“A SOUTHERN WIND BLEW TO COMPLETE THE BEAUTY IN WHATEVER SEASON OF THE ROSE” subject matters are so vivid they jump out at you from the pages in living color. It is a book of poetry and short stories that focuses widely on love and romance. This book will have you in love with love itself. The book will make you think with pondering thoughts of your actually being able to converse in print too. The book brings back memories of a band at a high school from over thirty years ago. It describes a fantasy, it speaks on giving love and receiving love, it will lure you into an open door of pleasures not defined, it shares a dream, it meets a person on the streets asking for money, it talks about inherited features that family members have, it remembers 911, it sees this economy and feels what the country is going through, which is an eye opener for most of us. All of these subjects, and everyday situations in general moved me to write this book of poetry and short stories. It is an enjoyable read that shoots straight to the point with many, many subject matters that will stir your imagination and rejuvenate your soul.

As the story of "Minnie Miles" continues to unfold through the finished work of "OUR HANDS" you will discover the amazing truths between Minnie and Dr. Malcolm Forbes. It turns out that Dr. Forbes is not actually the man that Minnie thought he was for so long. Before her very eyes she finds out who he truly is and what he's really all about. Be amazed and inspired by what develops between Ms. Jackson and Mr. Baines the store owner over on Nims Road, simply through their phone conversations since the day he handed over to her the diary left with him by Cylia Faye Miles, Minnie's mother.

In the story of "Minnie Miles", come take a journey through ten years since best friends Minnie and Nellie graduated from high school. You will find out what Minnie and Nellie aspired to become with both of their careers. You will find out how Minnie was able to cope with the passing of her parents from that terrible automobile accident years earlier, because the pain of it all was still buried deep inside. See Ms. Jackson spring into action because she refused to let the same mistake happen twice especially when she was able to do something about it before it was too late. Meet the new neighbors that purchased the house across the road from Mark and Marian that once belonged to Cylia Faye and Jack Miles. Follow the one dozen white roses that, was placed at Cylia Faye's grave site and find out what really happened between Cylia Faye and that old store owner down there on Nims Road. In the story of "Destine Divine" follow the beautiful love affair between Destine Divine Smith and Anthony Mason, owner of Mason Photography. Follow Destine as she shows up and shows out with her new position at Mason Photography. It turns out she's really surprising to everyone, and even more surprising to Anthony Mason. Meet Porsha Blackmon Cleaves, head photographer at Mason who figured she should have had Destine's new position that it should have been given to her by Anthony Mason. Go with Destine as she travels back to her home town where her good friend Jim gives her life lessons concerning her new found romance with Anthony. Only when Margaret the receptionist at Mason has a motherly talk with Destine is she able to make up her mind about what she really wants to do. The story of "Minnie Miles" and the story of "Destine Divine", continues from my book titled "SITUATIONS". This is "REALITIES" a book of fiction.

A narrative of Minnie Miles: Jack and Cylia Faye Miles had only one child, Minnie. Nellie was her best friend in the whole world. They enjoyed growing up in the rural of Mississippi. They were inseparable. Jack and Cylia Faye were too busy drinking and juking to care for their only child. Nellie's parents practically raised Minnie until one day she had to leave for Detroit to live with her grandmother permanently. Even after Minnie's parents death she seemed to have no love for them because she felt she really never knew them. They were strangers to her. At her parents burial she didn't even say good bye. (Insert from Minnie Miles) the summer after myself and Minnie's junior year of high school early one evening the police knocked at our door saying there had been a fatal accident out on route three, said the lady a Mrs. Cylia Faye Miles had been rushed to Menard Hospital in critical condition but the gentleman a Mr. Jack Miles was pronounced dead at the scene and someone needed to contact next of kin to identify the body of Mr. Miles and that Mrs. Miles family needed to be contacted.

Anna Beauchamp is a Southern aristocrat when the Civil War erupts and takes away all the luxury and dignity of her former life. She and her mother, Sara, are near destitute when a Union Calvary unit rides into Natchez, Mississippi and takes over her home. Anna is unprepared for the handsome young Captain Jess Quaid who has been wounded and needs her care to recover. She struggles against the attraction she feels for this man, knowing a relationship with him is close to treason. At every opportunity the Captain seeks her attention under the guise of friendship. However, the Captain wants more than friendship, but with none of the commitment that comes with loving a girl such as Anna.Through a series of events, the Captain's love turns to hate and Anna's into desperation. Can these two star-crossed lovers find the happiness they seek in a world that has been turned upside down by a turbulent war that pits brother against brother?