If you’ve never met the Icle family, you’e certainly missed out on a special treat. First, there’s Grandpa Icle. But most people know him as Pops. Then there’s Uncle Bice Icle. And cousin Trice Icle. Then, there’s King Lear Icle. At least that’s what the rest of the family call Leero. Because he walks around the house quoting Shakespeare at the oddest times. But my favorite of them all is Auntie Whims Icle. I absolutely LUV her whimsical art. And she paints something new literally every day.

And her whimsical art flies from her whimsical heart.

That’s just the who she is.

For example, you notice I said her whimsical art “flies” from her heart. Right? Well, most people would probably say it flows from her heart. But Auntie Whims Icle would just say, “That’s not how I’m made.”

And I remember, on more than one occasion, how she’d say she could no more hold her paintings inside her than you and I could defy gravity. She’d say her art flew out of her heart, into the paint, swirled around, leaped onto her brush, and lifted her hand to the canvas. And she became its willing accomplice to the process.

Yeah, I found myself thinking about the Icle family this morning. And I wasn’t quite sure why. Then, I realized it’s Wednesday. And you know what Wednesday is. No, silly, not the dreadful “hump day.” It’s Whimsical.

So, naturally I thought about the poem, Whimsical Wednesday, I wrote a few years ago. And I thought about how it’s included in a jam-packed book of rhymes and stories. Here’s a sample:

Whimsical Wednesday tickles the tongue,
Lilting and loving, keeping us young.

Now, don’t be a negative Nancy Not Icle. Just jump on over to the Rhyme and Reason Bookshop  and watch for the release of the “Ginormous Humongous Tremendous Book of Poems and Short Bedtime Stories for Kids.” It’s enormous I tell ya. With tons of words and whimsical art. And tons of space for drawing.

And, for the first time, it’ll be a much more affordable downloadable book. You should see what the physical book costs on Amazon. Yikes! On second thought, no you shouldn’t. So, don’t go to this LINK. Instead, go to the following link and download a copy in the Rhyme and Reason Bookshop ASAP. (that means right away)

Stay tuned…