While writing the poems found in  Mornings in the Park, Diane Neidhardt lived at the Mayfair
Renaissance, an Atlanta midtown high-rise, less than a block from Piedmont Park. 

After returning to North Carolina, one of several  previous home locations in a rather nomadic lifestyle, Diane and her husband, Tom, journeyed up the West Coast. This trip  inspired both a blog, "Meanderings", and a book, "Travels Together". 

In a reverse retirement migration Diane and Tom re-settled  in snow country of upstate New York near their three adult children, James, Rebecca, and Robinson, and two grandchildren, Bryce and Elspeth. 

Diane has written poetry on a wide range of topics . Her poetry has been published in several
anthologies, including Rhyme and Reason, Throwing Stardust, Dreams Gone By, and A Celebration
of Motherhood. She has self published two volumes of poetry, Mornings in the Park" and  
"Traveling Together" and a children's book "Darren Drops By", illustrated by her son James. 

“I am an incurable people-watcher, and I love to invent background stories and scenarios about the various people and events I encounter each day. I enjoy setting down these observations in poetry, although I do add a more
than liberal dose of imagination and exaggeration  at times." 
                                                                                                                                     Diane L. Neidhardt