Month: September 2009
Paying for college
“Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you’ll be surprised at how little you have.” Ernest Haskins My new school year starts Friday, October 2nd, which meant I had to painfully cough up $1135.25 Continue reading Paying for college
The written word is weak…
“The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, and it smells good…this writing that you do, that so thrills you, that so rocks and exhilarates you, as if dancing next to the Continue reading The written word is weak…
Pumpkin and Dahlias
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Without a pen I feel…
Without a pen I feel naked, but it’s writing that is my exhibitionism. Carrie Latet Today, starting with the first five words of the quote write a list poem of at least 25 lines. If you don’t use a pen Continue reading Without a pen I feel…
Scrapbooks An American History
If I could do it, I’d do no writing at all here. It would be photographs; the rest would be fragments of cloth, bits of cotton, lumps of earth, records of speech, pieces of wood and iron…James Agee, Let Us Continue reading Scrapbooks An American History
End of Summer I Remember
Thanks to F.P. Dorchak for his wonderful summer memories that he posted on his blog. This was inspired by my October I remember post. Lovely memories!
Early Snow
Lo, sifted through the winds that blow, Down comes the soft and silent snow, White petals from the flowers that grow In the cold atmosphere. George W. Bungay Since I’ve lived here it has always snowed on or before Halloween…this Continue reading Early Snow
Deadlines
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.Douglas AdamsThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy This morning I did something I haven’t done in awhile. I wrote a 975 word short story in about Continue reading Deadlines
Congrats to Dan Brown!
1,000,000 copies sold in one day!