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MaryBaldiniOlson

Wandering Through The Garden from Hat Tree to Bottle Bush the Garden Greets the Beginning of Spring the Early Pre-Spring Riser Narcissus Jonquil Stands Tall Knows her Beauty the Sun Warms the Plants as the Bright Yellow Jasmine Blooms Primrose Bursts Open Below the Tulips Speak Cheerfully Flaming Parrot to the Angelique Fringe Apollo Dutch Iris with the White and Yellow Brings Thoughts of Winter Snow and Summer Shine the Queen of the Garden with her Three Point Crown the Great White Trillium and Now We Wait for the Two Preying Mantis Egg Cases to Hatch as Days get Warmer New Life Returning Life Brings a Bounty of Beauty and Color

Greetings!

I am so glad you are here to join me on my writing journey. I have been a writer for the past fifty years. discovering my passion for writing when I was in college. I am a professional naturalist having led hikes and taught classes in city, state and national parks in Illinois, Michigan, and Vermont. My essays have been inspired by my travels across the United Stated and Canada. I am a mother of five and grandmother of five who are also the subject of many writings. Cozy up with one of my books of essays or connect to my memoir which is written knowing there are wives and mothers who have traveled down the same bumpy road that I have navigated.

I look forward to you following me on my writing journey. Mary

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INDIE MARKETS

Poetry – Ninth Letter (print journal), Harbor Review (online journal), Split Lip Magazine (online journal), Bennington Review (online & print), Foglifter (print LBGTQIA+)

Fiction – Ecotone (print journal), Normal School (print journal), Adroit Journal (online journal), Hunger Mountain (online journal), One Story (print journal)

Nonfiction – Zyzzyva (print journal), Brick (print magazine), Emergence (print magazine), Agni (print journal), Hobart (print magazine)