If Only In A Dream
Short Stories and Poems
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My Mama was a Bellamy. Never really knew what that meant even though I heard it all my life. But now as I stand in this yard, behind this grand ol' house, it's beginning to hit me, what being a Bellamy must have meant to my mother. I hear a tour guide talking. Telling the dimensions of the kitchen, and how by pulling a cord, the servants would hear a bell ring in other parts of the house. I stand here, anonymously, knowing I could interrupt at any point, and change everyone's day. But it is becoming a humorous game, how many things she is getting right and wrong. I spent my summers here before this child was born. I could correct her at any moment, but she is actually doing such a great job, bringing such an illusion of grandeur to this place, I can't even speak. That we were all so proper and such an elite part of society, My Gran would be proud. Me and Moezella's daughter Tess, Nathaniel, and Sam played on these very stairs every day - and trust me, there was nothing grand about us!
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About the Book
To try to explain what happens when I write is difficult - but the facts are - it is an open playing field for me - I can be anyone I want to be, and go anywhere I want to go. So sharing a few of those little jaunts with you - just makes it all much more fun. This book has four short stories and 5 of my most favorite poems. The stories range from pirates to gypsies, from the Civil War to LA - 2005, and each one with a lady in the middle of the adventure.... So, hopefully you have a minute to escape with me, and you can find a corner somewhere to just take a little day trip with my Book of Stories and Poems.
About the Author
J Lee Brown grew up in a small southern town, and moved to LA where she lived for over 20 years. She has been writing since she was a child, and has recently written a script called Blue Eyes Blind, that is taken from her first novel "Colorblind" which is based on her life. She is directing and producing the film ( Blue Eyes Blind ) independently next year. She writes from her own personal experiences and likes to call it fiction, and when you read her fictional stories you hopefully find optimism, love and courage in her characters. She is a mother of three, and was a single mother for many of those years, and a grandmother of nine and loving every minute of it.. Although, being a baby boomer, there is nothing conventional about this grandma! She is now living on the Atlantic Coast running a Bed and Breakfast in her spare time! Look for more of her work in the near future.