A Poem by Joseph Rodman Drake "Hope"

Hope 

>> Joseph Rodman Drake << 

See through yon cloud that rolls in wrath, 
One little star benignant peep, 
To light along their trackless path 
The wanderers of the stormy deep. 

And thus, oh Hope! thy lovely form 
In sorrow's gloomy night shall be 
The sun that looks through cloud and storm 
Upon a dark and moonless sea. 

When heaven is all serene and fair, 
Full many a brighter gem we meet; 
'Tis when the tempest hovers there, 
Thy beam is most divinely sweet. 

The rainbow, when the sun declines, 
Like faithless friend will disappear; 
Thy light, dear star! more brightly shines 
When all is wail and weeping here. 

And though Aurora's stealing beam 
May wake a morning of delight, 
'Tis only thy consoling beam 
Will smile amid affliction's night.

Spotted Sparrow's Notepad Give Away

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The lovely lady over at The Spotted Sparrow is finally doing what we've all been waiting for, a give away of one of her wonderful pieces of crafty Genious! How cool would it be to have a hand made little notepad? Cute little things they are! So if you want to enter to win then just follow the instructions in the blog linked above! 

~A. 

So, I've been writing again. I've also been writing poetry lately which is good too. I haven't writen poetry in a long time. Lately I've just been feeling anxious, like that feeling you get when you know something is about to happen but your not sure what. Hmm... Just making me thoughtful.

A.

Now for some Baby Fun. (from his birthday party)

oh poo

why is my blog being stupid? I had a whole list of peoples blogs I was following and now they are all missing and it says I'm not following anyone.....poo..

Trees and space ships.

That is my new tattoo.. Happy Saint Patty's Day. So I've been thinking lately, and I have beein itching for new ink, this wasnt exactly what I was thinking about but I really like the spontanious tree. :) So I want to get my back done. I have 2 crop circles there now but I am going to get them covered up. I am going to do a solar system/ space scene there so the Crop Circles will be covered by planets. I know you all will think I am a nerd but I've decided that I am going to show my true colors....... I'm getting the USS Enterprise right along with it. I'm a Star Trek geek. At least I'll admit it. Anyways, the tree isn't finished yet and next time Montana has time, it will be shaded and lookin fab. So, yea, have a wonderful night everyone. 

Autumn

Life.

The Zeke monster will be one on Sunday. He started walking this past Sunday. :) he is so silly . He is getting so big and its hard to believe its been a year already. Where has the time gone? 

My book is kind of on pause right now. Maybe I will write tomorrow. Just havent felt up to it.

Everything else is about the same.

Autumn

Baby fun

WIP Wednesday (Work in Progress)

So I notice that a lot of people are doing WIP Wednesdays to share their progress with everyone on their current manuscripts. So, I decided to join in on the fun. So far I've got this. That's all. I haven't been working as much as I wanted to or should have this week but sometimes it's hard with the little one running around. But if my plans for today don't work out, then I most likely will spend the day working on my WIP.

13756 / 90000 words. 15% done!

Hopefully by the end of the day I can be up to at least 30%. and Hopefully by Friday I can be up to at least 50%. *Crosses Finger*

If your wondering what my actual WIP IS, then I shall enlighten you.

Its a vampire novel, it's also about love, mystery, and adventure. I hope that one day I will be able to publish my work and have people all over the world read and fall in love with my characters like I have. I hope that one day, I can inspire someone to start or finish a prject like I was inspired not so long ago by a very special Lady. She is a wonderful Author and a great friend to know, Jessica Verday. You can check out her blog here http://jessicaverday.blogspot.com/
Thanks again Jess for all the inspiration, even though all you did was send me a package. What was inside it made me realize, that to get there, I had to do the work first.

I take my hat off to you.

Autumn