - 4/8/2026 12:38:48 PM
I love reading what other authors have done in their writing like yours. You are a much more dedicated author than me. I liked writing in my English classes in high school. But I didn't always like what I wrote, like my first short story that bombed in my own mind.
I went to college to get a good profession and paycheck. But during my senior year in college, I took a writing course and was top of the class. And then, throughout my career in industry, college teaching and administration, I continuously wrote to support whatever we were doing.
Along the way I wrote letters about my many adventures, poems just for fun, and experimented with lots of graphical presentations that were helping me convey concepts to my students that would require 1000 words to get across with a single sketch or drawing.
My memoirs and novels came easy. I just can't help writing even these long comments to other people's writing like yours.
I love the causes you have stood for and your writing about them. I want to see more of what you've written.
Ron
Are You Writing for Me? (Article) - 3/27/2026 12:13:04 PM
Nice essay Patricia. Best line -- My novels were written for me.
Be well and God bless.
Bob Drews
The Death of a Website, an author's lament. (Article) - 1/4/2026 11:28:12 AM
That's so sad, Patricia. I know you feel a sense of loss. I use WIX and it's worked well for me.
The Death of a Website, an author's lament. (Article) - 12/30/2025 10:20:24 AM
I'm with Robert, but Authorsden has fewer members each year and is only kept alive by the generosity of the Millers.
I started my website (learned a little HTML) in 1997 with a template. I captured the HTML (easy to do) and found an Internet provider. When that provider failed, I joined hostgator.com right here in Houston. I've been asked many times to update my website, but it works well even with mobile phones and my 1500 pages that I've created can be reached easily by a couple of clicks from the homepage.
If you call Hostgator (877) 828-5278 I'm sure they will tell you what it might cost for you to start a website using your HTML from your previous website, saving you money. It currently costs me about $200 a year to maintain my domain (with my own email addresses), the site, security and backup services. Over the 25 years of operation at an average of about four clicks a day, I probably have had a million viewers or more using a free service called StatCounter. But keep looking because there may be a place where you can restore your website for free.
Ron
The Death of a Website, an author's lament. (Article) - 12/30/2025 8:02:20 AM
Sorry to hear this Patricia, but authorsden remains. Someone who has done marketing for me quoted a price of $600 to do a website. Lotta book royalties would be needed for that. Like you, I shall stick to authorsden and other low cost/free social media.
Wishing you a happy and blessed New Year.
Bob Drews
Verifying Ones Self (Article) - 10/18/2025 9:27:28 AM
We are at the mercy of our devices for better or worse. Best to keep our feet on the ground and hope (and try) for the best.
Nice writing Patricia. Be well and God bless.
Bob Drews
Verifying Ones Self (Article) - 10/17/2025 2:38:07 PM
You are right, everyone these days has their whole life on their device. It starts for convenience, but soon becomes a necessity. I keep mine on a computer backed up on another computer and both of the computers backed up with extra drives.
But that isn’t really important in the scheme of things. We can get all of those things back even though it may be an onerous process if we drop our legacy down a grate of no retrieval. What’s important, especially as authors, is whether we will be remembered as time marches on.
While I have found that you can search and find serial killers and almost any kind of miscreant, there is an absence of the great mentors and authors of textbooks, leaders of organizations that I knew that have no Internet footprint, whatsoever. Goodness will not give you a legacy unless you are a martyr. Most people just think their legacy is their children who are always so smart and resourceful that they will be the ones famous in the family.
I encourage every author here to search just for their name. And see what comes up by the power of AI, Google or Bing. If you have a name the same as many other people, make sure you include your middle name or something that distinguishes you from others like the word, author or poet.
If nothing comes up in the first two pages with your name on it or your nom de plume, you are basically invisible and your legacy will not go anywhere except through your children.
Thanks to belonging to AD for so long, my legacy is alive and well on the wild, wild net.
Ron
Taxes, taxes, taxes! (Article) - 5/13/2024 8:22:40 AM
I welcome tax cuts for individuals, do not mind paying my fair share, realize that lobbyists will keep the rates beneficial for corporations, always have, always will.
Have a beautiful day, Patricia. God bless.
Anti-war Protests Again: problem of war not solved. (Article) - 5/9/2024 1:11:11 PM
You are right on many fronts. I'm glad I'm reading this article because I agree with you 100%. While the news media reported that a good number of the protesters were not students, from the longtime friend who was from Gaza, I realized that the Palestinian people in this country are outraged at the way their countrymen are being slaughtered to ferret out a few Hamas in their midst that would be probably thrown out by the Palestinian people over time anyway.
Ron
Anti-war Protests Again: problem of war not solved. (Article) - 5/5/2024 8:04:25 AM
We need to be reminded, it seems, of the pattern of war and its connection to securing resources for our country. Today, it is fossil fuels. Yesterday, it was whale oil. Unfortunately, as long as we have this global system of industrial-level extraction and production, there will always be war to fight over it. I think it is good to see the pattern of war, but we must also see its role in civilization. You cannot end war until we change the system and create a new and sustainable civilization, one based on peace and prosperity that does not exploit, but gives back and nurtures life for the good of all. Sadly, if we voted today, many would vote for war and they would also vote for continued exploitation.
Thank you for sharing your views, Patricia. It's good to know there are others who care enough to let their voice and opinions be heard. We need to keep the discussion going.
Anti-war Protests Again: problem of war not solved. (Article) - 5/4/2024 8:12:26 AM
Nice essay, Patricia. Sadly, war will always be with us, it's the nature of the beast, but that doesn't mean we have to sit still and not make our voices heard.
God bless.
Bob Drews
Plagiarism: What is it really? (Article) - 1/26/2024 5:06:09 AM
Well said, Patricia. It's hard to imagine how the words "morning fresh" could result in a charge of plagiarism. But what do I know? I'm just a wordologist, not a full-blown, high-flalutin' wordsmith. But what a great way to see NY in the wee small hours of the morning. Egads! Do you think the writer of that song might come back to sue me?
Plagiarism: What is it really? (Article) - 1/20/2024 12:43:06 PM
We all use words that were created by someone who either wrote them down or said them in a way that resonated with listeners or readers so they became part of, in our case, the English language
I hate plagiarism. I recall one MBA paper I got from a student who was suspiciously complementary to me. Apparently, he was schmoozing his way through school by ingratiating himself before teachers and presenting plagiarized work. His paper was an exact copy from a female MBA student the year before who I gave an A to.
As writers, we can't help but use words and phrases that we've read somewhere or heard. It is getting harder when you can't write a line from a song lyric without getting permission from the large companies that own the rights to the lyrics written by someone who was paid a pittance for them.
Your case was over trademark, rather than plagiarism, I believe. As far as advertising goes, companies want to plant phrases in peoples' brains that trigger them to buy a product. Brainwashing is accepted corporate marketing principle, treating us like robots.
Ron
Plagiarism: What is it really? (Article) - 1/16/2024 2:19:55 PM
Nice piece, Patricia. I hope all is well with you.
God bless.
Bob Drews
www.robert-drews.com
DEMOCRACY? WHAT IS IT? (Article) - 12/28/2023 2:16:58 PM
A very good article. The United States should be ashamed for allowing or joining in the killing of innocent people. I believe the number of Palestinians in Gaza dead is now 27,000 and growing daily.
When the Vietnamese action started, I was in college and probably would have enlisted and served after college had I not become paralyzed and considered unfit by my draft board.
About that time, I begin protesting and bread Plato's, The Republic, learning the meaning of democracy. We are supposed to be governed by a representative democracy in this country, but more often than not we are ruled by the autocratic wishes of the wealthy elite who run the country from the sidelines. One of the most powerful groups is the military-industrial complex, made up of arms and military manufacturers after World War II who continually need war to continue their businesses from government contracts. To these people, the innocent victims of war are merely collateral damage to their primary purpose, profit, not making the world safe for democracy.
In 1974, after I got my doctorate, I interviewed at Kent State. They turned me down, largely because they were a club of graduates from Texas A&M.
However, around 1970, the West Pakistan Army invaded East Pakistan that declared its independence and called itself, Bangladesh. A wealthy former World War II pilot for India sent his son away because the Army was coming to kill all of the eligible young men to fight in the Bangladesh Army. In 1975, a young man came to us where I was now working at West Virginia University, who had finished his master's degree at Texas A&M and came for his doctorate. He was the young man, who on the road leaving the city of Dhaka, had to hide in the swamps for hours as the Pakistani Army sent to kill him passed by.
On or about 1998, he came to the university I was working in here in Houston and became Dean of the School of Technology. About 2004, he left and became the Dean of Technology Education at Kent State University. He is now emeritus and retired, moving last year with his family to New Jersey.
That's what American democracy is all about… Allowing a refugee from a poor country to come to the United States and become a productive citizen, all in one generation through education and determination.
Congratulations on your novel.
Ron
DEMOCRACY? WHAT IS IT? (Article) - 12/21/2023 12:48:04 PM
Nice piece, Patricia. I too was a product of the 1960s so your article resonated.
Cheers, Merry Christmas, and God bless you and your family.
Water is Life (Poetry) - 8/10/2025 6:10:20 PM
Agree with Diana, water can be magical.
Life Boat (Poetry) - 8/7/2025 4:56:59 PM
Beautiful photo, achieving enough skill in a lifetime seems impossible. Most sailors would probably agree. Enjoyed the post.
The Rebel (Poetry) - 5/9/2022 2:23:52 AM
Love this! You've captured the tenacity of the dandelion in the tone and diction perfectly.
Water is Life (Poetry) - 4/7/2022 2:55:03 PM
I agree with you dear poet, we are made up of water, and what a lovely thought it is that we can mingle with the ocean and feel wholesome anytime we feel the need . It is so essential to our well being I cannot conceive a life without it. Thank you for sharing your talent with me today, have a great day full of inspired thoughts :)
Water is Life (Poetry) - 9/25/2021 10:44:01 AM
Water is magical and mysterious, and I believe ‘conscious’
as illustrated by Professor Emoto…
Our very life blood…
Great poem!
Diana…
Water is Life (Poetry) - 9/22/2021 3:57:10 PM
Oh, Patricia! I just plain love your words and how they make me feel!! Thank you!
Love ya!
Jane
Water is Life (Poetry) - 9/18/2021 7:58:58 AM
And I'm so glad for that evaporation cycle. Purifying water for us that we only know how to get dirty and fouled with poisonous chemicals.
A long time ago, I learned that our blood is very similar to seawater. It seems when we first came out of the sea onto the land, we brought with us a circulatory system of seawater that mimics the sea where we originally came from. I thought that to be really cool. Like your poem.
Ron
Water is Life (Poetry) - 9/17/2021 8:12:39 AM
I love this! The water in the rivers like the blood in our veins!
Cat and Mouse (Poetry) - 5/1/2021 3:06:18 PM
lol, I love this sweet little personified poem of yours Patricia.
Might mouse can be a source to reckon with at times.
Thank you for putting a smile on my face, tonight, nice to read
your wonderful verse. Keep well , :)
Cat and Mouse (Poetry) - 7/17/2020 9:40:44 AM
That is quite a mighty mouse portrayed! When mice turn into their larger variety, the rat. Sometimes when cornered, their garbage eating incisors can be quite a threat to a pampered pussie from the living room.
But you know that the success of the mouse is not in its fighting ability, but in its ability to reproduce so fast that all of the predators that rely on mice for sustenance like feral cats, will have plenty to eat if they are cunning enough to catch these speedy little escapees.
Ron
Cat and Mouse (Poetry) - 7/14/2020 7:06:50 AM
That mouse must be Mighty Mouse,or was this Tom and Jerry.
Voices of Need (Poetry) - 1/9/2020 5:04:07 PM
One day we will all voice our accordance for peace and unity, Until then, I am glad we have poets such as you to express the emotions so well. Thank you for sharing this. have a wonderful evening.
Voices of Need (Poetry) - 1/9/2020 12:25:48 PM
Being fair and sharing is what it is all about. It is the only way that we can exist together, so many of us, on this planet we have abused so much. Your words make one think about the consequences of greedy action.
Ron
Voices of Need (Poetry) - 1/5/2020 7:43:07 PM
I'm with you all the way. You Poetess, you! I love the metaphors as they apply to what I "see" coming.
Love ya!
Jane
Voices of Need (Poetry) - 1/5/2020 9:31:11 AM
I wholeheartedly agree.
Grasping (Poetry) - 12/9/2019 5:08:38 PM
I'd like to reach the point in my life when I worry less and can enjoy the simple things. I'm not there yet.
Life Boat (Poetry) - 12/5/2019 2:04:45 PM
I'm in choppy waters, but I hope they soon clear.
Life Boat (Poetry) - 11/23/2019 2:46:28 PM
Great analogy. Indeed we are all in the same boat. I like the rock mind a bit before I go under.
Ron
Life Boat (Poetry) - 11/22/2019 2:42:56 AM
well said
Never Stop Writing
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Life Boat (Poetry) - 11/19/2019 9:40:41 AM
Nicely done.
Life Boat (Poetry) - 11/18/2019 2:21:47 PM
Wonderfully thought out and written . . . Written well, very, very well, Patricia.
Grasping (Poetry) - 11/15/2019 12:40:25 PM
That golden period called retirement that we should all be healthy enough to enjoy. I always hated training. More suitable for a monkey or draft animal. But all the rest I will endorse. Everyone should enjoy what your poem promises.
Ron
Diamond Mind (Poetry) - 11/14/2019 5:10:03 PM
Ahhh!!! I enjoyed this a lot! Let us not be fooled by the sight through mirrors. I lean towards the "plain glass"!!
Love ya!
Jane
Grasping (Poetry) - 11/13/2019 8:46:43 PM
Your words carry the blessing that age bestows upon us! Especially the "worrying less"! I can relate!
Love ya!
Jane
Grasping (Poetry) - 11/13/2019 2:40:20 PM
Yup. Our lives go in circles as you very well said within. Especially love the "worrying less."
The Rebel (Poetry) - 10/6/2019 4:58:15 PM
We should revere the dandelion instead of mocking it. It persists against all odds. I second the phrase, I am a Dandelion!
The Rebel (Poetry) - 7/8/2019 6:30:06 AM
Dandelion greens are as good as spinach. And, have you ever tried dandelion wine? I'm with Michael when it comes to weeds. Most of them have flowers and then quickly die out in the spring. Beneficial for the bees coming out of winter hibernation where they had been eating their own honey. Most weed killers are dangerous to the environment. Those lawn perfectionists are really stupid people.
Thank you so much for highlighting the wonderful, ubiquitous dandelion with this delightful poem.
Ron
The Rebel (Poetry) - 7/8/2019 3:40:19 AM
The dandelion is the one flower that is mostly taken for granted. Ad it grows wild and with hardly any care. Still, we ought to realize the way a dandelion fills our world with sunshine yellow and grace. I loved your poem here, its a great personification. Have a great day Patricia. xo
The Rebel (Poetry) - 7/7/2019 10:07:59 AM
My neighbor's yard is picture perfect. Chemically treated to be lush and green, there's not a weed to be seen. My yard's a mixture of weeds and grass (dandelions included), and when my neighbor's yard turns brown in the summer, my yard is still green. Long live the weeds. Besides, I think dandelions are pretty, and when they nturn to seed, you get to make a wish and blow.
The Rebel (Poetry) - 7/7/2019 3:31:36 AM
Cheers to the resilient dandelion, a mighty weed!
The Rebel (Poetry) - 7/6/2019 1:02:42 PM
Your words show us how persistent Mother Nature is. She will feed her honey bees with her first feast of the year! Kudos, Mother Nature! Save the bees!!
Love ya!
Jane
A Field (Poetry) - 7/23/2016 12:50:35 AM
YOU WILL CERTAINLY NOT GROW BORED AT ALL, AS YOU GET TO KNOW THAT 'FIELD' BETTER...PASSING THROUGH IT OFTEN. I LOVED THE IMAGERY! THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
A Field (Poetry) - 11/23/2015 12:23:59 PM
Great imagery and I love the metaphorical tone of this poem, Patricia. Love and best wishes to you,
Regis
A Field (Poetry) - 8/12/2006 6:22:43 AM
~~Patricia~~this is a fantastic poem..quite visual~~
~~martin~~
A Field (Poetry) - 8/11/2006 8:05:08 PM
nature's personality is magical, stimulating and simply beautiful ...
some solid imagery ...
Home? (Poetry) - 8/11/2006 9:38:53 AM
Good one. That last verse is a twist. Love it!
Home? (Poetry) - 8/11/2006 9:35:15 AM
We could learn a lot from our bird friends, who truly value their homes - no matter where they are. I recently had a mother starling make her home in our oven vent - and we didn't use our stove until Momma and all her babies finally left for greener pastures.
Home? (Poetry) - 8/11/2006 8:56:39 AM
Your last paragraph said what I was about to say as I read the rest of it, so you beat me to it, funny where woodland creatures can adapt too...I liked this one, thanks, ED & Rufuz
