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ust in case you want to read a little more about the seventh tapestry and me here s that author highlight first in a series for 2021 tyrean martinson just hosted thank you tyrean what a great way to start the day with that ultra cold weather outside and mutated corona virus strains looming like nightmares i m staying home searching through my fabric looking for a little more green for that latest project dinner plans maybe this peruvian rice dish called chaufa simple brown rice stir fried with scrambled eggs and a few veggies a fond memory of time spent in merida mexico here s where we discovered a small peruvian restaurant and chaufa the cook kindly wrote the recipe down for me in spanish here s an online version of arroz chaufa for you ok to substitute freely for example shrimp for chicken we did spend a month in merida just four years ago what a beautiful small city friendly people artwork and culture everywhere and few crowds because merida is a little off track the bay too shallow for those cruise ships now beached close enough to travel to nearby mayan ruins ah happy memories now that s decided chaufa for dinner time to write may you take a moment to look back at your own collection of pictures that make you smile posted in uncategorized 5 comments sunday afternoon poem posted on february 8 2021 by beth camp today i m sewing blocks of green and yellow pulling sunlight out of shadow building a quilt square on square roundabout sew another seam measure cut and sew again sometimes i think of who this quilt might warm perhaps a dear friend perhaps a stranger as i stitch i hope this quilt brings comfort on winter s coldest nights to keep the dark away sometimes i like to quilt between writing stories because just the act of playing with fabric lets my mind wander a respite from writing at times perhaps back to my story as i wonder about the next predicament the next plot twist today i m thinking of a poem a friend wrote annis cassells about that soul deep movement between light and dark that in between space of shadow that marks transitions of seasons of ages or that spells out how we might move from darkness to light sheer stubbornness vision and again perhaps as we nurture ourselves and others with our words even with quilt blocks we learn grow and survive somehow the darkest of days posted in uncategorized 3 comments february 1 another new beginning posted on february 1 2021 by beth camp i did think that january would mark a new beginning for us all on so many levels instead the first weeks of 2021 brought chaos and a sense of despair about any peaceful transfer from one administration to the next i can t talk to my sister about politics for she wears the maga hat now at the beginning of february do we have hope certainly the biden administration has rolled out transparency revealed in hours of briefings behind the scenes committee work and an emphasis on the pandemic yes i was in tears last week for i got my appointment for the covid vaccine but was unable to do so for my husband he sadly is much more physically compromised than me discouraged i stopped writing nearly entirely until monday january 25th since then i ve written on both writing projects every single day except for friday got that shot this week begins with stubborn determination to create order where there is none and to persevere island wife moira struggles to make a new life for herself on foulksay island after she was unable to find her husband dylan in inverness finally she receives letters three from dylan letting her know he has moved on to edinburgh to find his brother and work there and one from her brother dougal confirming that cat s disguise is working and they leave shortly for york factory in canada via a three month voyage goal for this week finish writing moira s search for work on foulksay and reveal her internal struggle her feelings for dylan her desire to protect her one month old daughter memoir my story line is broken into three parts growing up leaving home and building a career really i hop like a rabbit between these parts based on notes i may jot here and there and what i wake up dreaming about i haven t found an online group yet about memoir writing that would help me answer some questions about process and intent goal keep drafting and yet my story itself is at times very difficult to write for now i m trying to just lay out the truth of what happened yet i wonder what will others take away from my story other than to satisfy their curiosity will my story help others in any way i m slowly reading kirk polking s writing family histories and memoirs one idea gleaned from an online search was look for transformative events what opened new opportunities what event changed your sense of self i could also ask what makes me so stubborn after all i m well past retirement but i m still writing poetry nada just now i know april with that write a poem each day challenge is just two months away somehow just the act of writing poetry surprises me with new connections i m not sure how ideas come about intuitively if you write poetry what do you discover about your writing process your deepest thoughts check out napowrimo to find resources for now i wish you the strength to create to nurture happiness and the stubbornness to pursue your dreams lizard by ss lw on pixabay posted in uncategorized 2 comments 2021 new beginnings posted on january 22 2021 by beth camp i must confess that much of 2021 so far has passed in a blur even before the invasion of congress on january 6th i felt filled with dread wondering what would happen in those last days of the trump administration those images of invasion and wanton destruction remain with me yet the house and senate reconvened and affirmed the work of the electoral college reassuring me that all would be well perhaps for there still remained nearly two weeks before the inauguration of biden harris the white house by david mark on pixabay those two weeks passed slowly finally countdown after countdown january 20th arrived i began watching cnn at 5am west coast time as the white house turned pink and yellow with the morning sun and president trump finally left some fifteen minutes late allen and i pretty much spent the rest of the day watching the inauguration celebrating a little but mostly watching hoping for no violence and gradually relaxing filled with a sense of hope and optimism about the future brought about by so many people who spoke from the heart the amazing virtual inauguration concert ended the day at about 1 30 am with more speeches and music just after president biden and vice president harris were sworn in amanda gorman recited a poem the hill we climb that caught people unaware perhaps because of her passionate voice her words cut through our fear and confusion her simple unflinching words gave us stillness a moment of reflection of all that has happened to bring us to this point her poem offers hope and healing with the clarity of her vision i can still hear her voice saying those last lines for there is always light if only we re brave enough to see it if only we re brave enough to be it what is poetry but that inner voice coming out in its own rhythm sometimes what we write is meant only for ourselves and sometimes we write to sing our deepest held beliefs to others thank you amanda gorman for writing and reading your poem for us read more about amanda on her blog here and online at wikipedia here posted in uncategorized 1 comment setting writing goals for 2021 aargh posted on january 9 2021 by beth camp as each day passes i find myself not quite ready to write even for this blog ouch this stutter stop in my writing rarely happens usually some tidbit from research will provoke me into writing a scene but the unfolding news the pandemic that sense of isolation i can t even go to the library all this makes each morning a series of challenges that not even a cup of coffee seems able to surmount i did reorganize my overall writing goals to discover that i have five writing projects balanced on the stove some definitely on the back burner what s the problem i can t decide which one to truly work on and which to let molder away at least for now so could you help me which of the following projects would you most like to read let me know in comments or an e mail thank you and i wish you the very best of new year s may the coming months be much better for us all island wife moira returns to foulksay island with infant daughter rose to wait for her husband dylan set in northern scotland in the 1840 s at a time when landowners were clearing people from the land to replace them with sheep moira and dylan s story is one of hardship and hope book 4 follows standing stones genre historical fiction currently 25 000 words goal 40 60k estimated completion december 2021 things i never told you this memoir tells what it was like to grow up in the 1950s with a glamorous mother who lived outside the norm and a grandmother and aunt who made the norm accessible genre memoir currently 42 000 words goal 50k estimated completion december 2021 egyptian honeymoon after the case was solved in the seventh tapestry sandra accepts neil s proposal and they re caught up in the next case missing artifacts at the new egyptian museum in cairo genre art crimes mystery currently 16 000 words goal 60k estimated completion late 2022 mothers don t die after ron discovers a dead body near their campsite he leaves his wife and five year old behind to go for the police when he returns the campsite is deserted and the tent door hangs open with no wife no child and no dead body set in rural eastern washington and seattle the story follows rachel and her daughter who have been kidnapped by a serial killer and the efforts of police to find them currently 63 000 words goal 70k estimated completion 2021 thank you for your feedback stay on top of what s next by signing up for my newsletter happy reading i really do believe 2021 will be a better year for all of us image by pasja1000 from pixabay posted in uncategorized 9 comments today free kindle read for you posted on december 21 2020 by beth camp this year 2020 has been a dark year in many ways so to brighten these last days of december here s a gift a free kindle copy of years of stone yes i d like you to subscribe to my newsletter but i d rather you fall in love with the adventurous story of mac and deidre their story will take you to australia as mac faces seven years of prison after being transported to van diemen s land in 1842 deidre follows him even if he doesn t want her to even if his sentence is for seven years can they be reunited despite the challenges they face in this rough and tumble prison colony an amazon reviewer wrote beth camp brings the early years of the 19th century alive with her authentic settings and characterizations the heartache and joy of mac and diedre s relationship keeps you glued to the page happy reading and may 2021 be a very good year for us all posted in uncategorized 2 comments november 8 first snow posted on november 9 2020 by beth camp whew what an intense month this has been with election drama building up and then taking seemingly endless days to resolve what a sense of relief that while the pandemic stress remains the election is largely over here in washington state everyone votes by mail so we were spared some of the angst though i confess to a few nights of not sleeping well yesterday we walked up to the pond for a moment of quiet to find nearly 100 canada geese ready to fly south a few flew overhead i m always a little skittish about looking straight up since i seem to attract droppings even when i wear a hat today the pond was empty except for a few ducks hiding in the reeds those geese flew south to avoid the light snow that surprised us and i m on the brink of a surprise just waiting for final approval from acx for years of stone s audiobook to be approved new cover yes more than a little excited yes look for a december giveaway check in with beth s blog for more poetry writing and updates at beth and writing posted in uncategorized leave a comment oct 4 sunday night musing posted on october 5 2020 by beth camp why is it that even during these chaotic pandemic times every day is full of commitment sometimes that to do list is longer than i like beneath the phone calls my writing the routines of daily life remains the hope that one day life will return to normal occasionally i ll see far removed from the daily headlines an opinion piece that suggests the normal we knew will not return i miss those old days of running to the store for groceries whenever i wish my new normal has me ordering groceries online one week ahead then madly revising the list to include fresh fruit and other essentials up to midnight the day before i pick up my order meal planning has become more essential some nights i still don t really want to cook but stopping at our favorite restaurant is not an option yet i miss going to the library to return books and wandering the aisles in search of any number of new books our libraries remain closed we can order interlibrary loan my last e mail from the library asked did i want to order 5 books in my favorite genre out of curiosity i clicked mystery thriller and yes was thrilled to pick up six books from the library oops picked the wrong genre for i really don t read about child abductions so 5 books went right back but there for a moment i talk on the telephone more than ever 30 minutes at a time grateful for connections but it s not the same as seeing my friends at writer s group or sewing circle and yet we have so much to be thankful for even in quarantine i worry about those who don t have enough to eat a place to sleep those who ve been displaced by fire or flood those who have lost their jobs and those who have suffered a loss of someone dear to corona virus every time i think 2020 cannot hold any more surprises i am surprised and wary how many deaths will occur between now and our future we can be strong courageous supportive and we can adapt we are all survivors yet i do wonder what our new normal will be what will january 2021 bring us the final countdown europe vintage cabaret cover featuring gunhild carling on youtube posted in uncategorized 2 comments rbg and me posted on september 20 2020 by beth camp setting pandemic air quality and politics aside i ve been thinking these last several days of ruth bader ginsburg and wondering how what she accomplished legally may have affected my life born in 1933 rbg was a full decade older than me though i was surprised to learn that although like many women i have benefited from her work a few personal incidents she experienced actually mirrored my own in 1956 rbg was accepted into harvard law school one of nine women they were greeted by the dean saying why are you here taking the place of a man that matched my experience almost exactly when i attended gr...