The Water Drop is now available on Amazon.com! The paperback version was listed on Amazon on December 21st, 2012 and we are so excited! This is the first book in a series of four. There are three other books in this series. This one is about water and the other three are about the wind, the earth and fire. We are working to have the entire series available very soon.
This is the Author's Note from The Water Drop:
Dear Reader,
This book is about a water drop that leaves the Great Smoky Mountains and travels on a great adventure. As the water drop makes his way through rivers, lakes and finally to the ocean, he realizes that his home in the Great Smoky Mountains will always hold a place in his heart. This story came to me while I was sitting beside Valley River which flows through Andrews, North Carolina. The Valley River is a tributary of the Hiwassee River that begins as a spring on Snowbird Mountain in North Carolina. Parts of the Hiwassee gather near the Georgia border with North Carolina to form Lake Chatuge. This lake and these rivers are where a water drop might travel if it left Snowbird Mountain. The captured images in this book are of these ancient Cherokee lands. You will need to read the story to find out where the water drop ends up at the end of the journey. We tried to show the connection that we have with the Earth by travelling through the stages of the water cycle in this story.
I recently traced my ancestry back to the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. Some of my ancestors refused to walk the Trail of Tears and actually hid in the Snowbird Mountains of North Carolina. The Trail of Tears was the forced removal of many Native Americans from their homelands during the early 1800s. I hope that the pictures that accompany my words in this story capture the feelings that I felt as I stood on Snowbird Mountain. As I listened to my ancestors whisper to me from long ago, I was inspired by their ancient form of storytelling. I wondered how the storytellers could explain complicated aspects of life in what appeared to be a simple story for all to understand. They would have to bring together lessons about life’s journeys, ancient wisdom of the Earth and knowledge of the animals with which they shared the land.
My husband, Anthony, took all of the incredible pictures for this book and for that I will be forever grateful. I am often amazed by how he connects to Nature through his photographs. Hopefully this simple story will bring meaning to you and you will find a connection. I would love to be able to sit with you and tell you the story of The Water Drop one day. After all, it’s not just a story to be read. It’s a story to be told.
Until we meet,
Anna Berenyi
This is the Author's Note from The Water Drop:
Dear Reader,
This book is about a water drop that leaves the Great Smoky Mountains and travels on a great adventure. As the water drop makes his way through rivers, lakes and finally to the ocean, he realizes that his home in the Great Smoky Mountains will always hold a place in his heart. This story came to me while I was sitting beside Valley River which flows through Andrews, North Carolina. The Valley River is a tributary of the Hiwassee River that begins as a spring on Snowbird Mountain in North Carolina. Parts of the Hiwassee gather near the Georgia border with North Carolina to form Lake Chatuge. This lake and these rivers are where a water drop might travel if it left Snowbird Mountain. The captured images in this book are of these ancient Cherokee lands. You will need to read the story to find out where the water drop ends up at the end of the journey. We tried to show the connection that we have with the Earth by travelling through the stages of the water cycle in this story.
I recently traced my ancestry back to the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. Some of my ancestors refused to walk the Trail of Tears and actually hid in the Snowbird Mountains of North Carolina. The Trail of Tears was the forced removal of many Native Americans from their homelands during the early 1800s. I hope that the pictures that accompany my words in this story capture the feelings that I felt as I stood on Snowbird Mountain. As I listened to my ancestors whisper to me from long ago, I was inspired by their ancient form of storytelling. I wondered how the storytellers could explain complicated aspects of life in what appeared to be a simple story for all to understand. They would have to bring together lessons about life’s journeys, ancient wisdom of the Earth and knowledge of the animals with which they shared the land.
My husband, Anthony, took all of the incredible pictures for this book and for that I will be forever grateful. I am often amazed by how he connects to Nature through his photographs. Hopefully this simple story will bring meaning to you and you will find a connection. I would love to be able to sit with you and tell you the story of The Water Drop one day. After all, it’s not just a story to be read. It’s a story to be told.
Until we meet,
Anna Berenyi
