…… a Nom de Plum…. another personality…… or three!! I was just reading about Archy and Mehitabel, created by Don Marquis, who was at one time the editor of the New York Evening Sun. In 1916, to help with the task of writing a daily column, Marquis created several charcters – Archy, a cockroach, Mehitabel an […]
I often think of living the life of a nomad – a little insane maybe. I dream of walking the Camino and I post about a friend who is riding a motorcycle out to BC to see her grandchildren. I am not alone in this desire for freedom. Several people I follow, often post about
My last post was about the poem “Tom O’ Bedlam and the person on YouTube, Spoken Verse who both recites wonderful poetry and recites poetry wonderfully : ) He is known on-line as, Tom O’ Bedlam. There are many times when I have thought that there is a strong correlation between poetry and madness. Poems
Today again, I found myself without an idea for a post. This would be #85 I think, in the challenge of doing 365 and not missing a beat – err day. So I started cruising around, looking for some inspiration. At one point, I realized that I hadn’t fully explored a website www.getintotheshade.com, that I had
I always remember a friend of mine, telling me once that she was sitting beside a young man on a plane and during the course of their conversation, she asked him what he did for a living. He said, “I’m an Alchemist.” She was amazed!! Five hundred years ago, this might have meant very little.
Yesterday’s post about scents really warranted a follow up. I think that the Demeter Fragrance Company needs some help in identifying perfumes for the letters U and X, since they have none listed. I thought that I might draw on my interest in poetry to give them some ideas. The first poem that came to
I know it’s my second post in a row with a video, but I just couldn’t resist this one for Pi Day! Here’s a musical tribute to the mathematical formula, sung to the tune of Don McLean’s “American Pie.” Not only is today Pi Day, it’s also Einstein’s birthday, the eve of the “Ides of March”
I probably really mean “yesterday” but you get the idea! I suppose that there is really no reason why anyone should run out of ideas to blog – today or any day because, you can google these very current topics anytime: 1. Photo of the day. It’s from the National Geographic. It made me wonder
There were buckets of pussy willow at the market the other day. I love pussy willows – they just whisper (whispurr) Spring. From a site for free poetry Pussy Willow Tiny little pussy willow Softer than a baby’s pillow Sometimes when I stroke your fur I almost hear you purr. Author Unkown And from the
It’s about 8:30 on a cold Saturday morning and I am surfing around looking for a blog topic. I tried “Word of the Day.” There were some interesting ones, if you take a look at the words around today’s word as well – peripatetic and mellifluous are two, I could work with. However, I also
