Zen
Fishing and Other Southern Pleasures
looks at life in the South through the heart
and soul of a mature woman who is thrilled
by the sights, sounds, smells and reverie
that surround her in northeast Florida.
Dorothy Fletcher has crafted a collection of
her prose and poetry that captures her life
as she moves gently through adolescence to
adulthood, all within the special world of
southern living -- beaches, oak trees,
Spanish moss, sunny days, and ocean breezes.
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CONTENTS
Zen Fishing
Zen Fishing
Beach Reverie
Wind Chimes
Mimosa Breezes
Great Snow of ’57
Barefoot
Mountains, Memory, and
Marguerite
Starry Night
Morning
Bedding the Birds
Nature of the Beast
Key West Cats
Thanksgiving at Ernest
Hemingway’s House
Encountering the
Feminine
Encountering the Feminine
Mama’s House
Mama’s Garden
Eve’s Garden
Chess Pie and Neenie
Neenie’s Chess Pie Recipe
Lady Food
Hard Journeys and
Relationships
Women I Have Loved
Sleeping with Bears
Sleeping with Bears
Mystery
Unremembered Acts
Beau Geste
Duchess
Hardy’s Imprint
Living with a Man
Man’s Body Found
Wonderment
Wonderment
Little Girl Memory
Rainy Days and Mandy
Fireflies at Fort Clinch
Blueberry Morning
Blueberries
Bus Rides and Little Kids
Express Bus
Casey Beach Day
Casey’s Touch
New Beginnings and the
Empty Nest
Seeing a Great Light
Treasure
Treasure
Quilting Harvest
Grandmother’s Window
Grandfather’s Cane
Pony Prints
Overgrown
Dandelions
The Magnolia Tree and Me
Christmas Cactus
The Magic of Trains
Life and Losing and a
Friend Named Dobie
Gather Ye Rosebuds
Acknowledgments
About the Author
REVIEWS
"Poetry
that makes me weep, ponder, sigh, and laugh out loud.
“Gather Ye Rosebuds” will haunt you. “Women I Have
Loved” will make you miss maternal arms that held you
close. “Beach Reverie” will make you yearn for an ocean
breeze. And like the kiss whose imprint lingers on the
kitchen window long after lips have gone, Dorothy
Fletcher’s words will linger in your mind long after
you’ve finished reading."
Jayne
Jaudon Ferrer
Author of Dancing with my Daughter,
A New Mother’s Prayers and
A Mother of Sons
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