Letters to the Moon....

Vacation Time (A Letter to the Moon) Hello Luna! How are you? I am doing well. I thought I would make a change of pace and write you before your full moon phase tonight! I saw a news article that said your full moon phase tonight will be an exceptional one, with a harvest moon, super moon, and a lunar eclipse! I don’t know if I will get to see you tonight; they are predicting rain and cloudy conditions where I live. But I will look for you! I can’t wait to see the show! I wanted to write and tell you that I am going on vacation. I took a longer vacation on my birthday this year, which  I normally do not do. Because I took a longer vacation then,  I decided not to take vacation time in the summer. I lived to regret that decision. I have been feeling overworked and in need of a vacation for over a month now. Today is my last day at work for a while. I am excited to have some time off from work, to rest and relax. I heard a statistic this morning on a news program t

Earlier this year I had the good fortune to have my first book, “I am Hope”, reviewed in the Congregational Libraries Today magazine, published by the Church and Synagogue Library Association, abbreviated CSLA. The magazine has an audience of church librarians, librarians in synagogues, and in other places of faith. Here is the review of my book, published in the Second Issue of 2016: "The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines poetry as “writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm.”  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetry This first poetic collection fits that definition perfectly. This lovely little first book by Esperanza Habla is graceful, poignant and definitely emotional. The book is also brave and honest. It takes great courage to write in a manner that opens oneself to people. This is a fine addition to the library for

My life has been controlled chaos of late. Everything is changing.  I have made some small, positive changes in my life of late. Yet I find I still feel like nothing is the same. And that is not a bad thing. I have been so busy in the last two months, publishing my latest book, writing my speech for the upcoming literary symposium, that I have been too busy to do anything else. I have not had time to sit and write, to fully express what is going on. I have not even had time to stop and think, to contemplate, to ponder, to dream. It is said that all writers, to be good writers, must write something every day. Even if it is a note to yourself to remember something, a list of groceries you need to buy, a list of activities for the upcoming weekend, etc.  I have adapted this practice into my life. I do write daily. I often write several times a day. When I write, it is usually sitting in front of a computer, typing letters onto a keyboard that become words on a