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4 posts published by Miriam Hurdle during October 2025| The Showers of Blessings
4 posts published by Miriam Hurdle during October 2025| The Showers of Blessings
I’m delighted to host my friend, fellow poet and author Balroop Singh, and her new book, Beyond the Fetters. I’ve read many of Balroop’s poetry collections. Beyond the Fetters is her first novel. She’s here today to share all about it with you. Please join me to welcome Balroop. Happiness? All the characters in this book yearn for happiness and| The Showers of Blessings
I’m delighted to host my friend and fellow author, Elizabeth Gauffreau, and her new book tour today. Liz is known for her historical fiction. She is here to share with you all about The Weigh…| The Showers of Blessings
4 posts published by Miriam Hurdle during July 2025| The Showers of Blessings
Selma Martin is hosting Tanka Tuesday this week. She proposed to write a Haiku like Bashō. Following Bashō’s example, I wrote my haiku in s-l-s syllable counts rather than the English haiku of 5-7-5 syllable counts. Colleen Chesebro included an essay, “Why ‘No 5-7-5′” from National Haiku Writing Month. You’re invited to read here. outside the window leaves turn yellow| The Showers of Blessings
I’m delighted to have my friend and fellow author, Denise, visiting my blog today. She has published a new Christmas Collection and is excited to share it with you all. Please join me to welcome Denise! Thank you, Miriam, for having me on your beautiful blog today to share the release of Ghosts & Miracles Past: A Christmas Collection| The Showers of Blessings
The autumnal equinox was on September 22, 2025, almost a week ago. On the autumnal equinox, the Sun is directly over the Earth’s equator, making nearly equal amounts of daylight and darkn…| The Showers of Blessings
2 posts published by Miriam Hurdle during September 2025| The Showers of Blessings
The first week of September is gone. September evokes certain emotions and senses in me. The pressing summer heat retreated. The temperatures are cooler with cloudy skies. It has been drizzling for…| The Showers of Blessings
1 post published by Miriam Hurdle during August 2025| The Showers of Blessings
We visited Rome, Florence, and Venice in Italy, and spent three days in each. Instead of taking the tour bus, we took a high-speed train from city to city. Previously, I posted about Rome, Florence…| The Showers of Blessings
Our vacation in Italy was a leisure trip, visiting three cities, Rome, Florence, and Venice, and spent three days in each. In stead of taking the tour bus, we took high-speed train from city to cit…| The Showers of Blessings
Our vacation in Italy was a leisure trip, visiting three cities, Rome, Florence, and Venice, and spent three days in each. In stead of taking the tour bus, we took high-speed train from city to cit…| The Showers of Blessings
Hubby and I returned from Italy two weeks ago. It took me a week to get over the jet lag, but it took us no time to get back into our grandparenting’s life. The grandkids came for a sleepover…| The Showers of Blessings
Hi, I’m Miriam Hurdle. I grew up in Hong Kong where I finished college and worked for several years before coming to the United States. While in Hong Kong, I taught Chinese as a Second Langua…| The Showers of Blessings
