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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello to my NFB Writer’s Division friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As we move into the cooler weather in western Pennsylvania, I am bringing in my succulent plants and cleaning the bay windows where they will vacation till spring.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One of my baby plants, a Partridge Breasted Aloe is about to bloom for the first time. This is a special event – they bloom only rarely. I feel so blessed to see this happening right now. I won the mother of this plant and she is at least 40 years old, and I have seen her bloom only one time. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Meanwhile, I am working long hours in my writing studio these days, too.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>I’ve included 2 links here so you can read yesterday’s post on “Hope” and today’s post on “War.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>To read yesterday’s post - “Gifts of the Spirit – HOPE .” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'> <a href="https://llambert363.blog/2020/10/12/gifts-of-the-spirit-hope/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4A6EE0'>https://llambert363.blog/2020/10/12/gifts-of-the-spirit-hope/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>In this article, I discuss a current writing project .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>Today’s post is a focus on the activity of the writing process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>The title today is “Gifts of the Spirit – WAR.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>I discuss my own process of creating my work – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>Read it here: <a href="https://llambert363.blog/2020/10/18/gifts-of-the-spirit-war/">https://llambert363.blog/2020/10/18/gifts-of-the-spirit-war/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>In the next 2 months I am completing my expanded and revised version of my first book that is now out of print. It is </span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#ED7D31'>Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage,</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'> Kota Press, January 1 2003.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>For the next 14 months, I’ll be seriously working on my next full-length book, </span><em><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31'>Gifts of the Spirit: Stories & Poems.</span></b></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#ED7D31'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>The new book is a companion of my book </span><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31'>Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems,</span></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'> 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>I am happy to say that Walking by Inner Vision: Stories and Poems is available to you through NLS. Ask for DBC 11608<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>And you will hear the remarkable voice of Polly Slavet reading my book to you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>Also, if you get AUDIBLE, you can listen to the book as read by California actor, Lillian Yves. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>Each reader brings a different interpretation to my work – which is wonderful. There is nothing I like better than when a reader creates along with the text to bring it to new and surprising interpretations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>All of my books are on Amazon – all in print and e-book and Kindle. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>The journey is the destination, isn’t it! It’s all so good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'>Lynda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Lynda McKinney Lambert – Author/Artist<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>My MISSION STATEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>I am the keeper of memories. I distil and share them through art and writing.</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>I reveal what is forgotten, lost, or unseen.</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1C1E21;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>I write spare poems and thoughtful personal essays.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1C1E21;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>I create art with brilliant colors & precious materials, one stitch at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>