By Gail Vail
Editing and publishing a book, especially a collection of writings from many individuals, paired with paintings from many more individuals, is indeed an exercise in patience. I was about three-fourths of the way through the editing and pairing. I had no time to paint myself and was getting a little distraught about the few writings in need of just the right painting. I was talking to one of the artists and she asked me which pieces were still in need of a painting. I started to describe a writing about an osprey and she quickly said she had just completed a painting about an osprey. She quickly sent it to me via email. When I opened it up, I literally got goosebumps. The painting, by Sandra Witty, is a lovely painting showing an osprey sitting next to a nest on the branches of a lone dead tree in the middle of the lake. The writing, "Osprey", by Kathrin Rudland, refers to the osprey who, "pointed her towards her nest, a crown of tangled twigs and branches that topped a skeletal tree...". Perfect!!
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