It's My Party

& I'll give away books if I want to

Greetings One & All,

It’s July and those who know me well, know that means one thing: my birthday!

I attribute pretty much anything I do in July to the celebration of my birth — the consumption of root beer floats, eating in restaurants, milky way photography, mid-afternoon naps, Netflix bingeing, watching fireworks, shopping on Amazon Prime Day, stocking the fridge with watermelon. I’m fairly certain the world doesn’t revolve around me, but it’s nice to pretend it does every now and then, and if you want an excuse to overeat and lounge around this month, instead of blaming it on the heat, you can just say you’re celebrating with me.

In the spirit of sharing the birthday love, you can get the kindle version of Difficult Gifts, my newest book of poetry at no cost from July 10th - 14th.

Here’s what my dear brother-in-law and prolific poet, Sterling Warner has to say about Difficult Gifts: Cathy’s new collection of verse examines life’s offerings with a voice of experience. Whether secular or spiritual, her poems run the gamut from pastoral landscapes to childhood reflections, loss and gain to cosmic observances, disguised blessings to pain and acceptance. Mixing forms appropriate to content, Warner deftly touches upon the multiple faces of humanity in good times and bad—gifting poems that will be read and appreciated time and again by diverse audiences.

Sterling’s 13 books include: Cracks of Light: Pandemic Poetry & Fiction, Flytraps: Poems, Serpent’s Tooth: Poems, and the forthcoming Halcyon Days: Fibonacci Poems.

I’ll close with a photo of the many common mergansers — mothers and growing babies afloat in Annas Bay on July 6th. May we all be surrounded by our flock of kindred spirits on the sea of life.

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