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As a native of Colorado and a first-generation American, I instinctively look west. All my life, layers of blue mountains have shaped my horizon, and the endless prairie ends at my home in the foothills of the Rockies. Sometimes my mountains are swathed in snow, sometimes they're dry and desolate. But they're always enchanting. They dictate our wind and our weather. They magnetize and electrify our lives. They hold a promise of riches and are a great equalizer. They are unforgiving. They are fragile.

My stories are shaped by my landscape. Whether I write of Regency England or Boulder, Colorado or places and spaces in between, I retell the myths born out of living in a land of little water and great beauty. I do believe the landscape of the...more






Photos courtesy of my husband, Jeff, whose photos can be found here. He took them during a recent hike at Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat.



Singest of summer in full-throated ease... John Keats





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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. ee cummings





A thing of beauty is a joy forever... John Keats





The poetry of the earth is never dead. John Keats





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Published on May 30, 2012 10:45
Average rating: 4.03 · 34 ratings · 15 reviews · 1 distinct work
Intimations of Austen
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The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman
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Don't let the 3 stars dissuade you, I did like this book, my first Quindlen. It was funny, poignant, interesting--she's a good writer and the threads and themes held together well. It wasn't great in the sense of life-changing, but it was enjoyable t...more
And Furthermore by Judi Dench
" If you've ever wondered what the life of a thespian was like, then this book is for you! The entire book is filled with every moment of her acting life. "
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“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
Charles Dickens

“It is a long way to Ireland, Janet, and I am sorry to send my little friend on such weary travels: but if I can't do better, how is it to be helped? Are you anything akin to me, do you think, Jane?"

I could risk no sort of answer by this time: my heart was still.

"Because, he said, "I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you - especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous channel, and two hundred miles or so of land some broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt; and then I've a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, - you'd forget me.”
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
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“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”
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Pancakemib Thanks for the friending, please feel free to check out my bookshelves, quotes, friends and groups for things that might interest you or you read and forgot about.


message 4: by Laura

Laura Thanks for the friend request!


message 3: by Beth

Beth Hi Jane,
Thanks for befriending this fellow Goodreads author!
- Beth


message 2: by Jane

Jane Greensmith Thanks for the comment about Intimations of Austen--so glad you enjoyed my stories! They were truly a labor of love.



Meredith (Austenesque Reviews) Thanks for accepting my friend request. I enjoyed your book very much! I loved the compilation of different Austen characters and books, as well as, the original ideas and stories you created.


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