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Who:
Me, Ron Swan
What:
The Kite and the Coin Toss - book-signing
When:
Saturday, September 11, 2021 from 2-4 pm
Where:
Barnes & Noble
5001 N Big Hollow Rd
Peoria, IL 61615
Why:
Because when you find a good coin, you give it a toss.
Give this coin a toss!
Click to read a 4 of 5 Stars professional review of The Kite and the Coin Toss.
Stay tuned!
I will be having a book-signing at the Peoria Barnes & Noble on either Saturday, September 11th or Sunday, September 12th.
I will communicate the details once the date is confirmed.
I share with you a sad, sad story. The sad, sad story of Handsstill and Regrettel…
The Sad, Sad Story of Handsstill and Regrettel
7.24.2021
We…
Hold these truths
To be self-evident
They…
Withhold all truths
To fit their narrative
We’re…
Live and let live
Don’t tread on me
They’re…
Take and no give
What’s yours belongs to me
They flip that story
Handy
But their witches house
Is made of candy
The Handsstill’s and Regrettel’s
Think it’s all dandy
All fat and happy in their cages
While the world around them rages….
Tyranny-Soros wrecks
The Plateriot
Hello,
I am entering an art contest sponsored by ArtsPartners of Central Illinois, Sky Art Peoria. Sky Art Peoria puts the work of local artists on Adams Outdoor 48’ x 14’ billboards that can be seen by thousands of local residents.
I can submit up to 3 images, so am enlisting your assistance in selecting the 3 best you feel have a chance to win.
If you click on each image below, it will open an enlarged version of it, then simply click outside the image to return to the blog. Write down, then communicate back the image numbers for your 3 favorites.
To respond, you can click a social media icon below the last image, or use the email form. After you click submit on the form, it will hyperlink within my website to the section on my newly released novel, The Kite and the Coin Toss. Please check it out!
Thank you very much for your time and I hope you enjoy the images!
Regards,
Ron Swan
…one step closer!
Don’t let the freedom of America become a lost idea, a memory.
CRICKETS AND COWBELLS
Crickets and Cowbells is the closest I will probably ever get to writing lyrics for a country song.
I intended a dark Stephen King-like play on twisting perspectives. The first half of which would have you believe it were lyrics to a country song about young love...two young lovers enjoying a sunny summer day in the country.
The chorus gives the first hint of the reality of the scene portrayed.
They may have been two young lovers, but in the second half of the song, you learn they would only wish they were enjoying a sunny summer day in the country.
KEEP YOUR PROMISE
“Wrapped by your mother, given on your birthday, you are a gift to the world...
keep your promise.”
— rAveNswAn
ADAEDA
In my thus far pathetic efforts to learn to play guitar, I came across a series of guitar chords, A, D, A, E, D and A, that form a basic blues guitar riff.
To me, it sounded like a woman's name, Adaeda, and naturally, as it was inspired by a riff, she has the blues.
FORTUITOUS FOR TWO OF US
Inspired by just another play on words...similar to "...'til ravens wane." and "'...til rAveNswAn," "Forlorn for Lauren" or "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...Fill'd with death, ya pens'll hang ya."
I like finding words you can almost lay over each other and in a twisted and muffled way, they sound the same.
PLEASE SHOW ME YOUR WINGS
Two thought threads were sewn together to come up with this one. First, the concept of someone being "saved" by another, thus assuming the other to be an angel, then longing for proof.
The second thread, the cable downing Hell's elevator, manned by none other than Dante Alighieri.
I’ve got no fight in me left
My song began with a “Trouble” Clef
But now it ends here with this rope…
Here with this rope around my neck
Not even a rope can save me
The story of my life
Is old noose now
No, not even a rope can save me
Unless…
