Set in North Texas, in the thirties and forties, THE SOUND OF WINDMILLS is a story of survival, especially of the females in the Taylor family. Drawing from her background, the story centers mainly around the young girl Rugene Taylor, who grows up where hundreds of windmills dotted the landscape, groaning and creaking as they turned into the wind, pumping water from the wells below ground. Awakening to hear them in the night, a man could rest easy, knowing the storage tanks would be filled by morning, the cooking and baking completed, the wash pots filled, and the Saturday night baths taken....

The author's story is personal yet universal and chronicles her life at Lake Livingston for a year. Her search follows the seasons and her growing awareness that humanity is a part of nature, with all its divine mysteries. She gently offers the wisdom of her own spiritual questions. With her quiet humor and honesty, she invites you to go with her into the rhythms of the seasons. She reveals her own experiences in the ups and downs of the writing life and gives the reader generous amounts of inspiration as she unmasks her shadow. As she deals with living alone and her fears of solitude (her...