http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/evelyn/blog Evelyn Klebert's Web Blog Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:54:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I looked within a mirror to remember who I am. The image, unfamiliar, a stranger staring back. "Who was I once?" I whispered, in that distant moment, so far away. another person so different from the one I see today. I reminded her about her dreams and the fears that caused them all to fall. I asked what ever happened to ... http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/evelyn/blog/archives/135 Walking along, in a busy life, with every moment crammed full of obligations, busyness and plans. Then the life you are in hits a bump. A strange feeling, an odd sensation, as though everything around was still going at full tilt. Maybe it takes seconds, maybe hours, maybe more before the full impact of the crash finally penetrates. It's ... http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/evelyn/blog/archives/133 I decided to post an excerpt from a new novel that I'm working on. Hope you enjoy. :-) She watched from a distant vantage point as he approached one of the stone benches in the park. He sat there waiting and it chilled her. She must have contemplated approaching him for ... http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/evelyn/blog/archives/131 For those who wait quietly and patiently so others may grow who push when its needed and step back just enough to give room for wings to spread. For the watchers and cheerers who are always in your corner even when you're too busy to notice. For the ones that say their silent prayers and understand even when the ... http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/evelyn/blog/archives/129 The ghosts, they wrap around our minds,and entwine themselves in our thoughts.Distant phantoms, dancing through our lives,shadows skirting round our hearts.The ghosts whisperand touch our dreams,diaphanous fingertips weaving long-forgotten hopes,reminding us of who we wereand should forever be. http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/evelyn/blog/archives/127 I have a picture of the way things should be. It's fixed in my mind unmovable, or so I think. But life curls around it, and beneath it, and beyond it, never quite greeting me as I expect. I have an idea of what happiness looks like, what it will be when it finally arrives. But joy cascades in in ... http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/evelyn/blog/archives/123 Somewhere along the way,when drive and calmness collide, I wonder what truth sparks every life. And if where we're headed stops for a moment, and we notice the landscape and the distinctiveness of the breath we're drawing in just this instance. We stop for a bit securing that future that never really looks as we've ... http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/evelyn/blog/archives/120 It's hard to perceive from our isolated shells what can be happening in another's life. We use our experience and transfer our beliefs onto situations that don't quite fit. We think we understand, judging from our realm of experience, not taking into account another's path, not taking into account their completely different realm of experience. We assume that we can interpret ... http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/evelyn/blog/archives/119 I wanted to let everyone know that my new book, Explanations, will shortly be available through both Amazon and Cornerstone Book Publishers. Explanations is a collection of poetry, some of which you've seen here but much of which you have not, tracking my personal   personal quest of making peace with ... http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/evelyn/blog/archives/115 I just wanted to dedicate this poem to a very special person that has just crossed over. I know that heaven has just become a little bit livelier. He'll be missed.  The door swings wide, while we are busy in our lives, while we are taking care of what's important. The door swings ... http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/evelyn/blog/archives/110