Last year on April 1st, I gave a talk for the Poet Laureate of Lake County Reading. Sandra Wade became Poet Laureate of the county with Fran Ransley and me as finalists. We read in Lakeport, Northern California, at the Lake County Arts Council on Main Street. The entire text of my reading is available…
Travelers’ Tales gave a Best Travel Writing Solas Award to my story “Driving Lessons” in the category of “Family Travel: The best story about traveling with family of all generations—or journeying to discover roots.” My story won a Bronze Certificate. It’s such a treat to go to an awards list an find one’s name there!…
When Pop, 91, got his credit card bill this month, his thoughts were inspired by those glimmering promises of billionaire futures they offer along with the free checks. He started to think about other futures we are borrowing against in relationships, the economy, and the environment. –JGR NO TOMORROW by Erwin A. Thompson No need…
Diane Thompson, attorney for Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc., also did an interview with Steve Tripoli of NPR’s “Marketplace” on the subprime lending issue/predatory lending (listen here). They also used a snipet of it to promote the show. We’re all really proud of her. Pop and I sat in the kitchen and listened…
My father, 91, emailed a new poem this morning. He said: “I couldn’t sleep last night after reading the disabled veteran’s magazine, so I wrote the night vigil poem. Moral: Don’t read the Disabled American Veteran’s magazine just before you go to bed. Those memories were just too real.” You should know that “Tiger” was…
My father’s new book is out! You can find “Cattle Country and Back Trail: Two Tales from Thompson Western Series,” by Erwin A. Thompson on Amazon. Richard R. Blake wrote this review for Reader Views: In these two books, award winning poet and author, Erwin A. Thompson, introduces the “Thompson Western Series.” His books paint…
My father wrote this poem for my mother, Ruth Evelyn Johnston Thompson after her death May 1, 2006. You can read more about my mother in “Sweet Little Dove” under “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” on this website. by Erwin A. Thompson For Ruth, my faithful partner of the trail for almost sixty-four years. From youth’s…