Category: Original Writings by Catherine Shumaker Brinson vol. 1

“ANOTHER BUBBLE POEM” WAS ONE CATHERINE INCLUDED IN  “UNFINISHED SYMPHONY”, BUT IS IT COMPLETE?

I’ll let you decide.

Catherine was always a kid at heart. In cleaning out ...  keep reading

DO YOU SPEND MORE TIME ON YOUR COMPUTER THAN YOU SHOULD?

I know that I do. But there’s so much information about our wide world online that we wouldn’t have access to without a computer, ...  keep reading

CATHERINE SAW SO MUCH INSPIRATION IN THE FLORIDA KEYS, AND MANAGED TO CAPTURE IT ALL IN THIS ONE POEM.

What do you think of when you think of the Florida Keys? I think of the long highway across the ...  keep reading

I’M SPEECHLESS. I HAVE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS POEM THAT CATHERINE WROTE.

This poem is about a very common sight along the country roads and back highways throughout the South.

I think I’ll ...  keep reading

ONE LINE. THIS POEM WAS IN CATHERINE’S “UNFINISHED SYMPHONY” CATEGORY FOR LACKING ONLY ONE LINE.

How would you finish that one last line? Let me know in the comments below.

“THE ...  keep reading

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN UP IN A HOT AIR BALLOON?

I haven’t, and I don’t think Catherine ever was up in one either. But I know she loved them, and went to at least one balloon festival, where ...  keep reading

REBECCA PATTERSON WAS MY MOTHER’S OLDEST FRIEND.

Not her longest term friend, but the oldest. At the time of this poem, she was turning 98 years old!

Rebecca was always kind and sweet, with a smiling ...  keep reading

I WASN’T SURE IF I SHOULD PUBLISH THE POEMS FROM CATHERINE’S CATEGORY “UNFINISHED SYMPHONY”.

After all, why would anyone be interested in reading an unfinished poem? But what ...  keep reading

MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME TO SIP THE NECTAR FROM A FRESHLY PICKED HONEYSUCKLE FLOWER.

I love honeysuckle, and obviously Catherine did, too. She may be part of the reason that I love it so much. To me, nothing ...  keep reading