Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives – Summer 2020- Pot Luck #Photography – Lens-Artists Photo Challenge#99: Old and New by Miriam Hurdle

Welcome to the current series of Posts from Your Archives… and I will be picking two posts from the blogs of those participating from the first six months of 2020. If you don’t mind me rifling through your archives… just let me know in the comments or you can find out the full scope: Posts from Your Archives – Pot Luck – 2020

This is the second post by poet Miriam Hurdle and this week I am sharing one of Miriam’s photography challenge posts with some stunning images of the old…the Terracotta Warriors and the new from her Nephew’s wedding in Hong Kong.

The theme for the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 this week from Amy is Old and New.

The original Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an, China and their new replica.

In Hong Kong, the few boat people (fishermen) live side by side with people living in high rises and those who own boats for recreation.

Last year we went to my nephew’s wedding in Hong Kong. The modern wedding is often combined with a traditional ceremony (I snapped the second photo in a park).

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge#99: Old and New

©MIriam Hurdle 2020

About the collection

Songs of Heartstrings: Poems of Gratitude and Beatitude depicts a road traveled with optimism, hope and appreciation amid heartache and unpredictable circumstances. It also celebrates genuine love and fulfilling relationships.

The poetry collection includes nine themes: Songs of Nature, Songs of Dissonance, Songs of Physical Healing, Songs of Marriage, Songs of Parenthood, Songs of Tribute, Songs of Reflections, Songs of Challenge, and Songs of Inspiration. Each of these themes covers various aspects of her life experience.

The poems are inspiring to the mind, heart, and spirit. The readers will resonate with these experiences. Hurdle illustrates the poems with her photograph and watercolor paintings.

One of the recent reviews for the book

Jacqui Murray VINE VOICE  5.0 out of 5 stars Honest, deeply-rooted verse  Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020

Miriam Hurdle’s Songs of Heartstrings (2018) is a beautiful collection of poetry, inspired by music and nature, focused on thankfulness. She masterfully blends the two, at times, in the same poem, other times, simply under the same theme. Which works oh so well. I’m a fan of both music and nature (I’m a retired violinist and an armchair naturalist). There’s a resilience and honesty to both, a desire to tell the truth in their very essence. Miriam touches all corners of these worlds, from the grand outdoor sweep to the work of the tiny hummingbirds. Each poem in the collection (or most? I confess–I didn’t count, just noticed lots) includes not only Hurdle’s gorgeous words but a picture to inspire those more attuned to the visual, often taken by Miriam herself.

And as I lost myself in the feelings of her poems, I realized she was often sharing personal stories that shaped her life.

“The lessons I learned from nature give me hope and provide strength for the tired feet.”
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“Nature has a great capacity for healing and surviving devastating destruction.”

Miriam Hurdle, Buy also in Spanish and Portuguese: Amazon US – And: Amazon UK –  Goodreads: Miriam Hurdle – Blog: The Showers of Blessings –  Twitter: @mhurdle112

About Miriam Hurdle

Miriam Hurdle is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She published four children’s books at twenty-six years old. Her poetry collection received the Solo “Medalist Winner” for the New Apple Summer eBook Award and achieved bestseller status on Amazon.

Miriam writes poetry, short stories, memoir, and children’s books. She earned a Doctor of Education from the University of La Verne in California. After two years of rehabilitation counseling, fifteen years of public-school teaching and ten years in school district administration, she retired and enjoys life with her husband in southern California, and the visits to her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughters in Oregon. When not writing, she engages in blogging, gardening, photography, and traveling.

My thanks to Miriam for sharing these wonderful photographs and I know she would love your feedback.. thanks Sally.

Thank you for dropping by today and  if you would like to participate in this series here is the link again: Posts from Your Archives – Pot Luck – 2020