A Rhyme for the Time - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dottie resides in Bellevue, Ohio where she retired from the Bellevue Public Schools as a second grade teacher. Teaching second graders is where she got the ideas for her poems. They were based on the different seasons, holidays or whatever they were studying. She believes that children need to stimulate their brains with memorization so several of these poems were used for this purpose. Dottie is also a composer and uses her gift of poetry in the lyrics of the many songs and cantatas she has written. She and her husband, Jim, live in Bellevue. Their children and grandchildren are scattered throughout Bellevue and Texas. When growing up, she and her Dad would write poetry notes to each other. Thanks to him, she now has no trouble with writing poems. Her mother was also a poet and the poem, "Ghosts" was written by her. She would be so surprised to be included in this book.

Jim is a lifelong resident of the rural Bellevue, Ohio area. He attends the Flat Rock Ebenezer United Methodist Church and graduated from the former Thompson High School in Fireside, Ohio. He is retired from the Capitol Allumimum Corporation in Bellevue.Jim is a self-taught artist and works in oils, watercolor, pen and ink and pencil. He also works in stained glass and wood. He is famous in the area for his Chalk Talks where he draws right in front of his audience with chalks and a beautiful picture emerges right before your eyes.Jim teaches watercolor painting at Terra Community College in the Elder College in Fremont, Onio. He occasionally gives private lessons and group workshops. He belongs to the Firelands Art League, the Tiffin Art Guild, Findlay Art League and several others. Art is his passion.