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Flora, Goddess of Flowers May first. May Day is a many-splendored thing with more official holiday designations than perhaps any other day of the year. I recall as a child weaving May Day wreaths from spirea branches cut from our bushes and hanging them on our neighbors door. I especially liked hanging my wreath on…
Generations of Poetic Heritage: “Influence” by Anna Riehl, my grandmother
Last year on April 1st, I gave a talk for the Poet Laureate of Lake County Reading. Sandra Wade became Poet Laureate of the county with Fran Ransley and me as finalists. We read in Lakeport, Northern California, at the Lake County Arts Council on Main Street. The entire text of my reading is available…
Father-daughter Team Janet Grace Riehl and Erwin A. Thompson featured on Reader Views
Reader Views is featuring Daddy ‘n me this week. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page, and boom–there we are, photos and all. It might not be there later, so here’s what they say: Father and daughter authors present Family Story Workshop and Reading An old-timer at 91 years-young, Erwin Thompson, author of…
“Jimmie Freeman Came Today,” a new poem by Erwin A. Thompson tells the journey from slavery to property owner for one neighborhood family
Erwin A. Thompson, my father, is the grandson of E. A. Riehl, who helped Sandy Freeman and his wife with the transition of moving from the bonds of slavery to the dignity of free people working for wages, bargaining for specified compensation for certain accomplishments, and becoming property owners. Pop wrote this poem after Jimmie…
Pop’s books and music shine at book club meeting. Recipe for mashed sweet potato
My cousin Cynthia (aka “Cynthie”) belongs to a long standing book club called “The Ladies of the Club.” Every year they feature books by my father…and, music from his wealth of memories. Here are the notes from Meeting #31 compiled by Melodie Denson. The Ladies of the Club The Ladies of the Club met at…
Christmas Greetings from Pop, the Comeback Kid
This year has been a period of re-adjustment to living without the faithful partner of almost sixty-four years. Many things have helped.