The Brilliance of the Stain by poet Sharon K Sheppard invites readers to renew their sense of wonder at the natural world, the world within, and the invisible connections threaded between the two. She writes eloquently of keeping one's balance through the process of aging and letting what is, be enough. Ms. Sheppard does not sugar-coat loss, but weaves into it the simple joys of watching grandchildren at the beach, remembered love, and the evergreen cycles of life.
