A Poem

UNDER THE WALNUT TREE

When I face what has left my life,

I bow.  I walk outside into the cold,
rain nesting in my hair.
All the houses near me
have their lights on.  Somewhere,
there is a deep listening.
I stand in the dark for a long time
under the walnut tree, unable
to tell anyone, not even the night,
what I know.  I feel the darkness
rush towards me, and I open my arms.

This poem by Lynn Martin has the same title

of my novel. It suggests a lot of what the novel means

and it could explain why I chose such title.

Three Years Ago

Three years ago my novel Under the Walnut Tree was published by MediaIsla. As shown in this announcement, on Friday, November 15, 2013 I presented it to the public. On that occasion I was glad to see a rather numerous public attending who enjoyed the passages I read from the book fresh from the presses.

Thank you to those who came to celebrate my having completed a novel, and to all those who have taken some time to read it.

Three years after having been published the novel is not a novelty anymore, but it is still new for those who have not read it yet. I will be new forever as an ebook always available for a first reading.

The Powers of Language

“Hasn't language been used to manipulate, oppress, and betray more consistently than it has ever served as a vessel for aesthetic or spiritual feeling?” asks Alison Hawthorne Deming in her enlightening book Zoologies. On Animals and the Human Spirit (Milkweed Editions, 2014). 

The Walnut Tree

          What makes trees  

exude the magical powers we attribute to them?

 The symbolic walnut tree has an important presence in my novel, 

Under the Walnut Tree,

now available as an e-book at Amazon .

Electronic Version of "Under the Walnut Tree"

Mi novel, Under the Walnut Tree is now available in electronic version at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/Under-Walnut-Tree-S-D-Tolson-ebook/dp/B00M77WXNG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416424274&sr=1-1&keywords=s.+d.+tolson