In the writing room right now ...

In the writing room right now ... I have the walls covered with brown "butcher" paper so I can pin up ideas, photos, drawings, and my constant supply of hand-drawn maps and plot outlines. I've finished revisions on a YA murder investigation set in 1921 in Vermont -- Cold Midnight. Next up, revisions on an 1850 winter adventure of three girls, The Long Shadow. Very much in a gentle research stage is an 1883 novel called Copper Mountain and a haunted story of "today" called The Fire Curse. Some poems, too. Count on the blog getting bits from all of these. Yes, I guess I do like multi-tasking! How about you?

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Friendship Bracelet: A Poem

Photo by eef-ink (thank you!)
This is the season of the
friendship bracelet.
You've seen them: twisted threads
knotted by a girl at summer camp.
Or the plain red ones that mean
something meditative. Mine is
crafted from four strands: black, white,
purple, gold. And made by Caroline.
I like to watch her working, her dark eyes sparkling,
her fingers deft -- who taught her this?
A friend in the back seat on the long road
to skating camp? A girl sharing her snack
behind the horse barn? She measured
my wrist, insisted that I choose my own colors.
An hour later, she asked for my arm.
She tied a careful double knot. "If it wears out,"
she told me, "I can make you another."

(Beth Kanell, 2011)

[How to make a friendship bracelet: one link here.]

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