I Am Not An Island

By Elizabeth Lane

We are all connected, our lives are framed by relationships we form and we are forever affected by the ripples they create. We feel for others and they feel for us, these are the ties that bind us and the roots that ground us. From birth to death we are all searching for connection and once we find one we are changed. You are not an island, I am

• Language: English
• Publisher: Debbie Lee
• Release date: Jul 12, 2018
• ISBN: 9781760415860

Elizabeth Lane

Elizabeth Lane was raised in Monroe, Utah, a small town set between forested mountains and red rock desert. The eldest of two sisters, she grew up hiking, fishing and camping with her family. She graduated from the University of Utah with a major in biology/education and minors in Spanish and art. Early on she worked as a teacher and as a proofreader before beginning a 23-year career as an educational software designer. The job included writing children's stories. Many of the children's books she wrote are still in print. In the late 1970s, after selling several children's stories to a magazine, she decided to try a novel. Her first adult book, Mistress Of The Morning Star, was published in 1980. After publishing five more novels and ghost-writing two others, she sold a proposal to Harlequin's then-new historical line. As of 2008, she has written 25 books for Harlequin. Presently Elizabeth lives in a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. She has a grown son and daughter and three grandchildren. Another daughter died in an accident in 1985. An avid traveler, she has lived in several states, as well as Mexico, Germany, Guatemala and Panama. Her favorite places to visit include Hong Kong, Nepal, Tanzania and Peru. She also loves to hike and dance, and gives back to her community by volunteering as a zoo docent. Elizabeth now writes full time. She will have three new Harlequin Historicals coming out in the months ahead as well as a novella in Harlequin's 2009 Western Christmas Anthology. She also blogs regularly on the popular site, Petticoats and Pistols.

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I Am Not An Island

I Am Not An Island

Elizabeth Lane

Ginninderra Press

I Am Not An Island

ISBN 978 1 76041 586 0

Copyright © Elizabeth Lane 2018

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First published 2018 by

Ginninderra Press

PO Box 3461 Port Adelaide 5015

www.ginninderrapress.com.au

Contents

I Am Not An Island

In memory of my grandad

I Am Not An Island

Being Frank

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If you don’t have anything nice to say

say nothing

unless it will make people laugh

then it must be said.

Don’t be a full sack

or an empty one with a hole in it

because you can’t put or keep anything

in either of them.

Always tell people when you have no bananas.

If it rains expect your feet to get wet

but always keep them firmly fixed on the ground.

The truth must always be offered

when an opinion is asked for.

People should not get too big for their boots

and should be informed when they are doing so.

Optimism is just a nice word for being delusional.

Reality is harsh and disappointing

but if you don’t get your hopes up

you shouldn’t end up too disappointed.

What is the Colour of Love?

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Is love red

like the blood that pumps

through my veins?

Or is love blue

like the depths of the ocean

where my options are sink or swim?

Maybe love is green

like budding leaves

that grow on trees in springtime.

Perhaps love is yellow

like butter melting

on warm toast.

If love were orange

it would fill the sky

as the sun went down.

Love in purple

is like bruised skin

both bold and fragile.

But love is a spectrum

it is all colours

and it is in