Saturday Good Reads

A letter to a father, slipped under a pillow, becomes another letter altogether. Wanting to meet the uncles you can’t know – in this life. The place where tears go to die. A visit to Avalon, and a visit to Emily Dickinson’s home. A startling look at an old iron works. And a guy wanders into a London park, and sings along with the piano player. Great stuff.

Prose

“A Letter to My Dad” by Duane Scott at Scribing the Journey.

“The Final Goodbye” by Jeff Jordan at To My Children, If They Are Listening.

“Big apple of ambition” by Amanda Hill at Hill + Pen.

“On the Road: The Maiden Voyage” by Ann Kroeker.

“I Heard God’s Whisper in the Flare” by Scott Couchenour at Serving Strong.

“I Plan to Know Them” by Harriett Gilham at The Other Side of the Mountain.

“The Five Stages of Dealing with Rejection” by Shawn Smucker.

“The 10 Commandments of Grocery Shopping” by Kathy Richards at Katdish.

“Where tears go to die” by Billy Coffey at What I Learned Today.

Poetry

“The lover” by B.K. Mckenzie at Signed…BKM.

“Cedar” by Megan Willome.

“Water, Earth, Sky” and “Southern Dream Catcher” by Maureen Doallas at Writing Without Paper.

“Go with the flow” by Nancy Rosback at A Little Somethin’.

“Paul Mariani” by D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.

“Avalon” by Chris Yokel.

“Emily’s Gate” by Kathleen Overby at Almost Paradisical.

“Dusted Nights” by Chris Galford at The Waking Den.

“Traveling Companions” by Tony Maude at Rumours of Rhyme.

Paintings and Photographs

“Barn Boards” and “Joliet Iron Works Site” by Tim Good at Good Photography.

“Redeeming Time” by Susan Etole at Just…A Moment.

Videos

“Whispering Grass,” piano by Gilly Spencer; vocals by unknown.

Photograph: Westminster Abbey by Vera Kratochvil via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.