A first book at age eighty-four, TABOOS: POEMS is interesting and daring. Versatile artist, poet and essayist Virginia Lee Hines tackles difficult topics, paints timeless pictures with skillful... More > words, transports readers to far-off places in other times—Iowa, the Adirondacks, Missouri, Chicago, Mexico...
This spirited and progressive poet has long been retired to a quiet life in the Rochester, NY area, where she mentors woman poets in a private writers group, enjoys reading and the company of her children and grandchildren. The topics of Hines’ poems will surprise you, maybe even inspire.< Less
Hi. My name is Gef. I love to draw monsters. When I draw them they come out of my head.
If you draw your fears, then when the book is closed they are stuck there. Also, if you draw them, they don't... More > look as scary as in your mind.
My monsters are really scary. In this book, you can color my monsters and even draw your own. You can make my monsters pink, or give them moustaches and alien antennas. Imagine!
When the monsters come out of my head, I think they are homesick and they go to live in the basement, or the attic, to be near. I guess I don't care if they stay there.
-Gef Rice, 9 years old,
There are Monsters Coming Out of My Head
(A coloring book for any age)< Less
Hi. My name is Gef. I love to draw monsters. When I draw them they come out of my head.
If you draw your fears, then when the book is closed they are stuck there. Also, if you draw them, they don't... More > look as scary as in your mind.
My monsters are really scary. In this book, you can color my monsters and even draw your own. You can make my monsters pink, or give them moustaches and alien antennas. Imagine!
When the monsters come out of my head, I think they are homesick and they go to live in the basement, or the attic, to be near. I guess I don't care if they stay there.
-Gef Rice, 9 years old,
There are Monsters Coming Out of My Head
(A coloring book for any age)< Less
My wish as a writer is for you to have many happy times in the Adirondack wilds and preserve those memories well before they slip away, as I have done in the publishing of this book.
Primarily... More > a book of good poetry, scattered here and there are also "breadcrumbs" to help any reader find their way back to preserving their own memories, as well as funny musings and drawings by the writer and others, and more. Ten blank/lined journal pages complete the book well.
My readers say the poetry is easy-to- read but uniquely powerful in meaning... a great read for anyone who enjoys the outdoors, especially the Adirondacks!
Dear Reader: Peace is there if you only look for it, in this and so many other special places... enjoy your time in Old Forge, New York!< Less