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Joyce Ray

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New Hampshire children’s author Joyce Ray’s debut YA historical novel is Feathers & Trumpets, A Story of Hildegard of Bingen, Apprentice Shop Books, 2014. The story chronicles the life of the12th century mystic, abbess, musician and herbalist who recently achieved sainthood in the 21st century. Ray also co-authored the middle-grade title Women of the Pine Tree State: 25 Maine Women You Should Know, as well as other titles in the America’s Notable Women series.
Ray received an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. In 2008, the Vermont Studio Center awarded her an artist's grant.
Ray also writes poetry for adults as well as children, and her poems have been published in several regional journals. On ...more

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	Feathers & Trumpets, A Story of Hildegard of Bingen 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of the Golden State: 25 California Women You Should Know (America's Notable Women) by Linda Crotta Brennan (Goodreads Author), Andrea Murphy (Goodreads Author), Deborah Bruss (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of the Pine Tree State: 25 Maine Women You Should Know by Andrea Murphy (Goodreads Author), Lisa Greenleaf (Illustrator), Joyce Ray (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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International Haiku Day

INTERNATIONAL HAIKU DAY and POETRY FRIDAY

International Haiku Day on April 17 is a great opportunity to dust off haiku skills. Our backyard forsythia inspired me. We have never had the good fortune to witness this New England harbinger of spring in our yard until this year in a new home.

A bit of process here - notebook, pencil, phone camera were my tools. Next, close observation, appreciation,

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Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage

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