Book description
On any given day, “Wisdom Collectors,” which can include scholars,
poets and general enthusiasts, are lined up awaiting the next nuggets of
wisdom. Each word of wisdom builds on previous words of wisdom whether
spoken or written by such individuals as Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln,
Andy Rooney, Angela Lansbury, Ann Richards, Aristotle or Audrey Hepburn.
These are just a few of the A's. The B's through Z's are just as
impressive. Nancy Hopkins Reily has now dealt with these words of
wisdom, sometimes in rhyme, metered, and narrative verse, and presented
them in a musical beat that not everyone will recognize-all done with an
uncanny imagination that cuts through to the core of every issue and
includes the youth and adults. Wisdom Collectors also delve into the
living of life such as traveling, cooking, photographing, retiring and
preparing for emergencies. “These selective nuggets,” Nancy says, “are
welcome to all members and non-members of the Wisdom Collectors whose
current membership, by the way, is one person-me.” Nancy's wisdom began
when she was a young native Dallas, Texan and learned that it was okay
to say, “I don't know.” Graduated from Southern Methodist University,
she claimed that she wasn't very sexy if her high heel shoes hurt her
feet. As a beginning homemaker, there was nothing like the sound of
scraping burnt toast. In raising two children, Nancy realized that each
age came in the right sequence. And just as she finished her work as a
mother, she became a grandmother. One grandson taught her that Louisiana
doesn't drain very well. When she began her writing career, she declared
that fifty percent of writing is just showing up to write and to
surround yourself with talented people. Nancy says that the best advice
she has been given is, “Drink very little liquid, if any, after six pm.”
And, upon reflection she wonders, “Do I want to be a pioneer woman and
be among the first women to stop cooking?” NANCY HOPKINS REILY is also
the author of “Classic Outdoor Color Portraits, A Guide for
Photographers;” “Georgia O'Keeffe, A Private Friendship, Part I, Walking
the Sun Prairie Land;” “Georgia O'Keeffe, A Private Friendship, Part II,
Walking the Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch Land;” and “Joseph Imhof, Artist of
the Pueblos” with Lucille Enix, all from Sunstone Press.
