AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“NIRVANA” is included this week for the National Day of Unplugging, March 6. As a young woman, the author researched many religions including Bhuddism. She shared her interest in this teaching with her then very young daughter making a lasting impression on her.

REFRACTIONS—a by Robert Roxby

“EMMA” was written about a personal friend the author came to know through his own work at the local Senior Center. It first appeared in his anthology, Reflections on a Lifetime. It is included because March is Women’s History Month.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“THE OLD MAN’S HARVEST” is included this week for National Good Samaritan Day, March 14. The poem was inspired by several films about drought and conflict.