that lucky old sun

Leaning into spontaneity and even whimsy more than reason, I picked up a copy of my first self-published book, ‘Ring Around the Rosy,’ and read it again the last couple of days. I sobbed here and there throughout – it’s a good story. The cover, an end-of-the-world scene starring a boy with Down syndrome, a girl with cerebral palsy, in her chair, her nerdy assistant, and four young boys was created by a woman in England back in 2017. For $26.

These last few days I’ve been lost in thought and hopefully fairy tale help with the rescue of my boxes and paintings from Idaho. Any plan, and I’m seriously leaning into an especially wild one, costs. A while ago I went digging through a closet and came upon 15 brand new copies of “Rosy,’ never sold, like most of my books. I’m not asking for gifts of money, those seem to come here and there, but I am going to ask here if you, loyal subscriber, would consider a purchase of ‘Rosy’ and her friends. That would be $10 for the book and $5 for the shipping. Selling all 15 would help a lot.

I can say it’s a wonderful story, especially for nowadays, filled with love and loyalty, friendships and welcomings, big, big changes, boundless courage, and a lot of warmed-hearts, grateful tears. I think reading it helps. You could send me a check – Winston Cushman Jr – at 2135A NE 16th Ave Portland, OR 97212, or PayPal to b.cushman@hotmail.com Being seemingly unemployable at this point in my life, there’s plenty of time to get it in the mail to you presto quicko.

It’s just a Thursday thought.