Drum Roll, Please

A group of...ahem...mature women banded together to create...

Isn't that a cool cover?

To celebrate the release of Old Broads Waxing Poetic, each "old broad" (we use that term loosely, our ages range from 40's to 70's) featured in this book is blogging about her favorite old broad today.  To join in the festivities, we invite each of you to tell us about your favorite old broad in the comments. Oh, and if you get a little ruffled by the term broad, you can tell us about your favorite older woman... how's that? One lucky person who comments about his or her favorite broad will win a free copy of our book. The more blogs of ours you comment on, the better your chances.  And, by the way, creativity counts. Cool, huh? (It really IS cool ... not only is it filled with fun poetry, but all proceeds from the sale of this book are going to  CARE International). The winner of this mini-blogfest will be announced next Friday, September 12th.

It's a great cause, so we'll love you even more if you blog about the book, the contest, and help spread the word on Facebook and Twitter.

Now then, let me introduce the other broads,

• Connie
• Robyn
• Joanne
• Fran 
• Delores
• Juli
• Michael
• Susan

Oh, right. Michael isn't a broad. He's a guy. A very nice guy who used that lovely image from Francesco Romoli to create our cover for us, so you could say, as an important member of our team, he's an honorary broad. With hairy legs.

Thanks for helping make this a very (ba da bum) broad celebration!

Here's my tribute: 

For Grandma C.

A charm,

sterling silver

hangs,

alone on a loop.

A church.

Used to be

I could squint,

through a pinprick window,

see The Lord’s Prayer,

the words

no longer visible,

or, my eyes too old to see.

A bracelet, big

for my six-year-old wrist,

this gift sits in my jewelry box

fifty years later,

and sometimes

I open the box,

touch the trinket,

an amulet,

a talisman,

but mostly,

a connection

to another wrist.

Tapered fingers,

long nails with ridges,

that found their way up  

to rub our scalps,

and always

scratched

the itchy spot

underneath

our shoulders.

September 2014

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