"Tomorrow A Day"

Lyrics Jane Marla VerDow (USA) Music Composed by Hiroshi Takatani (Hyogo,Japan)

"Tomorrow A Day"
(Song Lyrics)

Living life this day, then next not easy
How many years can pass us on by
Tears flood the ground erode the pathway
So many prayers felt wasted on the sky

(Verse 2)
Mountain peaks always seem one step beyond
And dreams too many days fail to come true
Tomorrow a day not sure I want
If not to hear the words, "I do love you"

(Chorus)
So where went the hope of sunrise
So where went the peace of sunset
Memories my heart can't seem to forget
Lost now wondering why we ever met

(Verse 3)
Our love lost to broken promises
Our hearts torn in half let go too soon
Tomorrow a day not sure I want
If I should hear the words, "I once loved you"

(Chorus)
So where went the hope of sunrise
So where went the peace of sunset
Memories my heart can't seem to forget
Lost now wondering why we ever met

(Bridge)
My heart now knows full story true
Half lived dreams that were meant for two
Tomorrow a day not sure I want
Should I hear the words, "I always loved you"

(Chorus)
So where went the hope of sunrise
So where went the peace of sunset
Memories my heart can't seem to forget
Lost now wondering why we ever met


Tomorrow a day not sure I want
Should I hear the words, "I always loved you"


© Jane Marla VerDow, Oct. 20, 2010

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"Tomorrow A Day"

Lyrics Jane Marla VerDow
Music Hiroshi Takatani

Lyrics and Music copyright protected


Lyrics “Tomorrow a Day”

Living life this day, then next not easy
How many years can pass us on by
Tears flood the ground erode the pathway
So many prayers felt wasted on the sky


Mountain peaks always seem one step beyond
And dreams too many days fail to come true
Tomorrow a day not sure I want
If not to hear the words, “I do love you”

(Chorus)
So where went the hope of sunrise
So where went the peace of sunset
Memories my heart can’t seem to forget
Lost now wondering why we ever met


Our love lost to broken promises
Our hearts torn in half let go too soon
Tomorrow a day not sure I want
If I should hear the words, “I once loved you”

(Chorus)
So where went the hope of sunrise
So where went the peace of sunset
Memories my heart can’t seem to forget
Lost now wondering why we ever met

(Bridge)
My heart now knows full story true
Half lived dreams that were meant for two
Tomorrow a day not sure I want
Should I hear the words, "I always loved you"

(Chorus)
So where went the hope of sunrise
So where went the peace of sunset
Memories my heart can’t seem to forget
Lost now wondering why we ever met


Tomorrow a day not sure I want
Should I hear the words, “I always loved you”


© Jane Marla VerDow, Oct. 20, 2010

"Tomorrow A Day" is the first solo song lyrics by Jane Marla VerDow


Thank-you Hiroshi for your beautiful music

Music by Hiroshi Takatani / "Dear Daisy" Composer

Music from the Ethnosphere

(c)2004 Hiroshi Takatani,All rights reserved

**Instruments**
HurdyGurdy,Cimbalom,Flute,Clarinet,Horn,Strings,Harp,
SynthLead,SynthPad,Choir,FemaleVoice,Bell,Drums,SE(noise,wind,stomps)

Silhouette (That Early Summer Day)

The Sun Will Shine

Buddy Sutton / Hiroshi Takatani
(c) 2010 Sutton&Takatani,All Rights Reserved

Instrumental Version

SoundClick Widgets / Buddy Sutton

Enjoy more music from Lyricist, Buddy Sutton.

Dear Daisy, Theme Song and Author Path

Theme Song, "Dear Daisy" composed by Hiroshi Takatani
(video features final instrumental version)
June 2010, the song, "Dear Daisy" was born.


Based on the book Dear Daisy by Jane Marla Ver Dow

Though the years they may change us
Some things in life forever remain
Like those years we spent together
Living life its joys and pain

You taught me all 'bout honesty
How the truth would set me free
Like a teacher you inspired me
Each day beneath that Cherry tree

(Chorus)
Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter
Though eyes can't see I know you're there
I feel your presence surround me
Your angel wings as they brush my hair


Your smile my summer mornin' Sun
Your wisdom my guide no end
Your actions more than words spoken
Showed me I had a special friend

(Chorus)
Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter
Though eyes can't see I know you're there
I feel your presence surround me
Your angel wings as they brush my hair

(Bridge)
Say everything now there's a reason
Not in ours but in God's time
A path our lasting friendship
Enough love to last a lifetime

(Chorus)
Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter
Though eyes can't see I know you're there
I feel your presence surround me
Your angel wings as they brush my hair
"Dear Daisy"

© Buddy Sutton June 09 2010
Additional Lyrics Jane Marla Ver Dow


To all I met on my summer festival Dear Daisy book signing path...thank-you for your purchases, but mostly I thank you for the joy and support you brought to my life. Sharing stories, laughs, and connecting with you has made all the difference.

Sincerely, Author, Jane Marla VerDow

9th Anniversary of 911 and 912 and 1028

Every year, now 9, I have remembered the dates 911 and 1028 by doing something to send a message to the World.

Every year since I started blogging, there is always this post on 911:

"Today, this 911 we come together to remember our World's Family members...may we always reflect on our challenge as the survivors..."

Every year since I started blogging, this message is repeated on 911 and 1028:

"As individuals and as churches, we have need to determine if our mission is to light candles and to keep candles lit, or to blow candles out. I still believe that one candle and that candles united in purpose create the World’s path of creation and life, or can be used to ignite the fire of destruction. If we seek Peace, whether the War is between Nations or the War is between peoples, our own stone and our own flame is really all that any of us have control over."

~ Jane Marla VerDow, Author of Dear Daisy




Content Synopsis Dear Daisy, nonfiction, reads as life is presented day-to-day and by seasons. The author, a gifted storyteller invites the reader into the world and relationship between a Colored illiterate Migrant Woman sharing her wisdom with a boss man’s child under cherry and apple trees during the early 1960's. Daisy, an Angel on Earth years later mystically reappears an Angel from Heaven to guide the grown child on her pathway back Home.

Dear Daisy tells a story 2000 years old yet reminds us how challenges continue to play out and that we each contribute to writing the story.

As the story begins, the author caught in a personal struggle of survival under conditions felt oppressive, writes to Daisy. As the reflective search for self and path unfolds, the 9-11-01 story strikes as a Holy War between extremists of Nations. Before the dust settles, 10-28-01 brings world chaos personal. Living the aftermath, the author struggles to forgive and declares through writing an Epistle as part of her emancipation pathway that violence as a rightful expression and worship of God is not the God of her faith.


Dedication (Dear Daisy) This work is dedicated with all my love to Daisy. Her warmth taught me love, her gift of patience taught me to search my heart for patience with others, her Soul taught me strength equal to compassion, and through her love and guidance I learned to reach for my World.

Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over and whispers, "Grow, grow."

~ The Talmud



Martin Luther King Jr. (Jan) and Black History Month (February), an anniversary I also remember each year with some act of saying thank-you and honoring. A cause certainly, but mostly reflects my choice to honor, Daisy who from my eyes was the humble, unyielding heart and soul of Dr. King's message.


Daisy, my Spiritual Mentor





My faith was born under the cherry or apple tree. As a child, Daisy was my teacher. She could teach about God by a smile, the way she held out her hand, how she listened to my stories, by her patience, and by the strength of her character and Spirit.

As a child, I understood nature, sensed how life should be, accepted what it wasn't on most days, placed hope in tomorrow by living today, and trusted my instinct to know right from wrong and direction. She taught by her compassion and gentleness to judge fairly or not at all, by her tolerance I learned to look for the good in people, and that the best way to teach was by being or reaching for the best within myself. Daisy as my friend, I sensed early on that we are all God's children; that more makes us the same than different and the contents of a person's heart measures Soul and worth.



Author Jane Marla VerDow honors Candaisy "Daisy" Mitchell in the National Women's Hall of Fame, Book of Lives and Legacies.

On this day, January 21, 2008, the day we set aside to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. and to remember his "I Have A Dream" speech, the Civil Rights Acts, the marches and protests for civil liberties and freedoms, I would like to honor the woman who first taught me about "Dr King".

Our shared story is told in Dear Daisy, my first novel inspired by and dedicated to my "adopted Grandmother". The Lake Ontario Shoreline of Upstate New York is the place I call home and where my heart will always center to the farm, this place God gave me to connect each harvest season with Daisy. I will forever be grateful for this relationship and for the wisdom Daisy shared with a "boss man's" child under cherry and apple trees. It will always be etched upon my heart that Daisy, my Angel friend on Earth 1959 through the 60's, years later mystically reappeared my Angel from Heaven to guide this grown child on her pathway back Home.

A quote from Dear Daisy expresses best why Daisy is honored in the NWHF Book of Lives and Legacies... "I hoped the World would sense the role Black Grandmothers play today, and especially the role Colored Grandmothers played in the transition from "slave" or "free slave" to soil and fruits; each day establishing roots and opportunity branches children and children's children know today. This would be my dream. My heart pictured Daisy's rightful time to speak, an "illiterate" adopted Colored Grandmother, a poor migrant traveler rich in Soul and Spirit bridging generations and color divide, a leader in Dr. King's positive peace army."

She will forever be known to myself, friends and family by her less formal name, "Daisy". She didn't need a civil rights movement. Her presence, love and compassion told all there was to learn. Daisy used the canvas life gave her and planted seeds in fertile ground; hearts.

Daisy, my friend, Love Always,

"Miz Jane"



On September 8, 2010 hearing songs playing the airwaves for hatred and intolerance and voices of compassion, religious freedom, and tolerance competing...I wrote.

"I heard the songs, "Amazing Grace" and "We Shall Overcome" that year on that day, 9/12. The song waves hung with the dust for awhile...at least until other voices started to sing another song, the cry of war and retaliation.

I wrote then and now of the teachable moment and the healing potential then available in Dear Daisy, (written between 1999 and copyright release, 2004). I questioned there, too the wisdom or lack of, watching my country choose to follow false leadership and distortion of truths, and sit through the "shock and awe" of war, rather than listen to the song of the sparrow.

There is something powerful in education and learning called the Teachable Moment. In healing arts there is a Healing Moment where there is pure alignment of the physical-emotional-spiritual. On 9/12 we had both a Teachable Moment and a Healing Moment very visible and palpable centering and radiating from the heart and soul of NYC and the field of Pennsylvania...to the World. We lost that moment 2001. We've lived and continue to live and pay for those choices. What will we do on this the 9 year anniversary? Another moment of choosing..." (Rising Sparrow)


2010, the song, "Dear Daisy" was born.

Based on the book "Dear Daisy" by Jane Marla Ver Dow

Though the years they may change us
Some things in life forever remain
Like those years we spent together
Living life its joys and pain

You taught me all 'bout honesty
How the truth would set me free
Like a teacher you inspired me
Each day beneath that Cherry tree

Chorus)
Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter
Though eyes can't see I know you're there
I feel your presence surround me
Your angel wings as they brush my hair


Your smile my summer mornin' Sun
Your wisdom my guide no end
Your actions more than words spoken
Showed me I had a special friend


(Chorus)
Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter
Though eyes can't see I know you're there
I feel your presence surround me
Your angel wings as they brush my hair


(Bridge)
Say everything now there's a reason
Not in ours but in God's time
A path our lasting friendship
Enough love to last a lifetime


(Chorus)
Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter
Though eyes can't see I know you're there
I feel your presence surround me
Your angel wings as they brush my hair

"Dear Daisy"


© Buddy Sutton June 09 2010

Additional Lyrics Jane Marla Ver Dow


Vocal Version, "Dear Daisy" was recorded, August, 2010.



"Dear Daisy" song based on book, Dear Daisy by Jane Marla VerDow

"Dear Daisy" Lyrics: Buddy Sutton (Waterford, Ireland)

Additional Lyrics Jane Marla VerDow

Music Composition and Final Music Mix : Hiroshi Takatani (Hyogo, Japan)

Vocalist: Barbara Hunn (Williamson, New York)

Vocal Recording : Andy Calabrese, Calabrese Recording Studio, (Pittsford, New York)

Photos and Video : Jane VerDow



The Full Orchestra Version (Demo-approaching final mix) was shared as August turned to September. Theme Song "Dear Daisy" by Hiroshi Takatani




"Theme from Dear Daisy" Video Dedicated to 911 survivors.


We create the world each day with our choices.
One choice- one candle and candles united in purpose...ignite the fire of destruction.

My view this choice would follow
"In protest of what it calls a religion "of the devil," a nondenominational church in Gainesville, Florida, plans to host an "International Burn a Quran Day" on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks...The Dove World Outreach Center says it is hosting the event to remember 9/11 victims and take a stand against Islam...it invites Christians to burn the Muslim holy book at the church..."
One candle, Pastor Terry Jones.

I see some caught between choices with the Islamic Center at Ground Zero debate. Pain is hard to tell another to let go of, the message has to come from within.
Respect, tolerance, understanding on all sides, and with more time passing...maybe a solution of hearts and minds will know the path to choose.

One choice - one candle and candles united in purpose create the World's path of creation and life




One candle, NYC Singing Policeman, Daniel Rodriguez

Or maybe hearing the message from September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows


So I repeat here once again my message...

"As individuals and as churches, we have need to determine if our mission is to light candles and to keep candles lit, or to blow candles out. I still believe that one candle and that candles united in purpose create the World’s path of creation and life, or can be used to ignite the fire of destruction. If we seek Peace, whether the War is between Nations or the War is between peoples, our own stone and our own flame is really all that any of us have control over."

~ Jane Marla VerDow, Author of Dear Daisy


And I leave you with my words, my personal story, a question and a statement from Dear Daisy


"Violence delivered by others of this World in the name of Allah, is a "sin", yet violence in the name of God is a "virtue" ? I ask, what is the value of one sparrow or one person to thousands in the eyes of Allah or God? He created each one on their day. God is God regardless of His Name."

~ Epistle written by Jane Marla VerDow, February 14th, 2002 (message addressed to Christian Faith and Church)


Autographed Copies of Book Dear Daisy available through Author : Rising Sparrow Press

or unsigned copies through PayPal on this blog.

September 2010

September, two Festival Weekends with Rising Sparrow Press hosting an Author's Tent for local authors.

Books Etc of Macedon and Village Bookmarket of Palmyra will be sponsoring a second tent for local authors. (For Lumberjack Festival both "tents" will be vending space indoors).

Authors from Wayne, Monroe, and Ontario Counties will be there discussing and autographing their books, sharing writing and book promotion projects, and to answer any questions you may have about writing-creating books and publishing pathways.

Lumberjack Festival Macedon

28th annual Macedon Center Community Lumberjack Festival September 11 & 12, 2010

Canaltown Days Palmyra

September 18 & 19, 2010


Rising Sparrow Press, est.2003 by Author Jane Marla VerDow is an Independent Publishing Company.

Current Title: Dear Daisy

Hardcover, case bound, 384 pages, nonfiction-spiritual Publisher Rising Sparrow Press $27.95

A nonfiction, spiritual memoir, Dear Daisy is the storyteller’s journal recording footsteps on her life path from days long ago shared with her friend, Daisy (1960′s) to the 911 aftermath. Sharing humor, visions, dreams, heartbreaks and challenges, Jane Marla VerDow has written a compelling account that both entertains and challenges one’s soulful reflection. Written in a unique style the author refers to as “language layers”, Dear Daisy has been described by readers as “enchanting”, “ profoundly written”, and “courageous.”



"Childhood is nothing more than, absolutely nothing less than, the courage to discover for the first time with innocence and openness, the faith and passion to explore the next, and the inner wisdom to sense the value of each moment along the path."

~ Jane Marla VerDow, Dear Daisy

"A dream of a child from under a cherry tree...
that came to be under an apple tree...
For everything there is a season"

~ Jane Marla VerDow, Rising Sparrow




As the story begins, the author caught in a personal struggle of survival under conditions felt oppressive, writes to Daisy. As the reflective search for self and path unfolds, the 9-11-01 story strikes as a Holy War between extremists of Nations. Before the dust settles, 10-28-01 brings world chaos personal. Living the aftermath, the author struggles to forgive and declares through writing an Epistle as part of her emancipation pathway that violence as a rightful expression and worship of God is not the God of her faith.


Dear Daisy is dedicated by the author to her friend, Daisy whose warmth taught her love, whose gift of patience taught her to search for patience with others, and whose soul taught her strength equal to compassion.

In honor of Daisy, Author, Jane Marla VerDow will be donating 10% of all Dear Daisy book sales to Love Is The Answer to assist HIV/AIDS orphaned children of Uganda.


Author, Jane Marla VerDow will be available for Dear Daisy book signings, to answer self and independent publishing pathway questions, and to share print, photo, and video projects Rising Sparrow Press is currently working on these final months of 2010.

Interested in memoir writing or family and event scrapbooking? Jane shares your interest and hobby. Samples of what can be done to enhance with writing and storytelling will be available.

"Dear Daisy" Theme Song

"Dear Daisy" by Jane Marla VerDow

Theme Song "Dear Daisy" by Hiroshi Takatani



Featuring "Dear Daisy" song lyrics by Buddy Sutton

Additional song lyrics and video storyline by Author Jane Marla VerDow



The question most often posed by readers after reading "Dear Daisy":

"How did you find the patience with people, the arrogance from those claiming to be Christians?"

My answer:
I held courage that moment...through the grace of God.
I searched my heart for patience that moment and the minutes after...through the grace of God I found it on some level.

The overcoming minutes I mostly searched to find something else...first strength and courage to hold my ground...boundaries, so many levels violated then and after in that room...arrogant.

Next observing people, drifting in and out from wishing for or expecting an awakening from those there who shared the moment, watched, observed and did nothing.
I expected people to wake up, to own truthfulness of what they had witnessed. Rather, moving on to the next scripture or next hymn or song, or to hear the sound of their own voices...as if nothing had happened,expecting more from me...some declaration of my faith that day...arrogant.

After, next days and weeks...the cover-up and justifications...some God package or God way (theirs) I was to accept and "grow to become a mature Christian".
Hearing that, nothing could grow there except anger. That confirmed my feeling that in faith there was no room in my heart that I would allow for that level of arrogance from another.

I looked to the skies at night. I revisited next weeks my Lake and believed in what my Lakewaters had revealed to me that June day of 2001. I trusted my God and my Faith. To move beyond this 1028 day 2001 I trusted the words and guidance Jesus had given..."dust your feet" and move on...

I've spent the years following finding my way, trusting my faith, searching my mind for understanding. On a personal side, I search to understand why 1028, the reason.
The day 911, too comes as an anniversary when righteousness of another faith declared same message. Still now, each day I search to comprehend how righteous actions of people of all faiths, of all politics, the seekers and takers of power, the extremists continue to play on and on...

Each day I search my heart each step I travel to forgive. That's my part to play. I owe that to me, not for them.

I've come to a place of hindsight, now knowing more than I did back then when Dear Daisy was being lived and written. I have come to accept "it" and the meaning of my life. That has nothing to do with others, never did, especially none of them.

Recording Dear Daisy the Song

"Dear Daisy" song based on book, Dear Daisy by Jane Marla VerDow

"Dear Daisy" Lyrics: Buddy Sutton (Waterford, Ireland)

Additional Lyrics Jane Marla VerDow

Music Composition and Final Music Mix : Hiroshi Takatani (Hyogo, Japan)

Vocalist: Barbara Hunn (Williamson, New York)

Vocal Recording : Andy Calabrese, Calabrese Recording Studio, (Pittsford, New York)

Photos and Video : Jane VerDow


Autographed Copies of Book Dear Daisy available through Author : www.risingsparrowpress.com
or by emailing author.

or unsigned copies through PayPal on this blog.



"Dear Daisy"

Based on the book "Dear Daisy" by Jane Marla Ver Dow


Though the years they may change us

Some things in life forever remain

Like those years we spent together

Living life its joys and pain



You taught me all 'bout honesty

How the truth would set me free

Like a teacher you inspired me

Each day beneath that Cherry tree


(Chorus)

Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter

Though eyes can't see I know you're there

I feel your presence surround me

Your angel wings as they brush my hair



Your smile my summer mornin' Sun

Your wisdom my guide no end

Your actions more than words spoken

Showed me I had a special friend


(Chorus)

Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter

Though eyes can't see I know you're there

I feel your presence surround me

Your angel wings as they brush my hair


(Bridge)

Say everything now there's a reason

Not in ours but in God's time

A path our lasting friendship

Enough love to last a lifetime


(Chorus)

Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter

Though eyes can't see I know you're there

I feel your presence surround me

Your angel wings as they brush my hair

"Dear Daisy"



© Buddy Sutton June 09 2010
Additional Lyrics Jane Marla Ver Dow

"Dear Daisy" Book Trailer

"Dear Daisy" Book Trailer

"Dear Daisy"

Based on the book "Dear Daisy" by Jane Marla Ver Dow



Though the years they may change us

Some things in life forever remain

Like those years we spent together

Living life its joys and pain



You taught me all 'bout honesty

How the truth would set me free

Like a teacher you inspired me

Each day beneath that Cherry tree



(Chorus)

Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter

Though eyes can't see I know you're there

I feel your presence surround me

Your angel wings as they brush my hair



Your smile my summer mornin' Sun

Your wisdom my guide no end

Your actions more than words spoken

Showed me I had a special friend



(Chorus)

Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter

Though eyes can't see I know you're there

I feel your presence surround me

Your angel wings as they brush my hair



(Bridge)

Say everything now there's a reason

Not in ours but in God's time

A path our lasting friendship

Enough love to last a lifetime



(Chorus)

Now "Dear Daisy" as I write this letter

Though eyes can't see I know you're there

I feel your presence surround me

Your angel wings as they brush my hair

"Dear Daisy"


© Buddy Sutton June 09 2010
Additional Lyrics Jane Marla Ver Dow

Music Hiroshi Takatani


This is instrumental and lyric version of "Dear Daisy" without vocals or melody

I have been blessed to be involved at every level of bringing this forward. A dream come true.

Special thank-you to Buddy Sutton (Ireland) and Hiroshi Takatani (Japan), my friends from my greater universe and world. A dream come true.


Interesting side notes:
June 9, the day the lyrics of "Dear Daisy" were first written would have been a likely day of June to hear from Daisy and Jim when I was a child sharing with my family the probable date they would arrive up North for the year and harvest season.

June 21, 2010 was the date I first heard demo of song "Dear Daisy"...so based upon time zones and posting, was written June 20 or 21st.

June 2o or 21, of any year were the most common dates that they would arrive "home" on the farm with my family.

June 21, 2001 was a significant date in my life with the story told in book, "Dear Daisy".


Life moments, how they happen, and the Timing...Amazing !!

Local Authors and Books at the Seneca Falls Arts Festival July 24, 2010

July 24th, 2010 (one day only), local authors of Upstate New York will once again come together under the Authors Tent. The event: The Seneca Falls Arts Festival. Meet local authors from Williamson, Marion, Canandaigua, Rochester and have a copy of their books autographed.

Seneca Falls, Woman’s Rights, beautiful Seneca Lake one of NYS Finger Lakes all near-by. The Festival and Art Show is happening Saturday, July 24th, 2010 (10 AM-4 PM) at People’s Park, Seneca Falls.

Local Authors attending this year:

Author Michael Pealo, author of August Storms: Journey Of An Abused Woman. Michael became aware of the tragedy women trapped in abusive relationships, especially attempting to free themselves from an abusive relationship face while serving in his nursing career. Heart-mind struggle to understand, Michael researched this serious issue and wrote his book based upon true life experiences.

Michael Pealo is passionate about telling this story, increasing public awareness, educating women and travels nationally to share the truth he discovered.

Donna Bennett, author of Petey and the Mean Pirates is a delightful 27 page paperback children’s book (ages Preschool-4th Grade) that appeals to both kids and parents, alike. Written to speak to the common childhood belief that all pirates have to be rough and tough and aggressive, Petey the pirate is different, using something other than swords, angry words, and bullying. The Ice Cream Pirates, an “illustrate your own” and “create your own depictions of the storyline”, teaches children the basics of entrepreneurship as they help the pirates open their own ice cream shop. A 27 page paperback (First-Fifth Grade), a book you and your child will cherish forever.

Also available from Three Chiquitas Publishing, Sherry Widmer’s Wild Animal Kid Songs, a compact disc (CD) and Seven Days At Camp EAGR!, a children’s book (written for the Epilepsy Association of Rochester-Syracuse-Binghamton) increases awareness about childhood epilepsy. Author website / Three Chiquitas Publishing Website

Jane Marla VerDow, author of Dear Daisy and upcoming title, Rising Sparrow, both editions Independent Published by Rising Sparrow Press. Dear Daisy, Hardcover, case bound, 384 page, nonfiction-spiritual memoir is the storyteller’s journal. Rising Sparrow Press designed both books to reflect a book of the 1960’s era in pre dustcover style, book layout, short storytelling format, time era language and values. Sharing humor, visions, dreams, heartbreaks and challenges, Jane Marla VerDow has written a compelling account that both entertains and challenges one’s soulful reflection and has been described by readers as “enchanting”, “profoundly written”, and “courageous.”

Rising Sparrow Press also produces and publishes book related items, photography, postcards, and prints. An education background, Jane teaches self-independent publishing, author promotion pathways, creative writing-media projects, and speaks on nonviolence topics. Rising Sparrow Press Website

Author Brooks Tenney, in his novel, Killing Mauritius depicts Islamic terrorism with the storyline set in the Indian Ocean. New Silk Road (novel) centered in Central Asia, deals with Afghanistan drug traffic reach to the world. The Ten Thousand Things is set along China’s ancient Silk Road and writes an account of China’s activities in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Always an entertaining author-speaker, Brooks Tenney draws his writing and topics from his engineer training and professional background (Xerox, GE, and Chance Vought Aviation) and the author’s imagination to create his action-adventure fiction. In addition to the author’s crisp and entertaining writing, the reader is taken into the storyline by Tenney’s extensive topic and setting research. “Timely” and “thought-provoking”, all three books are great adult reads so well written as fiction, to cross the reader’s mind of the possibilities of nonfiction in our modern world.

Author Volunteers Time for Summer Read Program

Williamson Free Public Library offers Summer Read Program

Calendar of Events at Williamson Free Public Library for July, 2010.


Press Release

On Monday, July 12 from 2-4 pm, local author and storyteller Jane VerDow will present a writer’s workshop for teens at the Williamson Free Public Library. A Williamson native and author of the nonfiction memoir Dear Daisy, Jane will discuss the opportunities for self-publishing and self promotion today and will provide advice and insight into developing a writer's own voice.

This event will be fully participatory, so if you have a laptop, bring it!

Jane will be on hand again on Monday, July 19 from 2-4 pm for a follow-up round table discussion. Teens are invited to bring their work to the library and get advice and feedback. This is your chance to learn from a professional!

These programs are free, and open to teens ages 13-18.

For more information, please call the library at (315) 589-2048.

"Daisy, some day I'm gunna feed all them children in Africa."...big words spoken from heart when your mode of transport is a tricycle. How can a little one's dream...so off the wall...come true (in a small way, but HUGE way) against such obstacle as hunger and distance, then add the obstacle HIV/AIDS not even heard of ...when I was little? Makes one stop to think, and believe maybe anything really is possible...with belief it could be true or will be true...someday...as a child thinks.

I'll confess reading through this link, reading the kind words from Catherine...seeing Daisy there in the orchard...took a moment to head connect that my eyes were clouding over and full and my mouth was hangin' open. Then I saw me sitting on that tricycle smiling.

Love Is The Answer

Dear Daisy Autographed Copies / Rising Sparrow Press. Also available at Artisans' Loft Pultneyville and Independent Bookstores

Autographed copies of Dear Daisy available through the Author. Email Author for Autographed Copy: jverdow@rochester.rr.com


Dear Daisy is featured and available for purchase at the Gallery of Artisans' Loft, The Landing at Pultneyville, NY

Upcoming Events Historic Pultneyville Homecoming July 17-18, 2010


Independent Bookstores that carry Dear Daisy:

Village Bookmarket, Main Street, Palmyra, New York Blog/Upcoming Events

Books Etc., Main Street, Macedon, NY


What readers are saying about Dear Daisy:

"I am reading "Dear Daisy" right now. From the start, Jane's writing style challenges the reader to really put themselves in the shoes of "little Janie". The words flow as if written by the author's thoughts themselves, not by hand. Very interesting approach, different, and actually quite refreshing.

The book's presentation itself is beautiful-hardcover with gold lettering. I love a print that will look nice in my glass pane built ins!" ~Seth C. Burgess/Wayne County Life

"Something about the way you make words into thought patterns, almost as if I were thinking them instead of reading them. They just seem to float effortlessly off the page. Beautiful." ~Armelle/France

"It took me six days to read it. It will take me a lifetime to understand." ~Frank (Beekeeper)/Rochester

"Dear Daisy is a mesmerizing account of Jane's early years growing up with Daisy, the person who most touched her life while growing up on her family farm" ~Nanette P. Hance/Artisan's Loft, The Landing at Pultneyville


"I couldn't put my book down" "Profoundly written"

"I plan to read Dear Daisy again. Fabulous"

"I could sense Daisy near" "Thought provoking"

"More than a book to read, an experience" "Courageous"

"Engaging and thoughtful; direct, truthful and honest"

"I love the short story format" "A trip down memory lane"

"I Loved it" "A keeper"



A nonfiction, spiritual memoir, Dear Daisy is the storyteller's journal recording footsteps on her life path from days long ago shared with her friend, Daisy (1960's) to the 911 aftermath. Sharing humor, vision, dreams, heartbreaks and challenges, Jane Marla VerDow has written a compelling account that both entertains and challenges one's soulful reflection. Written in a unique style the author refers to as "language layers", Dear Daisy has been described by readers as "enchanting", " profoundly written", and "courageous."

Born and raised on a fruit farm in Williamson, Jane is a storyteller by nature inspired by local stories, history, and nature's mysteries and gifts. The author invites the reader into the world and relationship between an illiterate migrant woman sharing her wisdom with a boss man’s child under cherry and apple trees during the early 1960's. Daisy, an Angel on Earth years later mystically reappears an Angel from Heaven to guide the grown child on her pathway back Home. Dear Daisy is dedicated by the author to her friend,Daisy whose warmth taught her love, whose gift of patience taught her to search for patience with others, and whose soul taught her strength equal to compassion.

Dear Daisy is the author's first novel inspired by and dedicated to her "adopted Grandmother". Recent years she has devoted her time to writing nonfiction and publishing her works through Rising Sparrow Press, established 2003 by the author in the spirit and tradition of Early American Literature. Hardcover bound, 384 pages, Dear Daisy was designed by Rising Sparrow Press to reflect a book of the era in pre dustcover style, book layout, short storytelling format, time era language and values.

For additional information about the author and upcoming writings and books: www.risingsparrowpress.com or enjoy the author's blogs www.storytellersandwriters.blogspot.com and www.lakeontarioshoreline.blogspot.com

Author Bio:
Jane Marla VerDow is a Farmer by roots, Teacher by degree, Physical Therapist by credentials, and Author by passion.
Recent years Jane has devoted her time to writing nonfiction and publishing her works through Rising Sparrow Press (est. 2003 by the author) in the spirit and tradition of Early American Literature.


Upcoming Author Events:

Book Signings and Festivals Author Tour

Dear Daisy is making a 10% contribution for all sales 2010 to HIV/AIDS Orphaned Children of Uganda / Love Is The Answer.

Love Is The Answer Information:


Purchase Autographed Copy : email Author jverdow@rochester.rr.com

Ordering direct through Author saves you shipping costs


Jane Marla VerDow
Rising Sparrow Press

Author Dear Daisy Book Tour Summer 2010

I love to travel. I love to meet people and to share stories. I love Festivals. I love History and places along Lake Ontario and the Erie Canal, Upstate NY, and the Towns/Villages scattered throughout NY State. I love Photography. I am an Author.

So...why not do it all?

Author Schedule for Summer 2010

Village Bookmarket, Palmyra, NY June 5th 10 AM
Dear Daisy, author, Jane Marla VerDow story sharing and book signing and would love to answer questions about her book, upcoming titles, and to hear about your writing adventures.
Located in Historic Palmyra, a stop along the Erie Canal, Village Bookmarket is "A little store that's BIG on service. BOOKS: Used, Rare, Hard-to-Find, Out-of-Print, Old & Almost New, Local History, Local Authors, Wide Range of subjects, Hardcover, Paperback, Book Searches, Book Repair". Visit Village Bookmarket blog.

Seneca Falls Artisan Festival, July 24 (one day only). I (Rising Sparrow Press) have an invite and confirmation from festival and will be bringing several local authors along for this event. Meet local authors from Williamson, Marion, Canandaigua, Rochester and have a copy of their books autographed at the Authors Tent. Authors list is now being compiled and I will update as available prior to the Festival. Seneca Falls, Woman's Rights, beautiful Seneca Lake one of NYS Finger Lakes all near-by. The Festival and Art Show is happening Saturday, July 24th, 2010 (10 AM-4 PM) at People's Park, Seneca Falls.

Sunday, July 25th I will drive in the opposite direction to East Aurora for the 35th Annual East Aurora Carriage Drive & Competition. . The competition is July 25th and 26th, 2010. I have been invited to the event for picture taking and book signing, Dear Daisy. What an honor!!! Sample of what is to come: Photos

Next stop, another Historic place along the Erie Canal is Macedon, NY. July 31st 2 PM I will be at Books Etc. Here, I will sit down a spell in the quiet, peaceful space John Ceislinki creates at Books Etc., a coffee in hand, to share stories about writing Dear Daisy, the process of writing to independent publishing, swap stories with readers, and share a sneak peek of my next novel, Rising Sparrow.

August starts off with an "aarrrgggg" at the Pirates Festival, Palmyra, NY. Rising Sparrow Press will be hosting an Authors Tent with local authors from Wayne, Monroe, and Ontario Counties. Authors list is now being compiled and I will update as available prior to the Festival.

I'll be one of several local authors available to meet and book sign at the Wayne County Fair August 9-14, 2010 If I'm not at the Village Bookmarket and Books_Etc Booth, anyone knowing me would tell you to check the animal stalls, especially the little goats and horses; or I would be getting food, especially if they offer the clam bake; or strolling along the midway. I confess, I'm a big kid :)

September, still Summer left so a weekend at the Lumberjack Festival, Macedon, NY Sept. 11-12 seems like the best place to be. Rising Sparrow Press will be hosting an Authors Tent with local authors from Wayne, Monroe, and Ontario Counties. Authors list is now being compiled and I will update as available prior to the Festival.

My Last Stop of Summer will be Canal Town Days Palmyra, NY Sept. 18-19. Rising Sparrow Press will be hosting an Authors Tent with local authors from Wayne, Monroe, and Ontario Counties. Authors list is now being compiled and I will update as available prior to the Festival.

Love Is The Answer New Page on FaceBook

Follow along with the Progress and Updates on HIV/AIDS Orphaned Uganda Children Projects and Support / Catherine Koch Love Is The Answer Facebook Page

Love Is The Answer New Facebook Page


Quote/Mission of Love Is The Answer Page:
"Building a bridge ... bringing Love and empowerment to orphaned children in Africa
and helping them share their Light with the world" ~

http://www.loveistheanswer.ca/

Rising Sparrow Press/Dear Daisy by Jane Marla VerDow is donating 10% of all 2010 Dear Daisy book sales to Love Is The Answer HIV/AIDS Orphaned Uganda Children.

Email Author for Autographed Copy: jverdow@rochester.rr.com

Ordering Direct thru Author saves you shipping costs.


Or Order Unsigned Dear Daisy NOW thru Pay Pal

Support for Sparrows

Once upon a time...a little one made a promise to her friend, Daisy...and this week a step is taken. 10% of book sales of Dear Daisy, Author Jane Marla VerDow from Williamson Apple Blossom Festival (May 12th, 14th-16th/"Books in Blossom" theme) will be forwarded to the orphaned children of Uganda. May their homes be safe and may their dreams come true.

Announced May 18th, 2010, Rising Sparrow Press supports sparrows and has decided to extend this 10% contribution for all Dear Daisy books sales this year.

"Not one sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it". ~Matthew 10:29


Dear Daisy is making a 10% contribution for all sales 2010 to Love Is The Answer.

Love Is The Answer Information:
http://loveistheanswer.ca/

Most recent news from Uganda/Catherine Koch blog posting at Love Is The Answer:
Uganda Flooding and the Children


Details on Dear Daisy

Autographed Books are Available through the Author:

Email: jverdow@rochester.rr.com

Purchase Direct from Rising Sparrow Press/Author for autographed copies.

Rising Sparrow Press if purchased direct thru Author pays book rate postage for orders in USA

Library of Congress Cataloging Number: 2004091496
Ver Dow, Jane Marla
Dear Daisy : a novel / Jane Marla Ver Dow
First Printing June 2004
Hardcover 384 pages
ISBN 1-932878-03-3
1. Spiritual -- Nonfiction. I. Title.
$ 27.95
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Printed in the United States of America

Conversion Update Number :
ISBN-13 Conversion # : 978-1-932878-03-5




Dear Daisy, nonfiction, reads as life is presented day- to-day and by seasons. The author, a gifted storyteller invites the reader into the world and relationship between a Migrant Woman sharing her wisdom with a boss man’s child under cherry and apple trees during the early 1960's. Daisy, an Angel on Earth years later mystically reappears an Angel from Heaven to guide the grown child on her pathway back Home.

Dear Daisy tells a story 2000 years old yet reminds us how challenges continue to play out and that we each contribute to writing the story.

As the story begins, the author caught in a personal struggle of survival under conditions felt oppressive, writes to Daisy. As the reflective search for self and path unfolds, the 9-11-01 story strikes as a Holy War between extremists of Nations. Before the dust settles, 10-28-01 brings world chaos personal. Living the assault aftermath, the author struggles to forgive and declares through writing an Epistle as part of her emancipation pathway that violence as a rightful expression and worship of God is not the God of her faith.


To read what readers are saying about Dear Daisy
http://www.risingsparrowpress.com/readers.htm


To receive an author signed copy email author: jverdow@rochester.rr.com with mailing details and to specify name if you wish.
Hardcover price: $27.95 (plus tax)

Bullying; Powerful Video and Voices From Youth

This post is another keeping of the promise to the sparrow.

April is the Month for remembering the Value of Children and that high risk children and families need support...in all ways our hearts can find and every day. (April:National Child Abuse Prevention Month)


I was so impressed with this video and message from Youth wisdom, I wish to share.




An Excerpt from Rising Sparrow, Jane Marla VerDow

Content I had done all that could be done in these first hours, proud and at peace,I sat down to breathe, book in hand, and cracked the cover of Dear Daisy with the intent to read the story I had written.
An author, first book…heart open to explore what pages had transformed to become, now bound between hardcover. Discovery, exploration, touching land…all of this I felt…

Still…Life does not stop for this. Life has a way of not allowing itself to be edited out. I can’t tell you what page I was on when the phone rang. I can tell you not more than one-third way through I learned that where the author ends a book is often times not where the story chooses to end. A sparrow, one close to my heart, too overcome and challenged by this world, had fallen to the ground. Disbelief how life had written this epilogue chapter...days later I returned and continued to read the story I had written sensing this sparrow reading by my side. The author’s copy of Dear Daisy will forever hold my tears.

As for the fallen sparrow?
I had made a promise as we read Dear Daisy together, him There, me here…
I would not ignore nor turn my back on sparrows needing voice. Their song, his song would be heard.


Jane Marla Ver Dow
Author, Rising Sparrow Press


Books by Author:
Dear Daisy tells my story...Rising Sparrow is "my new shoes"

Autographed Books by the Author are Available

Content Synopsis/Dear Daisy

Dear Daisy, nonfiction, reads as life is presented day- to-day and by seasons. The author, a gifted storyteller invites the reader into the world and relationship between a Colored illiterate Migrant Woman sharing her wisdom with a boss man’s child under cherry and apple trees during the early 1960's. Daisy, an Angel on Earth years later mystically reappears an Angel from Heaven to guide the grown child on her pathway back Home.

Dear Daisy tells a story 2000 years old yet reminds us how challenges continue to play out and that we each contribute to writing the story.

As the story begins, the author caught in a personal struggle of survival under conditions felt oppressive, writes to Daisy. As the reflective search for self and path unfolds, the 9-11-01 story strikes as a Holy War between extremists of Nations. Before the dust settles, 10-28-01 brings world chaos personal. Living the assault aftermath, the author struggles to forgive and declares through writing an Epistle as part of her emancipation pathway that violence as a rightful expression and worship of God is not the God of her faith.



Previous writing on this blog, Click Labels for this post

(Sample)
http://storytellersandwriters.blogspot.com/2007/03/promise-kept.html

Bullying, Harassment, Assault, Teen Suicide, Bullying the Bully ...When do we reach Enough?

Teen Bullying: Special Series
by Lucinda Franks

Lucinda Franks is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who was on the staff of the New York Times and has written for the New Yorker and the New York Times Book Review and Magazine. Her latest book is My Father's Secret War, about her father, who was a spy for the OSS during World War II.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-31/teen-bullying-special-series/tmz?obref=obinsite

I strongly encourage you to read through comments following each post. Ponder this question: Any wonder our children are lost and bullying is the epidemic and escalated violence that it has become?



As for the fallen sparrow?
I had made a promise as we read Dear Daisy together...now, yet
another There, me here…
I would not ignore nor turn my back on sparrows needing voice. Their song would be heard.


Editorial as written by author, Jane Marla VerDow to newspaper (2004)

Not Just Kids Play
"...Though our emotional shock is focused on the attack(s) may we remember that failure to provide, failure to act is an equal atrocity under terms of child abuse laws. As I read her article I noted: 2nd grade to fifth grade (time), multiple attacks (events to document), progressive violence (pattern), children reporting and demonstrating symptoms (victim voices), adults knowing (witness), policies written (criteria). What proof of circumstance are we looking for or who’s voice are we waiting to hear before action can lead towards a path to peaceful resolution?..."

"...Before we drift back to sleep dreams may we open our eyes and ears to realize that this is not an isolated event reported one day in a newspaper, our newspaper. Bullying is real and children are unprepared to face this alone or to resolve what society creates on pathways where justice is denied. We all are invested in the outcome. By what higher standards will we each hold ourselves accountable? Time will tell the story. While time passes and the Summer Sun provides its light may we reflect upon this question: Are we so concerned with how our Institutions look to a community that we fail to wonder how we appear to our children?"

Jane Marla Ver Dow
Author, Dear Daisy, Rising Sparrow Press



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For additional related posts on this blog, click Labels school violence, bullying, Rising Sparrow

Censorship

Hosting Activism in Art Spaces - Short Version from freeDimensional on Vimeo.

My words: At what cost, censorship? What purpose does censorship serve a society?
At what cost do we preserve institutions of a society that fail to live up to their foundation, values, message, and mission? What cost, Power?

Be the change you dream for your community, society, World.

Jane Marla VerDow

Pictures and Words

One word: Values





Five words: Wrong on So Many Levels




My words: I pray I never ever see this behavior in my lifetime again

Nonviolent Liberty

As a writer I struggle with what to write at this point. I must write, it is written in the heart, and any writer will tell you that it is impossible to keep there long.

Does a writer risk to inflame an already tense society or let all settle down in hopes that emotions will ebb and flow allowing intelligence a better time to read? Or, is that never an issue for a writer?, more the responsibility of a reader to read what they will of your words or what they read into your words?

I have always taken this responsibility to heart when writing, searching to find the right words, better said the best sequence of words for my message delivery. Words I write or purposefully omit are to encourage discovery on the path we temporarily share. Perhaps I think about such things more than I should. At risk, creativity? or a fine tuning of intended message. All I do know for certain is I felt that responsibility writing, Dear Daisy and I still hold myself accountable to that value.

I've always encouraged the reader to turn the page, for no writer can write of their own heart, their own thoughts, open also to the heart-thoughts of their society on a single page. Not if we are to believe in next days, our own growth and discovery, and that the reader is on same path.

My heart-mind design,created by Someone Wiser than I and All-Knowing more my path than I could ever see day-to-day,is not the easiest to comprehend, still my job to figure out how to blend. An agitator just enough to spark awakening; a teacher just enough to find patience; a mediator for I have always been between two thoughts, both my own and those of others; a healer just enough to hold compassion; all a balancing of the same mind-heart. Of that, this day is not unlike most days I've lived and the writer within knows this truth.

Many times since days of high school, I've been told I write ahead of the times. Maybe true, or maybe why I feel the tension of a now or a then to a sometime coming. So here I'll share past writing and hope it is viewed by reader as I sense it to correlate to this today.

Many others have commented over the years that they can sense and read my child in my writings. I hope this true. Children I've ever known were awake, less inhibited to speak the truth they see and witness, yet more caring than we later learn to become. So room for my child to be present, to tag along, and to inform me when I sense grounded inner knowing wisdom required is more than alright with me.

History speaking, I've known a yesterday much like this today. Faced with an event I most wanted to move on from, then I had a conversation with an advocate friend and we spoke there of his work promoting nonviolence and my heart-mind, same. He asked what I needed to find my first steps towards resolution. I answered, "I've decided to write an Epistle." He echoed, "an Epistle, that's interesting." Then questioned, "why an Epistle?" I, certain he already knew, answered, "I figure, if Paul could, Jane can."

So with this Epistle, dated February 12, 2002, much of my faith statement is written, at least the foundation of what I believe. Following is a couple pages from that Epistle. I present it here because on this day these words represent how I feel about our current US conflict of heart, and I hope will better serve my expression than any statement I could offer or write specific to violence over a health care issue.


"The Jesus story to me is the foundation of positive peace and love, always bending toward Truth and most times Truth we care least to hear, or will cost us time and energy to do effort or to do nothing. His was the path and the footsteps retaken by St. Francis, Gandhi, Dr. King, suffragists for all causes; the path of patience, teaching, and healing. It is the story of boundaries and respect for it is grounded in the real, the here and now, and the physical body. It is the path of inner peace receiving the gifts of creation, the gift of life, the respect of all life and the sacredness of each. It is the walk with those less fortunate or those mobility restricted by society's biases, lack of empathy, or unwillingness to accept diversity in God's creation. It is the fight, always nonviolent and boundary honoring when passing Peace and Love, resisting temptation, overcoming evil, defending or marching for the "lesser" or "injured". It is "holding" and supporting with compassion without exception. It is the time of rescue or sacrifice (in word or deed) when another is in danger that will do harm to self or other; giving assistance running towards a collapsing building, life, or chaotic broken society; advocating dissent when destruction is done to God's Space and Earth.

His was the path that taught us that we each have our own, and it is our responsibility to keep loyal to the path and open to overcoming the challenges and temptations along our way. He is the One who taught us to have faith and hope in God as we face challenges and give thanks to God for our blessings. He spoke of love and mercy for our enemies as well as for our friends, and to treat others as we would wish to be treated. Jesus taught us to balance Spirit-Soul, to seek solitude, meditation, and contemplation to know God and to listen, and to walk back into the World to serve. He is the One who by example spoke to "us" so that we would know Truth when we hear it in words others speak along our paths, so that we'd sense those words as if He were speaking through them in this now or words that through the ages resonate and never die. Such words as "For every door that shuts, a window opens" or the song "We Shall Overcome", or the question, "Did your God teached you that?" (spoken by a slave)." (Dear Daisy)



Justice Learned Hand, "The Spirit of Liberty" excerpt from Speech, Central Park, New York City, May 21, 1944

"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and woman; when if dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their understanding alongside its own without bias; the spirit of liberty remembers that not even a sparrow falls to earth unheeded; the spirit of liberty is the spirit that taught mankind the lesson it has never learned, but has never quite forgotten; that there may be a kingdom where the least shall be heard and considered side by side with the greatest."

(Quote shared in Dear Daisy)


The last paragraph of the Epistle reads:

"Don't let the wilderness scare you and never fear the work of the Soul. Protect your Soul for it is the essence of who you are, how God sees you in His Greater Vision, the eyes we use to seek our true selves, the pathway back to God. Don't let the fears of self or fears of others hold you back from doing good works, from being true to your heart as God knows your heart, and from finding true happiness and being content. Listen to your inner wisdom and voice, keep an ear to the ground and the other towards Heaven for maybe God will answer a prayer or an Angel will sing. The Waters are deep and the Ground is fertile. God loves to listen to songs in the fields for they are the Prayers of Mobility sung in harmony with the wind and help to push the clouds aside to let His Sun shine down. I know this Truth; God makes a path for all His Children, keeps watch above, holds us in the palm of His Hands, and Jesus walked the footsteps.

God Bless our Path and Keep the Faith,

Jane"

Politically Correct

Think maybe Politics goes too far when it comes to what you can or can not write that goes for/against someone/thing these days?

See two stamps below I created from my photos to make into stamps, because I could. I really wasn't thinking I had an agenda.

This Stamp was Approved.



support our zoos - respect my home - respect earth







The second Stamp was "Not Approved" / Design incorporates material the primary purpose of which is to advocate or protest any particular religious, social, political, legal or moral agenda of any person or entity. What was written on Stamp?? Support Polar Bears - Respect Earth. Photo used?




Personally, I now think viewing both stamps together that the look on the first animal's face was far more threatening than the second one napping.

So I guess it was my writing that was the issue.

Maybe it was the oversight on my part...I did use Capital Letters on the second stamp. I raised my voice. :)

Or maybe the word support...no, wait I used "support" in making both stamps.

Or maybe supporting a nonprofit or profit institutionalized habitat is more politically correct than just supporting the natural habitat of an animal.

Notice I didn't use "Earth" capitalized in that last sentence. I didn't want to press my limit.

Truth be told, when writing I tend to capitalize Earth and Heaven and Lake and Sparrow (sometimes) because I value those words and what they represent to me. Here's the good news...you can capitalize any word you want to, too. Because you can. If that's Freedom of Speech, so be it. I just feel people should be able to value what they choose to value without anyone needing to judge, block or control their path or expression.

Truth told, I do like and value Polar Bears and Earth. The fact that I singled out Polar Bears does not mean I don't also value other animals or humans for that matter. Didn't mean to offend anyone not valuing Polar Bears or Earth by my bold political statement.

Now that I am more aware, I am going to look long and hard at the stamps I lick. Come to think of it, I've never been asked and have not approved any stamps I've been told by the USPS to use for whatever postage is required to send my message. Maybe each stamp should be passed through Congress. That ought to delay postal rate increases for a while.

I have had choices. My most recent choice was the Simpson Stamps. I just kind of find them funny. Somehow made my bill paying a fun thing to do. Never gave much thought to who doesn't like the Simpsons or even if one or more of the characters have ever said or done anything offensive on their TV show.

Where have the days gone when people could stand for what they believed (or didn't) and other people just lived/let live not needing to control or silence other or beliefs of other?

Where have the days gone where people could just Be without having to be Done Unto?

Leaders Are the Change

I love this video. So many I've admired in one video.




Happy Birthday, Mr. Einstein. Thanks for your Science but mostly thank-you for your late year writings;philosophical insight and speaking out to protect Mother Earth.

Courage. It's always required courage; each step taken and every space held.

Publishing Behind the Scenes Photo Takes

Spring is coming!!!

Yesterday I walked the North Olmsted Trail/Seneca Park.
The trail was still snow covered uneven and the sun at 9AM was there then gone, then back again, still it felt great walking about with my camera. By 10 AM the sun was more consistent. After the Meetup Photo Group dispersed I thought, (hey, I'm right here...the Zoo.)...

So I spent a couple hours with the animals. Upgrades over these past years, Seneca Park Zoo is becoming more "natural" habitat centered.

Took the long way home by way of Charlotte Beach and Braddocks Bay, Lake Ontario Southern Shoreline. Lake was layer multi-colored depending upon how far off shore I focused my camera.
I walked the pier almost to the end lighthouse although snow-ice-slush covered. My legs tired of hiking snow and uneven terrain all day, so I opted for shoreline shots. The advantage of walking the pier was close-up shots of floating ice chunks and graters so glad I did all but the last 70 feet.

North Trail Seneca Park / Charlotte Lakeshore Photo Album

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Seneca Park North Trail and Pond / Zoo Photo Album

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More information on Seneca Park (Olmsted Horticultural Projects):

http://www.landmarksociety.org/section.html?id=1&uid=53


For information on Photography and other Meet Up Groups:

http://wwww.Meetup.com

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The Times We Are Living

Been spending most of my day on the Internet. Not sure how many hours each week I spend there...mostly educating myself in this ever-changing, ever-evolving publishing world...then sharing with others on my path what I've discovered.

Just coming off last night, a late "work", no "play" night really, attending an interactive Webinar. Topic: WebTV broadcasting. Researching the possibilities...I woke up and there I found myself watching TV shows and Movie clips on line, saving some to my Playlists.

When I was a child...I never would have dreamed it possible that "someday" would bring watching my favorite TV show when I wanted and not at some network scheduled time. The fact that I am watching TV on a computer screen...well I'm still adjusting to but liking what I'm adjusting to. As for full movie downloads and watching my 17" computer screen...I haven't adjusted that much!

Late night hours came and my head was spinning out ideas. Sweet dreams last night.

Woke this AM...feeling positive and truth told, a bit overwhelmed by all the possibilities this modern world presents. Like one giant playground for me.

So...cup of coffee in hand...I check out Twitter and there another show broadcasting scheduled for 9AM. I know this group and decide to set my internal clock to tag along on Blog Talk Radio. Time waiting...I wrote more, Rising Sparrow.

What message did these have in common?

The concept Daisy taught me...the message she lived while others had platforms...Lifting As We Climb. Same concept...different words.

So from time to time I am planning to include some of these connections in this ever shrinking boundary world the Internet provides here on Rising Sparrow Press // Storytellers And Writers Blog.

Since I seldom write a blog post without listening to music...here's the one I listened to today on Replay (after I watched the video of course).

The White House supports The Arts !!!!

Publishing / Behind the Scenes

Ever wonder what World exists beyond the book?

What Author - Publisher Pathways involve?

The number of decisions involved? whether Self-Publishing or Publishing House?
Marketing? Ground Breaking Now Age Technology?

Listen in...

Listen to Dr. Kent & Sally on Blog Talk Radio

German Songwriter/Singer

Es war eine wunderschöne Zeit (Langeoog 1977) Anke Zohm
(It Was A Lovely Time)


It Was A Lovely Time (Anke Zohm / Langeoog 1977)/ German - English Translation

The wind blows quietly by your hair
You see the sun, the sky and the sea
Feel the soft white sand at your feet
Feel free like the seagull over you (yourself)

It was a lovely time
I will often still long for it
But nothing in the life lasts for an eternity
Only the sea knows about my tears

We have experienced beautiful together
Soon, many an evening already turned into a new morning
The days passed by much too fast for us
And a couple of words remained unfortunately unsaid

It was a lovely time…

And now I look into your eyes
I want you to be happy today
For there is nothing more beautiful than our friendship
Which helps us in some solitude

It was a lovely time…


German-English Translation as shared by Anke. Rising Sparrow Press decided not to alter presentation/editing to maintain feeling/intent of Anke,songwriter.


Rising Sparrow (and Janie) vote for this as the lullaby of this and next generations...Beautiful.

When The Day Is Over

WHEN THE DAY IS OVER
AND THE LIGHT IS LOW
SHADOWS OF THE EVENING
RISE UP TO THE SKY
PLEASE SEND ME AN ANGEL
WHO'S WATCHING ROUND MY BED
AND GIVE ME YOUR BLESSING
WHICH CARRIES ME THROUGH THE NIGHT


Listening, I am reminded of all the angels that have blessed my life. My Sparrow, Daisy, God's Lake on that Day-too many Angels to name...my deer and our shared sanctuary.

(Blogger has been having random/occasional problems with downloading-playing some YouTube videos. If problems, stop...start on this post I refer you to the next viewing places.)

For a direct link to Anke Zohm's YouTube Channel featuring these and others songs by Singer/Songwriter: http://www.youtube.com/user/AnkeZohm

To read more about Anke Zohm, her website : http://www.ankezohm.de/ German with English Translation available on site.

For additional song listening (itunes) / Purchase
visit Anke's MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/ankezohm

Rising Sparrow Press Project / Facebook

Publishing / the business side of Books.

Since Founding Rising Sparrow Press, December 2003 I have spent many hours learning and expanding my view of marketing or design or gathering resources or legwork-footsteps meeting people local and World-wide.

All of the computer technical information was a combination of self-taught then application (holding my breath hoping it worked) and targeted help by my computer mentor when I was lost forest-trees vision impaired. Net Results

Then - add the last 10 years of computer growth, expansion of what's possible. I started when F-functions had to be hand selected and computers took up entire desk surfaces. Yes, paper had been invented. I wrote 10 years not 1000, unless my computer keyboard is acting up. That you could always count on...computers acting up...like mine had a mind of it's own or it needed to prove superiority over me.

Computers led me to take astrology more serious. Trust me...if Mercury is Retrograde do not, I repeat DO NOT react when your computer acts funny. It is supposed to then...its written in the stars. And whatever you do, Don't go to buy a new one until Mercury gets out of its Retrograde mood.

I started with a website developed by an expert (my mentor and her connections) smart enough to know I was not gifted in computer language and format.

Born (2004): http://www.risingsparrowpress.com/

I learned Frontpage so that I could manage the site through the host.
I loved this for the frequency that I could add content, edit content, add resources, and to change my mind without involving head offices or The National Guard to control computer created chaos that I could create back during the learning stages. Either I have gotten better with computers or they have made it less possible to mess up. I hope both is true.

Next came blogs. I started with Blogger (easiest at the time and free).

Set-up specifically for Dear Daisy book and publishing: Storytellers and Writers, this blog.

To separate writing and storytelling from other interests I set-up:
http://lakeontarioshoreline.blogspot.com/ . That blog contains the most "how-to" information or examples of the photo restoration I've done/do.

I write specific to Rising Sparrow Press / Publishing through blog on Typepad (first free,then I started a small fee account, now I need to update that account-I left it parked there by ownership of the domain name). I will be returning to that blog for specific publishing information-resources during year, 2010.

http://recordfootsteps.typepad.com/record_footsteps_in_publi/

Social Networking entered the possibilities. I connected via (1)Forum of like-minded, goal directed, mission seeking individuals and participated in an every-growing list of teleconferences and organized efforts for social networking and marketing. I'll set it to be a goal to update a list of resources I have found most helpful and will offer it on original website http://www.risingsparrowpress.com/ . I am also developing e-books so this would be a great place to offer those and detailed information.

Also there on the original website http://www.risingsparrowpress.com/ listings of great Resources. People have told me they have gotten lost there. For no other reason than an example of writing/publishing, look at the Writer's Project during New Deal Period when then, too we were rebuilding America: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html . To get there if entering from RSP website (not above direct link) click on Resources located on RSP Homepage.

RSP entered the World of Twitter (2009)...Yes, I Tweet.

Set-up YouTube for media-video development and for platform with the ultimate goal book trailers and...film-making/producing. In process, always. http://www.youtubecom/JaneMarlaVerDow


Continuing on this path, RSP developed Facebook Page most recent.
If interested, click on my Facebook link-badge on this or Lakeshore blog. Join if you wish...free.

So the question has circled back then evolved to become: How to Preserve the Message of Rising Sparrow Press; the message RSP was founded upon; the message statement written through words of book, Dear Daisy,2004?

Competing with all this...writing next books and daily bread making and life.

This was my next step...

Networking - Communications - Living the Golden Rule/Business

my New Page listed/linked on Facebook.

"Starting this Page as a place to social network encouraging others to join in. One rule: The Golden Rule. Place posts of you/your business/your gifts that serve others. Place posts that you have found to ease your path that could benefit others"

Those were the starting words I chose to represent the Golden Rule (my perspective). Written late night and tired, I vow to go back to expand ideas/thoughts/discussion if anyone is struggling with how they interpret the Golden Rule to participate. There is a discussion board set-up there, so feel free to supply your thoughts,ideas, suggestions.

Established this platform...

because I believe, as I wrote in Dear Daisy...

what was once a question I asked there, now through Rising Sparrow Press becomes a statement...

"...one candle and candles united in purpose create the World’s path of creation..." ~ Jane Marla VerDow (Dear Daisy)

I believe this. My intent and purpose; to prove by living it that my belief is true.

I invite others to join me.

Jane Marla VerDow

(Janie)