a sad note, i received word today that a fellow PK poet and a truly exceptional human being, Barbara Ostrander, passed on aug. 12th. she was a gifted writer, but so much more. she was as she wrote in her bio, a wife, a mother of four an ICU nurse, involved in international crisis relief. she worked in Africa, in truly frightening times, loved people and traveling. she always had kind words and lifted me up, and anyone that needed encouragement or a smile, she was there. on her last trip to the mountains she loved, she wrote to tell me she spoke my name into the air halfway round the world from here, because she knew that i don't travel much. that will be in my heart, forever.


a biography of her can be found on DESERT MOON REVIEW www.desertmoonreview.com


she will be missed and thought of with love and respect by many. s