I believe God wants you to know… …that the reason so much of humanity commemorates this day is that so much of humanity seeks to give and receive love.

I believe God wants you to know…

…that the reason so much of humanity commemorates
this day is that so much of humanity seeks to give and
receive love.
During this holy time, know that all times are holy, that
every religion holds truth, that each tradition is sacred,
and that it is in the simple sharing of love that we make
our beliefs come alive, and our dreams come true.
Let this Christmas Day remind us that Christ came to
invite us to offer love to all humankind, and to open the
door of God’s kingdom to every soul.
Merry Christmas, everyone.

  
Love,  Your Friend …

Neale.

Merry Christmas!

I believe God wants you to know….

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…that this is the eve of the birth of the Christ as you.

It is a re-birth, of course, for the Christ has always been
there. On this special eve, may you experience that
Presence in you, as you, through your sharing of the
love that has been brought to you directly from God.
The wonderful gift of Christmas is that it is not a one
day or one time experience, but lasts the whole year
through — thanks to you. You are the gift, and as
you give, so shall you receive.
Love,  Your Friend …

Neale.

Put these dates on your calendar! Johnnie Bernhard events!

Bernhard photo curteosy of Judi Altman

 Johnnie Bernhard Events

Houston Writers Guild, Mini-Conference, March 19, 2016, McGovern-Stella Link Community Center at 7405 Stella Link, Houston, TX 77025, CONFIRMED. – I will do a break-out session and hear pitches.  www.houstonwritersguild.org 

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Johnnie will be part of the leadership team, presenting at Cursillo #261 as part of the Cursillo Movement of South Mississippi, April 9-12, 2016.  It is a member of The National and International Cursillo Movement. The Cursillo Movement in the United States was organized on a national basis in 1965. A National Secretariat was formed and the National Cursillo Office (currently in Jarrell, Texas) was established. Today, Cursillo is a worldwide movement with centers in nearly all South and Central American countries, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Austria, Australia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and in several African countries. In 1980, the Cursillo Movement established a worldwide international office, the OMCC (Organismo Mundial de Cursillos de Cristiandad). The international office is located in Portugal for the 2014-2017 term.[1]In the Cursillo movement, being “in colors” is to be in God’s grace. For that reason, Cursillo participants (cursillistas) greet each other with the phrase “De Colores” (in Colors).

Atlanta Writers Club, Atlanta Writers Conference, May 6 – 7, 2016 at the Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel.  I will be reviewing manuscripts and hearing pitches. www.atlantawritersclub.org

Mississippi Book Festival, A Literary Lawn Party at the State Capitol, Jackson, MS, August 20, 2016, TENTATIVE – www.eventful.com/jackson/events/mississippi-book-festival-/E0-001-084406687-4

Faulkner Society, Faulkner Wisdom Literary Event, Words & Music Conference, New Orleans, October 29-31, 2016, TENTATIVE – Lunch on December 9, 2015 with Rosemary James, co-founder of the Pirate Alley Faulkner Society of New Orleans. www.wordsandmusic.org/

Johnnie Bernhard, Agent

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Character study – Sarah Tulschinsky – From Silt and Ashes by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

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Sarah Tulschinsky, Arel’s older sister, fascinated Havah. Her crooked-toothed smile eclipsed her hollow cheeks. Skinny, with a thatch of kinky black hair and round eyes, she lacked Shayndel’s physical attributes.

Arel said he could not recall ever hearing Sarah raise her voice, until seven years ago. Always the dutiful daughter, she did whatever she was told until her father arranged for her to marry a man twice her age. With shrieks of rage that shocked everyone, she stuffed her few belongings into a carpetbag and left home. The few kopeks she had scrimped together from mending clothes paid her passage to America.

Amid stench and disease in the ship’s steerage, she met her beloved Wolf. Married soon after their arrival in New York, they followed their dreams to Kansas City where they lived in a flea-infested shack among the impoverished unwashed in a settlement known as McClure Flats. Side-by-side, she and Wolf established his tailor shop. Within two years, they saved enough money to move from the slums into a two-story home.

McClure Flats in Kansas City, MO 1911

McClure Flats, Kansas City, Missouri 1911

~~Taken from From Silt and Ashes by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

 

Sarah Tulschinsky is a gentle presence in both Please Say Kaddish for Me and From Silt and Ashes. In the first book, the family in Svechka looks forward to her letters telling of her life in America, although Yussel, who feels that he drove her away, wrestles with his guilt and worries that she hasn’t forgiven him.

Sarah is the first to welcome Havah to Kansas City. However, when she sees how Yussel dotes on Havah, she feels twinges of jealousy. In the end a close bond forms between the two women.

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Published by Argus Publishing 

Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency