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Pressed Leaves Between the Pages of My Heart

Posted on November 7, 2022 by cynthianeale

Folio 1 – We take it all so personal – the leaf that delicately dances from the tallest tree and lands on your lap. Perfectly an oak leaf with the russet brown shiny skin. You happened to crane your neck … Continue reading →

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My Transcendent Journey with Queen Catharine Montour

Posted on September 15, 2022 by cynthianeale

My upcoming historical fiction novel, Catharine, Queen of the Tumbling Waters, is being published by Bedazzled Ink Publishers in April 2023. Bedazzled Ink is dedicated to general and literary fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books that celebrate the unique and under-represented … Continue reading →

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Historical Fiction Writing is Communing with the Dead

Posted on April 20, 2022 by cynthianeale

I never intended to write a novel about Catharine Montour, aka Queen Catharine, a Native American and French woman who was born in Pennsylvania around 1729 and lived through the French and Indian War and American Revolution. Her name (and … Continue reading →

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Out the Window – Pandemic Spring 2020

Posted on April 7, 2020 by cynthianeale

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? Quick! Look at the morning glow upon the oak and pine trees out the window! A cadmium yellow softens into white gold. What is white gold? It’s that which shimmers from the under…

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Out the Window – Pandemic Spring 2020

Posted on April 6, 2020 by cynthianeale

  Quick! Look at the morning glow upon the oak and pine trees out the window! A cadmium yellow softens into white gold. What is white gold? It’s that which shimmers from the under painting of a sun rise as … Continue reading →

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Veteran’s Day Contemplation

Posted on November 11, 2019 by cynthianeale

It’s been a somber, gray day when the dead are felt in the wind and gravity of this public holiday. Holiday. Indeed not. As a child in America, for the most part, one is protected from war and rumors of … Continue reading →

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Is America Wearing the Same Old Historical Rags?

Posted on February 24, 2017 by cynthianeale

I have been remiss in blog writing. I can hardly find the time to write, edit, and wrap my mind and heart around the times we’re living in. I have so much to say, but how to say it slant? … Continue reading →

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Winter Thoughts

Posted on February 11, 2015 by cynthianeale

The sun is brilliant and is offering me hope, for my winter weariness has become as heavy as the weight of the snow in Boston and the surrounds. I am agitated, angry, and anxious. I have always liked alliteration. Yesterday, … Continue reading →

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A Woman Needs A Woman to Pray To!

Posted on February 1, 2015 by cynthianeale

It is a frigid -2 degrees morning with glittering sun-gold snow mounds and I am in need of prayer. I’ve been weakened by the flu and the vicissitudes of life. And yet I am hopeful and grateful this day, even … Continue reading →

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A Little Art Exhibit

Posted on April 16, 2014 by cynthianeale

  “Just finish it!” my ninth grade art instructor said with clenched teeth as he stood behind me breathing down my neck as I worked on a sketch of a chair. If only I had more time, I’d get the … Continue reading →

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