In honour of NaBloPoMo – National Novel Writing Month – I found a site that has collected some of the “better” worse opening lines of a novel, after “It was a dark and stormy night….” Since 1982 the English department at San Jose State University has sponsored the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a whimsical literary competition […]
Yesterday there was an article in The Globe about a “Dreamachine.” This is a device that has been around in some form or other for over 50 years. Well, two Canadians from Ft. Erie and Niagara Falls, respectively – have decided to do a commercial run of about 650 machines that will be available on-line
Well, it’s still raining and it rained on Hallowe’en too. We didn’t have a lot of kids out and the ones that braved the steady pour looked very wet. This is so sad. Hallowe’en is one of the few holidays that kids from all backgrounds can enjoy together – they/we need a break!! On the
This is an extension of an earlier post that has had a few “clicks” lately. I was following someone who was using the letters of the alphabet to create posts using 3 words that begin with that letter. This post was for the letter “X.” I have extended the post with a fictional account of
Really I have it from a reliable internet source, that yesterday was National Magic day. Maybe the main magic of the day was that the storm, although fierce, was controlled and although lives were lost, many were saved. Many people prayed for each other and sent powerful messages of hope through the ether. We had
Today is National Magic Day and my son said that yesterday was National Cat Day. Here’s a link to Mashable.com’s cat pictures shared by staff. I found out a little late that October 29 was that important. I always thought that it was just memorable because it commemorated the great stock market crash of 1929.
Yesterday it rained – all day and today it’s still raining and it is forecast to rain until Thursday. Well yesterday I moped around until about 3:00pm because I couldn’t get out – I know I could, but I would get wet and I’m a whimp!! Finally, I decided that I really had to make
Maybe one of my focusing words yesterday also should have been “Zen,” then I would have accepted the day for what it was and found something positive in it. Well in spite of the cold and the grey, I was able to get out to pick up something very zesty for lunch at one of
“Yang” was one of my focusing words yesterday. In Chinese philosophy it is the active principle of the universe, characterized as heaven, male, light and penetrating. Well the weather yesterday may have been all that and more. The high yesterday was about 25C and for late October it was amazing!! I did a 2 mile
I may suffer from Xenophobia and don’t know it – but I don’t think so. I remember the first time I had to transfer money into someone’s bank account in South Korea for an order of shell buttons. I transferred an amount that I felt I could just “lose” in the leap to do some
