<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><p>Hi DeAnna,</p><p>It's good to hear from you. We were wondering. Here is a copy of Sally's submission.</p><p>---</p><p>From: Sally Rosenthal <<a href="mailto:sanford.rosenthal@comcast.net">sanford.rosenthal@comcast.net</a>><br>To: "C. S. Boyd" <br>Cc: Critique Group 1 <<a href="mailto:group1@bluegrasspals.com">group1@bluegrasspals.com</a>><br>Subject: [Critique Group 1] Sally's October submission<br>Date: Oct 20, 2019 3:55 PM<br> HOPEFUL Hands<br>Each day I wake<br>With hopeful hands<br>Willing to perform<br>Purposeful tasks <br>Or Acts of random kindness.</p><p>The stupor of grief<br>Has lifted, leaving me<br>Bewildered on strange paths,<br>Adrift at sea holding<br>A broken compass with <br>No stars to guide me.</p><p>Autumn turns to winter, and <br>My hands find work of<br>Their own accord, but my spirit, <br>Like frozen fields, lies fallow<br>Waiting for the warmth of spring.</p><p>Sally Rosenthal<br></p><p><br><br></p><blockquote style="color: black; padding-left: 5px; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; margin-left: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Deanna Noriega <dqnoriega@gmail.com>
<br>Sent: Oct 26, 2019 10:28 AM
<br>To: "C. S. Boyd" <sitting.duck@springmail.com>
<br>Cc: Critique Group 1 <group1@bluegrasspals.com>
<br>Subject: [Critique Group 1] October's Submission
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I was sure that I had sent it shortly after Returning from California, but my gmail won’t let me see anything sent after about November 2018. It probably has something to do with the fact that I do read and delete stuff using my phone more than my ancient, cranky old desktop machine. I am seriously considering giving up on it and looking for an Apple Airbook to replace my laptop, which has it’s own set of quirks. I need to remember to send my submissions to my embosser so that I have a hard copy that can’t disappear into cyber space. Is Sally submitting anything? I have Marcia’s, Leonard’s and Cleora’s. I will send out my poem in a separate email. I spent two weeks beginning in Septemeber and ending in October with my 88 year old mother. I pulled this poem up because although she is advancing in senile dementia, I still see traces of the woman who raised me. Flashes of her charm, intelligence, and wisdom still flicker under the surface of the person who can’t remember why she went to her bedroom or sometimes how to dress herself. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your patience as I deal with my own health issues, those of my spouse and my beloved mother’s decline.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">DeAnna <o:p></o:p></p></div></group1@bluegrasspals.com></sitting.duck@springmail.com></dqnoriega@gmail.com></blockquote></div></body></html>