Dootsy Doodles

This issue is short as II temporarily do not see well enough to type, text, have to have floaters lasered off in a couple of days. Or as I refer to that, having the eyeballs not pealed but peeled. To create paradox yesterday I received two books, each from a different source. I can’t wait for the peeling ceremony to be done so I can curl up with them, one of which is Kate Devine Brady’s poetic Fallen Leaves, So Much Sky (Booklocker 2026).

The weather in true Canadian style is hot one week and according to me cold the next Regardless the wind makes the trees dance the twist like we did in the 60’s.

BOOKS

WHEN AGAIN THIS WAY I WALKlindagigliottiwriter.com – Linda M. Gigliotti’s writings:

The lives of 1870’s Julia and modern Andie touch as each in her own time faces relational issues common across the ages as times change and people do not.

Reviews

Linda Gigliotti’s novel, When Again This Way I Walk, invites readers into the lives of two families, living in the same location but a century apart. The dual-timeline story begins when Andie gazes into the forest and experiences a life-like vision of a woman and girl of previous time. Throughout the story, we follow Andie, her family, and the choices and decisions each must make and the parallel issues that Julia and her family cope with. With touches of mystery and illusion, Gigliotti deftly alternates between eras to reveal how the lives and issues of these two women, and perhaps all of us time unto time, face similar challenges, experience the same joys, and struggle to discover our deepest truths (Judy Reeves).

-Judy Reeves is the author of Wild Women, Wild Voices: writing from your authentic wildness and A Writer’s Book of Days.

I had the privilege to be one of the first readers of Linda’s novel and from the first page I was drawn into the story and felt as if I was part of it, thanks to Linda’s extraordinary way of describing the scenery and the characters. A beautiful story about life, love, family, traditions and friendship with a twist of mystery and suspense. Linda sends you on a journey between the past and the present, reminding you that life is about being curious and courageous.

• Tina Mundelsee is author of Yoga Coaching: use your practice to resolve emotional baggage, master your mind & create harmony in your life & relationship and Think Happy, Be Happy – A Yoga Coaching Pocket Guide. As well Tina is life coach at www.tinastools.com

I just finished reading When Again This Way I Walk. I loved it. It’s so funny I have thought these very thoughts myself. You are so right, the sun will keep rising and settling long after we have danced our lives across the earth and it has risen and set long before we took our first breath. So many experiences, interactions, memories. What wonderful story. Bravo to you.

– Jackie Wilkinson, avid reader

HOWMASTER: THE WRITER’S GUIDE TO BEAUTIFUL WORD

CRAFTING – Revised Editionlindagigliottiwriter.com – Linda M. Gigliotti’s writings

OTHER GREAT READS

Check out Judy Reeves’ new memoir WHEN YOUR HEART SAYS GO(She Writes Press 2024)and others at

Julia Cameron’s latest, The Daily Artist’s Way: 366 Meditations for Creative Living, released in 2025. Julia is the author of The Artist’s Way series which changed many writing lives. I use this book every day and love it.

NOTEBOOK SAYS

Believe it or not NoteBook has been getting daily scrawlings in big letters as the floaters play. This fun time will be legend scrawled by an uncertain hand. The pages are getting tired of this too.

Prompts

Write about the strange words and numbers found on a wall stud when the gyproc was removed. Who wrote them? What do those mean? Why was it all hidden behind the wall? Was anything else found?

The clock just kept on ticking.

Write about that time you came home from school and made a weird sandwich. Even if that never happened. ART CORNER

Until next month,

Linda Gigliotti

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