Connie Arnold (Photo Courtesy of Connie Arnold) |
• Name, age and home: Connie Arnold, 55, Pfafftown.
• Web site’s name and address: Beautiful Moments of Joy and Peace, www.freewebs.com/conniearnold
• What it’s about: Poetry written by Arnold to encourage, inspire and uplift readers. Arnold, who has been living with lupus since 1987, hopes that, in particular, others dealing with adversity will find the site helpful.
• What she does: Volunteers for her church and for the Lupus Foundation of America. Along with writing poetry and music, she plays the organ, piano and flute and makes quilts, afghans and needlepoint items for others.
• Why she blogs: To help others see the good things in life despite whatever hardships they may be experiencing.
• What else visitors might find on the site: Links to poetry sites, Web sites of interest to writers and to the Lupus Foundation of America Web site.
• When the poetry blog started and frequency of posts: August 2007. She posts a new poem once a week.
• Notable response: A reader found the poems just the thing for “the time when you desperately need to feel joy and yearn for peace.”
• Favorite other Web site: http://judithpordon.tripod.com/poetry, featuring poetry both funny and serious by poets both famous and not-yet famous.
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Frederick, MD March 9, 2007 -- PublishAmerica is proud to present Beautiful Moments of Joy and Peace, a masterfully written book of poetry by Connie Arnold of Pfafftown, North Carolina.
The inspiration for this collection of poetry comes from the beauty found in nature, people, music and all of life. These poems are overflowing with joy and express an inner peace that can be found in spite of difficulties and adversity. Connie Arnold has experienced the variety of the beauty of God’s creation in different places during her life, having lived in Texas, Louisiana, Nebraska and, currently, in North Carolina, where she lives with her husband Tom. Her first poetry was as text for music, which has always been important to her. There is music in poetry as well as beauty. She has learned the importance of words and how they can be used for encouraging and healing. Additional inspiration has come from the joys of a happy marriage, two children, their spouses, the recent addition of grandchildren, and other family and friends. These poems are meant to inspire and to offer moments of joy and peace through all circumstances of life. Connie has been dealing with lupus for several years. She has found strength and a sense of healing through the creation of these poems and hopes that, in your reading of them, you will find encouragement, inspiration, joy, and peace.
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