and even more books!

first of all i thought i would share a song my brother created the day i was born. "molly rose was born, she just woke up on a molly morn." and my brother says that was the start of his song writing career (hehe). the reason i share that is because today is my 24th birthday.

in other news, i have gotten 4 more books from barnes&noble.com. i got:
dragons of the dwarven depths by margaret weis and tracy hickman
the riddle-master series by patricia a mckillip
the annotated legends by margaret weis and tracy hickman
the poets companion: a guide to the pleasures of writing poetry by kim addonizio and dorianne laux.
i'm very excited about the poets companion book. i love dorianne laux work! she is an amazing poet and i'm excited to see what she has to say about writing poetry. i'm also excited about the annotated legends book for it's a series i've already read, but in the margines, the authors have written notes on how they got the ideas for didn't parts of the story. i always love to see how people get their ideas.

arizona

so for thanksgiving i went to arizona to visit with my family. it was the first thanksgiving i ever had with my dad so that was really nice. usually my mom would have me on thanksgiving and then my dad would get me that weekend. it was nice spending time with the family and getting to see everyone. i hadn't see my brother matt and my sister-in-law jenny since their wedding (which was 2 years ago) so that was really nice. after spending the weekend with them all i was compelled to write a poem about my nephew george who is three. so here it is, hope you like it. i named it: life is full of them.

You run in with no cares in the world
other than who’s going to be playing with you.
My sister,
your mother,
walks in slowly behind,
carrying everything that you could possibly need.
You dash from person to person
giving high-fives and kisses to all who ask.
You show us your toys
and have us run with you on the jungle gym.
When you don’t get your way
you cry to your mom
begging and pleading that she makes it right.
And all she can tell you back is that
sometimes,
life is full of disappointment.