Life surprises everyone with both its lovely moments as well as its sorrows. There is no direct line from birth to death, but many intersections and departures that form a freeze-frame of memory. In Pochette, these memories come to life, and as "A Memory Poem" suggests, "All that I behold is full of joy. Endings are known, accomplished, full of quiet." Pochette is a little pocket of poetry written by an insightful author. The poems are fragments of her life and longing. Some of the photographs are over a hundred years old and show her ancestors living in Peoria, Illinois. For the other photographs, Jo took them with her poet's eye. It is an intimate portrait of her soul and is written with a clarity that suggests a keen observation of the world about her. Readers are sure to enjoy this sample of simplicity in both the written word and photographic images.