In Flanders Fields…and Book Release Day
Sometimes you have to walk away from your life to find yourself…
Today is a very exciting day! My second novel Breathing Space is now available as an e-book. You can get it for your KINDLE, your NOOK BOOK, your KOBO, your iPad iBOOKS, direct from the PUBLISHER, and HERE for any other e-book reader you have. Stay tuned for a date for the print book release.
And lest we forget, it is also Remembrance Day. It seems a small thing to do, to take a moment of silence on this day to reflect on the sacrifices people have made so that we can live the life of freedom that we do. Sacrifices that some are still making in parts of the world. We show our respect by pinning a poppy to our shirts. Why? The poppy became a symbol because of a poem written by Canadian Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, which I’ll quote here. It seems an appropriate way to end this post.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
