Hi Everyone!

On the weekend of September 19 through 21 Baltimore will be holding its 8th annual book festival. There will be wine and live music and authors from all over the world...including director Barry Levinson signing his new book.

I have been fortunate enough to be able to display by first book (Does God Have a Hero? :Meditations for Compassionate Living) and to have a signing for two of these days Friday and Saturday ( Friday at 7:00pm and Saturday at 3:00 pm).

This will be my biggest event yet!

I just want to thank you all for reading, encouraging, and inspirering me.

If anyone lives close by...please visit!


Thank you all.


Love,
Eric

Dear Eric, that's great news! I'd love to be able to come by ... but the jump across the Atlantic is a bit too big ...

I am happy that you are given the opportunity to be known by your potential readers. It's enough to open one of your books and to read a few lines or a poem to be captured by your beauty and wisdom.

May you enjoy the contact with people and may they buy your book "Does God have a hero?", which is a masterpiece, holding wonderful treasures for all the seekers of truth and higher Divine awareness.

Eric Paul McCarty you are a very precious gift to the world.

Wishing you success and joy in Baltimore!
I love you. Margherita

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I’m open to love
my heart invites you to dance
come share my delight


senryu by Margherita

Dear Eric

Thank you for letting us know of this...
Please come back and give a report on it
I will think of you that week-end
Margherita expresses it all!

Love,

Lilie

This is the greatest news Eric! Woohooee!!!

I am so glad for you, you deserve this so!

May more and more people become touched by your magical word work that opens the heart to listen and feel in the most natural ways.

I always feel my cup is not 1/2 empty or 1/2 full when reading your poems, but overflowing with the greatest gifts of appreciating all things, even the tiniest!

You are always a blessing. They are so lucky to have you there! Wishing you the absolute best. Love, life and light, Teo

You can't force peace, only show it.

Dear Eric,
Thank you for sharing this wonderful news with us.
You have touched so many with your infinitely beautiful words ,and may you touch many more.

Sending you much luck and many positive vibes.

Love, Inda

Congratulations Eric.

Wishing you much luck.
Sue

Thank you everyone!
Love,
Eric

Sending lots of lovebeams!!!

Let us know how it goes eh buddy? Tanx!

Love, peace and chicken grease, Teo

You can't force peace, only show it.

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