Author name: Mary Anne Smrz

When I was a little girl about eight years old, I subscribed to Highlights Magazine filled with fun learning activities. In the back of one issue was an invitation to send in for a certificate entitling you to board one of the first rockets taking people to the moon. This possibility was incredible to me! My Mom, rolling her eyes, graciously paid for and sent in for my certificate. I had my ticket! I was going to the moon someday! I couldn’t wait!

Reflections from the Red Kayak “Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?” Henry David Thoreau, Walden This question is the opening quote of my new book, Paddlin’ with Thoreau, the 4th one in my Reflections from the Red Kayak series. The pictures above are

Reflections from the Red Kayak “Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Reading And so Paddlin’ with Thoreau, Reflections from the Red Kayak, appropriately begins with that quote from Henry.