Blossoming awareness

Mom's perennial springtime advice is a boon to writers, coming events, get a free copy of 'Dreaming on the Page', and a writing challenge

Glancing out my window between tasks a week or so ago, I noticed the tree branches were suddenly flecked with dots of green. Wasn’t it just yesterday when those same branches were bare? It felt like waking up to the season’s first glistening blanket of snow, only this time the world was filigreed in a fine net of spring green.

I remember my mother once …