my writing on Author's Den

Once again this month on Author's Den (http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?authorid=73154) my most read piece of writing is Knitting in Iceland. To read this piece please log on to: http://oknitting2.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-writing.html The second runner up was Searching. Searching was inspired by a trip to Iceland.

Searching

I set sail for a distant land determined to find buried treasure: my roots.

Upon arrival I immediately set to work with axe and shovel.

The frozen land broke my axe. The rocks bent my shovel.

I roared at the mountains. I thundered at the sea.

"The soil I walk is foreign soil. The sounds I hear are foreign sounds. The air I breathe is foreign air. This Ice-land is not a part of me."

I clawed. I kicked. I yelled. I screamed. Exhausted I fell to my knees.

A distant faint voice sang in foreign sounds from deep within the earth.

"I did not hear? What did you say?" I begged.

My breath stirred the soil. The soil revealed a glimpse of a treasure yet to be discovered.

"Do I belong? When, how can I see more of you?"

The voice sang my reply, "Mjog gott…very good."

…my search had begun.