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Hidden – Bronte’s Ring Transports Her To New Places

Bronte’s ring transports her to new places.

Find out in Hidden – Book 1 of The Hidden Saga, available from Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=serina+hartwell&sprefix=SERIN%2Cstripbooks%2C395 among many other retailers – out now.

Learn what Bronte’s story is all about in The Hidden Saga when you come and visit my page dedicated to Hidden @ http://serinahartwell.info/the-hidden-saga-photography-inspiration/.

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Thank you for your support. I’ll see you there.

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Published on July 08, 2014 04:10

Hidden – Let The Rain That Falls Feed Bronte’s Needs

Let the rain that falls feed Bronte’s needs.

Find out why it does that in Hidden – Book 1 of The Hidden Saga, available from Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=serina+hartwell&sprefix=SERIN%2Cstripbooks%2C395 among many other retailers – out now.

Learn what Bronte’s story is all about in The Hidden Saga when you come and visit my page dedicated to Hidden @ http://serinahartwell.info/the-hidden-saga-photography-inspiration/.

If you like what you see here, why not check out the rest of this website? To keep up-to-date with my latest posts, follow me and of course, don’t forget to shout about it and share my posts to your heart’s content.

I have an author page at Goodreads.com - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8146251.Serina_Hartwell. Come take a look and tell your friends about it. You can follow me by becoming a fan.

Thank you for your support. I’ll see you there.

Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga

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Ps. did you know that Trapped – Book 2, is coming soon?

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Published on July 07, 2014 04:10

Hidden – Where Will An Autumn Path Lead Bronte?

Where will an autumn path lead Bronte?

Find out in Hidden – Book 1 of The Hidden Saga, available from Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=serina+hartwell&sprefix=SERIN%2Cstripbooks%2C395 among many other retailers – out now.

Learn what Bronte’s story is all about in The Hidden Saga when you come and visit my page dedicated to Hidden @ http://serinahartwell.info/the-hidden-saga-photography-inspiration/.

If you like what you see here, why not check out the rest of this website? To keep up-to-date with my latest posts, follow me and of course, don’t forget to shout about it and share my posts to your heart’s content.

I have an author page at Goodreads.com - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8146251.Serina_Hartwell. Come take a look and tell your friends about it. You can follow me by becoming a fan.

Thank you for your support. I’ll see you there.

Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga

http://serinahartwell.com/

Ps. did you know that Trapped – Book 2, is coming soon?

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Published on July 06, 2014 04:10

Hidden – Deeper And Deeper Into The Woods Bronte Goes

Deeper and deeper into the woods Bronte goes.

Find out why in Hidden – Book 1 of The Hidden Saga, available from Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=serina+hartwell&sprefix=SERIN%2Cstripbooks%2C395 among many other retailers – out now.

Learn what Bronte’s story is all about in The Hidden Saga when you come and visit my page dedicated to Hidden @ http://serinahartwell.info/the-hidden-saga-photography-inspiration/.

If you like what you see here, why not check out the rest of this website? To keep up-to-date with my latest posts, follow me and of course, don’t forget to shout about it and share my posts to your heart’s content.

I have an author page at Goodreads.com - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8146251.Serina_Hartwell. Come take a look and tell your friends about it. You can follow me by becoming a fan.

Thank you for your support. I’ll see you there.

Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga

http://serinahartwell.com/

Ps. did you know that Trapped – Book 2, is coming soon?

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Published on July 05, 2014 04:10

Hidden – Purity Of The Elements Is What Bronte Draws Upon

The purity of the elements is what Bronte draws upon.

Find out more in Hidden – Book 1 of The Hidden Saga, available from Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=serina+hartwell&sprefix=SERIN%2Cstripbooks%2C395 among many other retailers – out now.

Learn what Bronte’s story is all about in The Hidden Saga when you come and visit my page dedicated to Hidden @ http://serinahartwell.info/the-hidden-saga-photography-inspiration/.

If you like what you see here, why not check out the rest of this website? To keep up-to-date with my latest posts, follow me and of course, don’t forget to shout about it and share my posts to your heart’s content.

I have an author page at Goodreads.com - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8146251.Serina_Hartwell. Come take a look and tell your friends about it. You can follow me by becoming a fan.

Thank you for your support. I’ll see you there.

Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga

http://serinahartwell.com/

Ps. did you know that Trapped – Book 2, is coming soon?

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Published on July 04, 2014 04:10

Hidden – Bronte sees new eyes when she looks into her grandmother’s

As Bronte looks into her grandmother’s eyes, it is new eyes she looks upon.

Find out in Hidden – Book 1 of The Hidden Saga, available from Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=serina+hartwell&sprefix=SERIN%2Cstripbooks%2C395 among many other retailers – out now.

Learn what Bronte’s story is all about in The Hidden Saga when you come and visit my page dedicated to Hidden @ http://serinahartwell.info/the-hidden-saga-photography-inspiration/.

If you like what you see here, why not check out the rest of this website? To keep up-to-date with my latest posts, follow me and of course, don’t forget to shout about it and share my posts to your heart’s content.

I have an author page at Goodreads.com - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8146251.Serina_Hartwell. Come take a look and tell your friends about it. You can follow me by becoming a fan.

Thank you for your support. I’ll see you there.

Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga

http://serinahartwell.com/

Ps. did you know that Trapped – Book 2, is coming soon?

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Published on July 03, 2014 04:10

The Young Ones

Many years ago, I used to work in a special school with severely disabled children and young people, so when I came across this, it was something really special to me and close to my heart. It was easy to see the disability and miss the person.The students I worked with had conditions that ranged across the board, but lay at the severe end. Some students could only communicate through their eyes, because they didn’t have the ability to speak, but their eyes told a thousand stories and I knew that many were simply trapped inside their own bodies, unable to let me know how they felt.

Take a look at this. It’s powerful and moving and took me back to some of my hardest, but most powerful memories and I wanted to share this with you.

Many of my former students have since passed. Their conditions dictating their untimely end, but I hope in some way that I helped, along with my colleagues, to make their short time a little brighter. This is for them. To remember them.

Serina Hartwell - Author Hidden – Book 1 of The Hidden Saga

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When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.

Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man’s sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.

And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this ‘anonymous’ poem winging across the Internet.

Cranky Old Man

What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?

What are you thinking .. . when you’re looking at me?

A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,

Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?

Who dribbles his food .. . … . . and makes no reply.

When you say in a loud voice . .’I do wish you’d try!’

Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.

And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?

Who, resisting or not . . . … lets you do as you will,

With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?

Is that what you’re thinking?. .Is that what you see?

Then open your eyes, nurse .you’re not looking at me.

I’ll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,

As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.

I’m a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,

Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another

A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet

Dreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he’ll meet.

A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.

Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.

At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.

Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.

A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,

Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.

At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,

But my woman is beside me . . to see I don’t mourn.

At Fifty, once more, .. …Babies play ’round my knee,

Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.

Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.

I look at the future … . . . . I shudder with dread.

For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.

And I think of the years . . . And the love that I’ve known.

I’m now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.

It’s jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.

The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigor, depart.

There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.

But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,

And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells

I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.

And I’m loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.

I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.

And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.

So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.

Not a cranky old man .

Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. …. . ME!!

Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too!

PLEASE SHARE THIS POEM (originally by Phyllis McCormack; adapted by Dave Griffith)

The best and most beautiful things of this world can’t be seen or touched. They must be felt by the heart!

Photo: When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.<br /><br /><br />Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.</p><br /><br /><p>One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man’s sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.</p><br /><br /><p>And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this ‘anonymous’ poem winging across the Internet.</p><br /><br /><p>Cranky Old Man</p><br /><br /><p>What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?<br /><br /><br />What are you thinking .. . when you’re looking at me?<br /><br /><br />A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,<br /><br /><br />Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?<br /><br /><br />Who dribbles his food .. . … . . and makes no reply.<br /><br /><br />When you say in a loud voice . .’I do wish you’d try!’<br /><br /><br />Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.<br /><br /><br />And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?<br /><br /><br />Who, resisting or not . . . … lets you do as you will,<br /><br /><br />With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?<br /><br /><br />Is that what you’re thinking?. .Is that what you see?<br /><br /><br />Then open your eyes, nurse .you’re not looking at me.<br /><br /><br />I’ll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,<br /><br /><br />As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.<br /><br /><br />I’m a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,<br /><br /><br />Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another<br /><br /><br />A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet<br /><br /><br />Dreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he’ll meet.<br /><br /><br />A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.<br /><br /><br />Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.<br /><br /><br />At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.<br /><br /><br />Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.<br /><br /><br />A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,<br /><br /><br />Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.<br /><br /><br />At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,<br /><br /><br />But my woman is beside me . . to see I don’t mourn.<br /><br /><br />At Fifty, once more, .. …Babies play ’round my knee,<br /><br /><br />Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.<br /><br /><br />Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.<br /><br /><br />I look at the future … . . . . I shudder with dread.<br /><br /><br />For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.<br /><br /><br />And I think of the years . . . And the love that I’ve known.<br /><br /><br />I’m now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.<br /><br /><br />It’s jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.<br /><br /><br />The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigor, depart.<br /><br /><br />There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.<br /><br /><br />But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,<br /><br /><br />And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells<br /><br /><br />I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.<br /><br /><br />And I’m loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.<br /><br /><br />I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.<br /><br /><br />And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.<br /><br /><br />So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.<br /><br /><br />Not a cranky old man .<br /><br /><br />Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. …. . ME!!</p><br /><br /><p>Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too!</p><br /><br /><p>PLEASE SHARE THIS POEM (originally by Phyllis McCormack; adapted by Dave Griffith)</p><br /><br /><p>The best and most beautiful things of this world can’t be seen or touched. They must be felt by the heart!” width=”469″ height=”359″ /></div><br /></div><br /><p> </p><br /> <a rel=

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Published on July 02, 2014 11:19

Hidden Board Inspiration – Hidden

With the release of my first book, Hidden – Book 1 of The Hidden Saga, I have decided to share a board that I put together on Pinterest.

I gathered a selection of other artist’s photography that helped to inspire me to write The Hidden Saga. Follow this link to view my board:-

Take a look and lose yourself inside my world. Step into my world and let me take you on a journey…

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Published on July 02, 2014 04:10

Hidden – Bronte Is Born Into A Tender, Loving Family

Bronte is born into a tender, loving family.

Find out why they want to protect her in Hidden – Book 1 of The Hidden Saga, available from Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=serina+hartwell&sprefix=SERIN%2Cstripbooks%2C395 among many other retailers – out now.

Learn what Bronte’s story is all about in The Hidden Saga when you come and visit my page dedicated to Hidden @ http://serinahartwell.info/the-hidden-saga-photography-inspiration/.

If you like what you see here, why not check out the rest of this website? To keep up-to-date with my latest posts, follow me and of course, don’t forget to shout about it and share my posts to your heart’s content.

I have an author page at Goodreads.com - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8146251.Serina_Hartwell. Come take a look and tell your friends about it. You can follow me by becoming a fan.

Thank you for your support. I’ll see you there.

Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga

http://serinahartwell.com/

Ps. did you know that Trapped – Book 2, is coming soon?

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Published on July 01, 2014 04:10

Hidden – Can Bronte Hide Her Powers Forever?

Can Bronte hide her powers forever?

Find out in Hidden – Book 1 of The Hidden Saga, available from Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=serina+hartwell&sprefix=SERIN%2Cstripbooks%2C395 among many other retailers – out now.

Learn what Bronte’s story is all about in The Hidden Saga when you come and visit my page dedicated to Hidden @ http://serinahartwell.info/the-hidden-saga-photography-inspiration/.

If you like what you see here, why not check out the rest of this website? To keep up-to-date with my latest posts, follow me and of course, don’t forget to shout about it and share my posts to your heart’s content.

I have an author page at Goodreads.com - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8146251.Serina_Hartwell. Come take a look and tell your friends about it. You can follow me by becoming a fan.

Thank you for your support. I’ll see you there.

Serina Hartwell – Author of The Hidden Saga

http://serinahartwell.com/

Ps. did you know that Trapped – Book 2, is coming soon?