7 Minutes on Christmas Day

My crazy (i.e., 6:40 a.m.) but fun Christmas Day interview on WINA 1070 Charlottesville. Hosts were Wendy Edwards and Bruce Edmonds. The subject: 47 Minutes on Christmas Eve.

47 Minutes on Christmas Eve (First Reviews)

“A magical tale of redemption.” (The Hook, Charlottesville, Va.)

“A surreal holiday fable . . . part Alice in Wonderland and part It’s a Wonderful Life.” (Virginia Living)

“47 Minutes is a thin book, but deep; short, but memorable. Take the time to savor its words and surreal images and its powerful, timely message for our rushed and stuffed society: ’tis, indeed, the gift to be simple.” (John de Graaf, co-author, Affluenza; director, the Happiness Initiative)

 “A gift that will endure through the years.” (Lynchburg, Va., Ledger)

Cheshire Apparition (Sunset, Wednesday, 27 April 2011)

William Van Doren, CHESHIRE APPARITION (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

You can barely see it – I could barely see it – but way up in the sky, between storms (again), there was an opening of dim remote blue. It lasted only seconds before the rains rolled back in.