……..Last night we had carving of pumpkins. I have written a lot lately about poetry – sorry to be such a bore – but it is an escape, for me anyway. Lines from poems often roll around in my head or pop up when I’m about to write, which happened just now. The first line […]
Some how I missed the fact that October 27 was National Tell A Story Day. It is celebrated more in England and Scotland than in North America, but it sounds like a wonderful day. I’m not very good at making up stories. That being said, I am always making up stories about people I see in
I did today, what I often do when I don’t have an idea for a post. I keyed random phrases into the title bar of my MAC. The phrases usually consist of terms that interest me. This morning it was “poetry in the news.” It flushed out this wonderful column from the NY Times, Poetry
It’s about 9:30am and I’m having tea and toast for breakfast, while reading The Cremation of Sam McGee. I have a beautifully illustrated version with paintings by Ted Harrison and an introduction by Pierre Berton. It’s a keeper. However I am not sure that it’s breakfast reading. Yes, it’s getting cold out there, but it
……in the name of literacy. I just shared on FB an article by Neil Gaiman which was published in The Guardian. It’s an essay on the importance of libraries and reading, especially Fiction. I think I may have to rethink my attitude to Fiction. Somehow over the years, I have preferred true stories to Fiction
Sometimes, I have to see “something” several times before a pattern emerges and I get an idea for a post. Recently, I have had two feeds to my FB wall, one from highexistence.com and another from wordporn, both defining the word, Hiraeth (he-writhe). In Welsh it means homesickness. However, in a broader sense, it also means
As I have said before, I am a sucker for a challenge and this is one I couldn’t resist. Before I go any further, let me link you to the site that started it all, A-Z. Challenging, though this maybe, to write a post with each successive sentence beginning with the next letter of the
Five Minute Friday’s word for 5 minutes of writing today is “together.” So here goes – There are days when I don’t feel that together. You know, you are in one place, but your mind is miles away. Maybe it’s in the past re-visiting a moment there or maybe it’s in the future, realizing an
The weather these days has been more like November than October, so I decided to wear my winter coat. Now I get attached to things and a warm coat that works – which means…… 1. It has lots of pockets. 2. It fits. 3. It’s long enough to cover those parts of the legs that
……Sometimes my posts only come together when the stars align. Today I was reading a post by a popular blogger, who is also a published author, Stephen King. No not that Stephen King. The Stephen King that I am referring to is a.k.a. TOSK – The Other Stephen King. Anyway, Stephen writes Fantasy and wrote
