Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books
Travel via Stories
Marveling at the wooden doors of Merensky Library, University of Pretoria, a building designed like an open book, seems the perfect entertainment after hearing of my Author of the Month nomination and reading about Sumedru’s Fires, a Romanian Autumn tradition.
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Opening doors at dawn at the University of Pretoria as there’s nothing like the cool morning summer breeze when the sun smiles on a leaf and on a fragrant Jacaranda bloom.
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Only a red brick archway with a door cooling in the shadows from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, for today’s Thursday Doors.
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This Heritage Day I’m bringing you 9 books illustrating South Africa’s landscapes and people to celebrate the diverse cultural well that is South Africa. It wasn’t easy to choose only nine books depicting the breathtaking South African landscapes, its people, and their everyday life as reflected by in the local literature.
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I am thrilled to have two more poems, By the Tree and What the Eye Smells, featured on Poetry Potion “A Poem a Day”.
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