I woke up yesterday to rain pelting the house and the wind whipping winter tree limbs.

I felt like the tree, deluged by so much that needed to be done. But all I wanted to do was write. 

I’ve only been home from vacation for a week and my writing time has slipped away from me despite my best intentions not to let that happen. I don’t want my partially formed ideas and wisps of thought to escape, unrecorded, possibly forever. 

As I watched the tree limbs succumb to the wind and the rain pour, I noticed puddles forming at the roots of the tree.

I got distracted by other things and when I looked at the tree later, the wind was blowing the puddles dry.

There was only one thing to do - write before the wind blew the pools of my ideas away. 

Lynn H. Wyvill grew up in Washington DC where her favorite activity was sitting under a Japanese red maple tree, watching clouds create pictures in the sky. As a writer, she finds peace and inspiration when hiking in the woods, strolling on sandy beaches, and observing nature’s show in her backyard. Those experiences are captured in her first book, Nature’s Quiet Wisdom. Before writing books, Lynn worked as a radio/TV reporter and writer for the US Department of Agriculture and owned a consulting business that trained professionals on the creation and delivery of effective presentations. She is a lifelong learner, avid reader, small town explorer, and dedicated theater attendee who lives in beautiful Virginia with her husband.