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Monday, May 8, 2017

In Honor of Peggy Wood


Today, May the 8th, is the birthday of  my dearly departed editor, Peggy Wood, who passed away in December of 2014. She can be seen in the image directly above, which I've included in many posts here on Blogger.

She is mentioned in the iBook version of Words In Our Beak, Volume One...


...which she helped me edit. Peggy was excellent in recognizing typos as well as punctuation errors.

However, our friendship went far beyond any discussions about my writing, so we shared many good times, at her home as well as mine, including those when her brother (Robert) and sister-in-law (Lynda) came to see her here in NYC.

We can all be seen together in the next picture.


Thankfully, they have kept in touch since Peggy's passing. I am very grateful to remain in contact with them. Moreover, they have been very supportive in my endeavor regarding the production of my soft-cover version of  Words In Our Beak, Volume One.



And, today, in honor of the beloved Peggy Wood, I'd like to share a piece of her writing (below);


that she evidently produced in 1973. I realize it's hard to read  a text image. In any event, part of Peggy's essay reminds me of the following letter,

"I am not used to celebrating Washington’s birthday on the 15th of February, so I walked up early this morning and deposited letters in our mailbox. Then had to return and retrieve them an hour later when it dawned on me the mails weren’t moving today, even though George is still locked up tight in his mother’s womb and won’t emerge for a full week. This country is nuts. The only date I would like to see shifted is December 25th,  which I would like shifted to February 29th, so that occurs only once every four years. This would have a profoundly beneficial effect on the nation and would set me back even course again. (An excerpt from a 1971 letter to Gluyas Williams.)," which is published in an anthology (pictured below) re the letters written by E.B. White.


And, now, dear reader, I'll close with another picture of Peggy, making a birthday wish.


As you can see her eyes are as bright as the flame of her birthday candle. Peggy was full of light and always extended it to others. Thank you, dear Peggy for the gift of you!

FALL 2018 ADDENDUM: 

I no longer actively produce event program covers, invitations and the types of greeting cards described here or on my website but arrangements might be able to be made under certain circumstances. My focus is on the Words In Our Beak book series, pictured below...

WORDS IN OUR BEAK BOOK SERIES

...whose stories are told from the point of view of Cam, a female cardinal, whose photo is on the cover of each book. Words In Our Beak’s goal is to open readers to a simple understanding of the winged world and their environment. Set in my rooftop urban garden in New York City. Words In Our Beak is directed to children and adults who are curious about birds, and want to learn about them from a unique perspective. The books include hundreds of images of flora and fauna, links to movies, as well as to informative narratives that have been created by the author.

Please click here to go to my blog post that provides details as to where you can get these books. Additionally, I have rendered some images from these books into other formats and they are available via Fine Art America (FAA). Some of my other photographs (Black & White CollectionKaleidoscopic Images and the famous Mandarin duck who visited NYC) can also be found on my FAA pages.

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