Merry Christmas Girl Scout Troops 206 and 209!

Merry Christmas to the Girl Scouts of Troops 206 and 209 in Woodbridge, Virginia! I had the pleasure of meeting several of them yesterday in Books A Million where they were gift wrapping in the Potomac Mills Mall.

You young ladies did a beautiful job. I wish all of you every possible Blessing this Holy Season.

The Original Paperback "You Beckon" by Peggy Eldridge-Love

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By Peggy Eldridge-Love

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Look what's new with Deatri King-Bey!

 

 

Have you heard? I have a new romantic suspense out! Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Keeps-Deatri-King-Bey-ebook/dp/B00MRLMMEW Nook & ePub: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/for-keeps-deatri-king-bey/1120209431?ean=2940150453593 Print: http://www.amazon.com/For-Keeps-Deatri-King-Bey/dp/0692276602 Please Share

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Have you lost your moral compass or have you found it?

Have you lost your moral compass or have you found it?

Do you now do and justify or accept behavior from yourself that for the majority of your life you elected not to because somewhere within yourself your self-respect didn't feel it supported its desired goals? Do you give yourself permissions you laughingly know your parents and family would have been appalled to think you would ever engage in?  Is it like there is a brand new person living in your old skin?

If you've taken up residence in this new skin for a while now have you also taken time to ask it some critical questions? Questions like how does it fit?  Who slept better at night? Who was/is healthier?  Who had or has more stress? Who managed or is managing living...day to day better? Who did/do you like more?

And, where to from here? If this feels like the right path do you think there are other areas within that you need to alter? Do you want to release even more of  the boundaries you've set up for yourself? Are you wanting less responsibility, less accountability, less control, fewer commitments?

If it appears perhaps it isn't the good life you were seeking, if you realize in truth you are that original person who still thinks and feels like you thought you did now that you've had an opportunity to explore those other feelings, thoughts, things - tasted what might have seemed less inhibiting, freedoms, but left you feeling less fulfilled, flailing, disconnected - are you willing to try to return to and resume that life you traded? Can you?

Is the world really changing or is it only the perception being promoted of the world that has changed? Does it still only offer 24 hours in any given day to try to choose how you experience the living of it? Where you travel in it?

What direction is your moral compass pointing you?

Do you know how to read a compass?

Secrets

SECRETS

We’ll pull a star down when it shows up

first tonight,

stealing it for a moment, clutching it close,

whispering to it

our secret, then sending it back

to light up

the heavens as its moon glow fellows gather

curious to know

the private content of its charge.

©Peggy Eldridge-Love 2014

Photo Credit: © Michael Guirguis | Dreamstime Stock Photos

MiPOesia's Portrait Project

A portrait of me by Australian artist Debra Livingston has been added to MiPOesia's 'The Portrait Project', which linked poets with visual artists and that artist's visual interpretation of that poet. The first link below is to the Portrait Project directly and the second link gives more direct information about Debra Livingston, the artist who painted me.

Hope you'll take a few minutes to check it out. There are some wonderful poets portraits I'm almost certain you'll enjoy!



Thanks!
Peggy

http://mipoesias.com/portraits-of-poets/

http://mipoesias.com/portraits-of-poets/debra-livingston/

The Chosen

THE CHOSEN

Do they see through
the invisible to the possible
as if swimming through perfect
clear Caribbean waters
teeming with bounty
circling in dancing twists
and twirls determined
to be seen?

©Peggy Eldridge-Love 2014

Photo Credit:  OJO_Images

Dr. Maya Angelou - An Exclamation Point on the World!

Fly high Grand Bird and thank you so very much! R.I.P. Dr. Angelou. You blessed us greatly with your song!

“Caged Bird

A free bird leaps on the back of the wind
and floats downstream till the current ends
and dips his wing in the orange suns rays and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage
can seldom see through his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
of things unknown but longed for still
and his tune is heard on the distant hill
for the caged bird sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn and he names the sky his own.

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
of things unknown but longed for still
and his tune is heard on the distant hill
for the caged bird sings of freedom.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

First Recital - A Poem for My Mother

First Recital

She pulled the sash tight, the organza bow
perfect, my petticoats stiff, ego
inflated enough to face the music.

Fingers, not yet long enough to add elegance
to sound, hunt with precision,
echoing the road map in my mind's ear
as I play a remarkable Flight of the Bumble-bee.

Second row, third seat left
she sits next to Dad,
hands clutched against her breast
praying me through.

I bow instead of curtsey
though we've drilled for days.
She cries instead of cheers
reminded of the countdown
between us that has already
begun.



Peggy Eldridge-Love
You Beckon

The Leroy Allen Fine Art Website Launches

Finally The Leroy Allen Fine Art website detailing his Kansas background, life, art journey, and depression related death is online. Includes videos of him sharing his own dreams for African American art's future. http://leroyallenfineart.com/

As much as a presentation of his extraordinary talents, it is a tribute and a hoped awakening by his daughters to the realities of the deadly consequences of depression, particularly in African-American men, when it goes unrecognized, untreated, and misunderstood.

A visit to the website is a journey worth taking in my humble opinion.

Loving Lia Sophia

Miss my launch party last night? No you didn't! You can still check it all out here.
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 www.liasophia.com/lakeishadulin
Click Browse Jewelry and enter hostess: Peggy Love

 Accessories of the stars...and you!

It's launched! Buzz on the Grapevine!

Please visit "Buzz on the Grapevine"! Just launched new blog that gives air to visionaries! Read and enjoy the first interview with awesome indie filmmaker Sue Vicory. Be prepared to be profoundly moved! Thanks!

Washcloths and Coffee Cup Cozies

I have always resorted to making things when I'm grappling with various aspects of my life that are challenging. I think it is the need for something tangible, some evidence of my efforts manifest that is the driving force behind that, but, along the way, it has also become very satisfying.

I'm in a creating mode at present; the making things kind of creative mode. I have been all winter and as I approach spring it seems to have gone into a higher gear. I've moved from the heavy yarns needed for infinity scarves, fingerless gloves, muffs and caps to lighter weight fabrics and a somewhat lighter heart as well.

Crochet rather than paint or clay or beads and stone is my medium of the moment. Not particularly artistic crochet as my avant garde spirit might normally reach for, but rather quite practical crochet. Everyday items are what have caught my fancy and keeps me busy when my mind refuses to rest. From washcloths to kitchen trivets, granny square baby blankets to coffee cup cozies and sleeves, it's the crochet needle that has been flying.

It is a somewhat welcome diversion from plots and character development, first, second, third and fourth draft, and all else literary. I'm enjoying it and who knows what my muse has up his or her sleeve. Almost certainly there is a story somewhere hidden in one of these skeins of yarn - one not already told by Ms. Christie's Miss Marple, of course.  Hmm.               Photo Credits: Peggy Love

A Blog Tour Writing Process

Welcome to a blog tour where writers and authors answer questions about their writing process. My friend and talented author, Shelia Goss, posted hers last week, where she gives you the insider information on her process and new book-The Joneses — and she tagged me to join the tour. Thanks, Shelia!

 

My latest book, The Trilogy: A Diary, A Thief  & A Secret, written under my pen name Tess Allen, is available in paperback and digital online everywhere, including, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. It contains three of my most requested novellas: His Wife's Diary (Love Bites), The Jewel Thief (Love Bites), and The View From Suite 2100. Additionally, I’ve recently released a new volume of poetry, Usher in the Sun, Poetry after Suicide. It, too, is available in both digital and paperback at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other booksellers. Please also visit my official website at www.peggyeldridgelove.com.

What am I working on? 

I have several things in motion currently. A romantic suspense novel, My Very Last Nerve, and the first book in a brand new series which will feature a wonderful new character I've created that I am affectionately calling Sister Busy Body. These books will be published under my pen name, Tess Allen. I have another volume of poetry also in the works entitled Born Black and it, like all my poetry, screen or stage plays, will be published as Peggy Eldridge-Love.

How does my work differ from others of its genre?

I love suspense, mystery and romance and those three elements are present in all of my works of fiction. My main characters are traditionally women whom could easily ‘be you’. Ambitious with visions for themselves, women who have loved and been loved, some have been disappointed, some have been the disappointer, but all are determined to find that place within and without where the life and the love they most want can flourish. Sometimes that involves traveling down paths not only uncertain, but paths that are often nerve wracking and frightening as well.

Why do I write what I do?

Early on the books I most enjoyed were mysteries, historical romance novels and psychological thrillers. When I began to write I wrote in each genre individually but found later that I seemed to hit a special stride when I ventured into the world of romantic suspense. Although I will continue to write in them all, at the moment romantic suspense seems most natural to me.
 

How does your writing process work?

The characters tend to introduce themselves to me first. It is like a quiet little whisper initially, then a nudge, and if I’m not immediately receptive the nudge will become a push. Once I know the characters and respond to their push I start by doing a synopsis, followed usually by a chapter-by-chapter outline, and then the actual writing begins. 

Since I am a poet, a playwright, screenwriter, and novelist I do from time to time have more than one project in motion at the same time. 

And now it’s my turn to tag some people! I’ve chosen two of my colleagues. Check them out next week to find out their secrets to success…. 

Ey Wade

IN THE CHAIR is the name of Ey Wade’s wonderful blog and you can visit it at http://theinterviewedcharacter.blogspot.com. She is the author of several books including Tripping Prince Charming and Beads on a String-America's Racially Intertwined Biographical History.

Tzynya Pinchback

CAT IN THE BELLY is Tzynya Pinchback’s intriguing blog. You can find it at www.tzynyapinchback.com. She is an extraordinary author/poet and you’ll love her latest book How to Make Pink Confetti!