Raising our children during the days of the Crunchy Granola
book we, like all parents, worked hard to prepare them to be thoughtful about
their directions, kind to others, and hopefully companion their lives with
humor and wisdom.
Life with these babes
brought us immense joy.
We tried to teach the kids many of the self-sufficiency
things we ourselves were learning. Animals were a big part of that and if you
have read our memoir of that time, A Homestead Decade, How Crunchy GranolaChanged My Life, you would see how the circle of this life also dealt
with death.
Where there is a safe nest of love and affirmation children
will endure their parents’ flaws. Our children grew up as strong, intelligent
and healthy as any other . . . . I think.
The youngest of our three wonders, Jessie, a graduate in
English Literature from Adrian College, and award-winning writer, has just
written and published an e-book, Zombie Shorts. What?! Not a manual
on solar energy, not a sociological research project, but a book of short
stories about ….. zombies?!
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| Artwork by Dennis Preston |
I have to admit some of the stories are intriguing, mostly
funny, using bits and pieces of Jessie’s life and education. My favorite
stories are “Roxy Zombie”, a fast
food worker who contemplates some difficult issues, for a zombie. In “That ol’ Boy” a character named Bunny, (because
he once made a fantastic leap on a barroom bet) lived as a hoarder collecting
vast amounts of unusual things including a valuable body part of an historic
Lord in England during the Black Death, and the Lord, now a ghastly looking
revenant, wanted the body part back. Then there is Merula Must Die, a well-told horror story, set in Ancient Rome,
There are also little pieces in this book like a letter and
resume of a Zombie hunter and plenty of one-liners: “Zombies prefer the golfer
to the game,” and “Zombies support gun control.”
I hope the Zombie Shorts book goes well for
Jessie and becomes a launching for future books, maybe not just about zombies.
Thanks always for stopping by and
sharing this blog with your friends. I hope you get a chance to read, A
Homestead Decade, How Crunchy Granola Changed My Life and I really hope
you get a chance to enjoy Zombie Shorts by Jessie Pilly both
on Amazon.com.
With summer delights,
Helene
