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DIANE KRESS HOWER

AUTHOR - ILLUSTRATOR - PHOTOGRAPHER

Saturday, February 26, 2011

HATS AND CATS, CATS AND HATS



March 2, 2011


CELEBRATE READING & DR. SEUSS

Read Across America


Celebrate with Pens & Brushes, my wonderful critique group by reading one of our favorite picture books.


Pens & Brushes Favorites


THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION


Monday, February 21, 2011

Today is a New Day




Today is a new day.
We're off to new places,
going up, and away.

We're not on our own.
 We know what we know. 
We are the ones who'll decide where to go.




So be your name Kepler, Copernicus or Kokopelli

or Patric Van Draco Sharin' O'Hari

We are off to great places.
Today's a new day.
Your life is before you

Get out of your own way.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

The Great Horned Owl




“A wise old owl sat on a pine; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?” unknown




Twilight settles onto the sandstone ridge blanketed with desert snow.   

Owl calls.  Another replies. 

The nightly vocals bounce off the rock echoing back, spinning a twilight symphony. 

Rarely seen, hidden raptors on night patrol hunt with silent speed while humans slumber.

The finale begins as the break of day arrives, and the sun slaps the ridge with light. 

Owls beckon sleeping life - wake-up.

High above, out of sight, the wise sentinel sits where unsuspecting neighbors live.