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November 19, 2015
All Of Me – John Legend & Lindsey Stirling
Amazing music and singing and words! I am grateful to my niece for sharing this song with me! Her new husband plays it for her whenever she feels sad!
Ain’t love grand?! ;-) ;-) ;-)
Originally posted on HarsH ReaLiTy:
I love this video and song! Her violin definitely adds to it.
-OM
What Can Poetry Teach Us?
Ok, I know this is a lot that I am sharing here, but it is a great discussion on poetry, and include some amazing poems. It is definitely worth taking the time to read it!
Thank you, Mairi, for taking the time to write and organize this!
Peace,
Sherrie
Originally posted on Up the Creek with a pen ...:
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
Several years ago, I went to ‘Breakfast With Poets and Ideas,’ an event at Melbourne University. A selection of guest poets discussed why they wrote poetry and who or what motivated them.
They discussed the question: Can poets change the times they live in?
Is it okay to philosophise with your pen?
Can writing be political?
Should it be political?
Do poets simply share what they see or think at a particular time?
Are poets revealing their feelings, arousing emotions and trying to change attitudes?
What is the purpose of poetry?
Is it primarily a mental exercise, a playing with words to amuse self and the reader?
Should teaching or preaching be secondary – perhaps non-existent?
Must there be a message -what of the inner child?
Beach park, Peter Scullin Reserve, Mordialloc
This term in class we’ve been…
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November 18, 2015
Here is my interview with Sherrie Miranda
Thanks, Fiona, for interviewing me and sharing about my life as a writer!
Peace,
Sherrie
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on authorsinterviews:
Name
Sherrie Miranda
Age
15 going on 100! (Sometimes I feel so wise! Othertimes, I feel like I will never grow up!)
Where are you from
I was born in Coudersport, PA. If the little town of Austin, PA had a hospital, I would have been born there, but it went down in the flood along with many peoples’ homes & lives. I grew up in Upstate New York, not to be confused with the Big Apple. My family is part gypsy on my mom’s side and we moved around a lot. Well, I’m glad we didn’t stay in Austin, that’s for sure! It’s mostly hunters and fishermen who own cabins there. Very few people live there year around.
A little about your self `ie your education Family life etc
My mom has gypsy in her blood, but was brought up by her grandmother. My dad lived several years…
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November 16, 2015
Please
Thanks, Arch Druidess (Your name has me curious to learn more about you!) for this poster of one of my heroes. I am shocked how many people say Lennon’s song “Imagine” is all “rainbows & unicorns.” If we look at most countries’ history, we will usually see that our governments’ actions have started the problems in the world today. I can think of at least four off the top of my head that meddled in many other countries’ business & are now getting what one expert called “blowback.” We have a choice: we can keep escalating the violence; or we can start finding peaceful solutions to the world’s problems.
With so much money and power in the hands of a few, though, I am unclear if this will happen now. But we can always hope & pray that peoples’ eyes will be opened to the truth & we can still have a chance of “Living life in Peace.”
Thank you to all the people still trying to make the world a better place.
Peace & love,
Sherrie
Originally posted on Adventures and Musings of an Arch Druidess:
Monday Funnies – Assorted
Well, it’s just 1 pm today, so we got about 11 hours of Monday to enjoy Chris, the Reading Ape’s Monday Funnies, but hopefully people will enjoy them tomorrow too!
Thanks, Chris for making Mondays a little easier to deal with! ;-)
Peace,
Sherrie
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
November 15, 2015
Can We ever Have Peace On Earth? Or Are We Humans Doomed to Fight & Hate?
Ron,
I agree with your statements about positive thinking and most of the world being depressed, EXCEPT (oddly enough) poor people. They manage to stay positive despite all their difficulties. They find ways to gift something to people despite their poverty. Actually, in the Art of Loving, Leo ? says that is the worst thing about poverty is the inability to give a gift. That is the thing that makes us most happy is gift giving.
Anyway, I just finally bought the secret and guess what? It was not a secret to me that (SOM) “Our thoughts are a seed that grow into our reality.” I learned this from Michael Beckwith in 2001 when I lived in LA.
Now the governments are thriving on our fears by building armies & funding more police so they will be able to bring their citizens to their knees if and when we ever protest their actions.
In the US, it’s already happening. They put protesters behind fences and have them penned in where they can control them. I am now afraid to protest because I have claustrophobia and do not want to be penned in or put in jail.
This is despite my 35 plus years of protesting poverty, war and police brutality!
This is not the same world I grew up in!
Sherrie
sherrie miranda
Bertrand,
I think what we really need is to learn how other forces have create that terrorist’s mind! The US & Soviet Union taught the Taliban to fight. The USSR by fighting them. The US by teaching them how to fight OUR enemy (tho I never considered the USSR my enemy, my govt. was claiming these actions were IN OUR NAME).
We teach people violence, than act completely surprised when they begin acting violently! We, humans, certainly are an ignorant lot!
Ron Leming
Yeah, my culture is huge on gift giving. I just finished my christmas shopping today. It gives me great joy to give my family and loved one gifts. Believe me, I’m poor. I have to sacrifice to have the budget to give Christmas gifts. But it’s worth it. I think most people don’t truly understand the joy in giving. Of course, I also give to myself for Christmas lol.
sherrie miranda
Ron, thank you for your comments. After I sent that personal msg., I decided that it should go here too. In fact, I may share it on my blog as it states my feelings pretty succinctly. I fear that recent events in Paris may cause our leaders to go after more innocent people.
It would be a shame if we continue this “Revenge” attitude that got us into this situation to begin with!
Sadly, but with peace in my heart,
Sherrie
Ron Leming
Well, I figured I’d reply to it here. I fear the attitude of revenge will be with us until we evolve into a more enlightened state. The violence just bounces back and forth, fighting over, ultimately, stupid crap. I’m not sure that we, as a species, will have peace any time soon. We’re capable of individual peace in ourselves, but we don’t seem to be capable of collective peace. Greed and ego leads the world into a state where there’s violence and war somewhere at all times. We can’t even get along with our own countrymen, let alone the rest of the world. We still fight over the color of skin, the nationality, the religion. We fight over greed, over the lust for power, over I’m right and you’re wrong and my god’s better than your god. I find it terribly stupid.
sherrie miranda
Ron, I agree with everything you say except what you say about the Philippines. The US actually saved the people from the brutal Japanese. Ask any 80 plus Filipino & they love the Americans. BTW, I am married to a Filipino and I have heard many stories. They say the Japanese took all they could and burned the rest, including people’s homes. When the Americans were leaving, they allowed Filipinos to join the Navy. My father-in-law had malaria and was taken onto the ship and into the Navy hospital immediately. If not for the US Navy, I would not have the love of my life.
sherrie miranda
But like I said, all the rest you say is true.
WWII was the last truly just war!
Paul Gehrke
“Us and Them”; “Praise and Blame”, I believe all of this crap boils down to our own insecurity and/or denial. The rate of divorce should be telling us all something; broken homes; children out of wedlock; fearing our own Government for a multitude of real reasons; “The American Dream” more a lie than a reality; profiteering from War and the manufacturing and questionable sales of Arms; pollution, pollution; over population; Science and Discovery being high-jacked, manipulated and demonized; when logic tells us: “We should have the solutions to improve the lives of every Man, Woman, and Child, without destroying the planet, or having to either kill each other, just to survive, obviously, we have missed something, have fallen off the path that leads to Understanding/Justice and Equilibrium/ and ultimately to peaceful and harmonious so-existence, crushing any prospects of Peace, let alone Enlightenment”. It’s us, not some vengeful God/Goddess, that have become entombed in our over complicating and distorting the Truth and the facts that ‘IT’ provides.
sherrie miranda
I agree, Paul! Eisenhower warned about the Military Industrial Complex. JFK tried to stop it growth. You see what that got him!
Sadly, it may be too late now to turn back the clock. We would need another JFK, FDR, MLK, plus Ghandi, and a few other peacemakers to Right the Wrongs of the Right in this world. Not much chance of that happening.
All we can do is keep hoping and spreading words of peace. The Muslims of the world are having it worse than any of us with these extremists being right in their countries.
Peace & blessings to all,
Sherrie
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P11Ch5chkAc
Let’s build a chain of love!
At first, I thought “Where’s the American?” But then realized, ALL of them could be Americans!
Peace & blessings to all,
Sherrie
Originally posted on Erika Kind:
The post of my wonderful blog sis, Ritu, inspired me to this post. Not much words, just a symbol we could pass on and share.
Let’s show the world that there is more light in this world than darkness, more love, tolerance, compassion, and respect than hatred and resentments.
Let’s take each other by the hand and build a chain of love, solidarity, and unity!
I closed the comment section but ask you to share instead.
In Love and Light
Horses For Your Soul
I left behind my love for horses and photography many years ago. But I am very happy to tell you that Maria Jansson did not. Please consider buying her amazing 2016 calendar at a very reasonable rate.
I am going to buy AT LEAST two! ;-)
Originally posted on Maria Jansson Photography:
So I was actually not planning on making a calendar for 2016. The other day one of you readers suggested that I did. People that enjoy my photography are the heart of this blog, so of course I want to listen (whenever it’s possible.) I am most grateful for each and every one of you friends, your voice matters (and I love to hear it more often.)
I looked into different options, and decided to do this calendar, not so much for profit, but as an affordable treat for my readers. I made it for YOU! I picked 12 of my absolute favorite photos of horses. Images that speaks to me. I choose the theme horses, since I wanted to give you something that is close to my heart. I believe that it is only when you’re truly passionate about something, that you have something of value to give. Horses…
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November 14, 2015
Tip #5: Writing The Main Plot
JS Malpas, I am truly grateful for this post! I have been looking at what I’ve already written for my prequel & wondering what is stopping me from continuing with the writing. Now I see that I need that Main Plot. My character at the end will be getting on the plane for El Salvador, which is where my debut novel begins. She runs into all kinds of problems after she gets to New Orleans, but she needs that ONE BIG CONFLICT that will show the reader what’s she’s made of.
So far, I have two ideas, each with it’s own set of problems that I must solve so she can resolve them. And I could even use both of them, but there is still that issue of, not so much, motivation, as why is she even sticking her nose into this stuff?!
Anyway, now I can either start writing. Or I can program my dreams. Or best of all, I can do both!
Thank you for this excellent post at just the right time! ;-)
Peace,
Sherrie
P.S. Can I assume you are a Brit since your protagonist was going out for milk for her tea? I never drank tea til I visited London so I learned to drink it with milk, preferable the cream at the top of the milk bottle. (Is it still like that? Or did they start homogenizing the milk like they do here in the US?)
Originally posted on Useless Book Club:
Let’s take a look at perhaps the largest, most prominent aspect of a novel or short story series: the main plot. I’ve said main plot because I plan to discuss side narratives and sub-plots at a later point. This is the backbone of your story, or maybe it’s the whole story. Whichever it is, it’s incredibly important.
About me and you
As with all of my tips, this post comes with a disclaimer. I don’t consider myself as a writer to be either a success or an expert. I’m just connecting you with snippets of experience that I’ve picked up along the way.
And it’s always worth saying that nobody can advise you on how to write. Writing a story is something that we do alone in a dark room while our pet lizard chatters philosophy at us. I intend for these tips to be applied to your story once its finished, in…
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The Only Day that I Still Love Him
Thank you for sharing this. It is amazing what we remember from that day & how it ties us together.
You are healing, slow but sure. And it sounds like you are taking the time to heal, rather than jumping into something else. That would only make the pain worse in the long run.
I have seen people recover and grow from an experience like this. I have even done it myself, though I must admit I was one who extended the pain out for years & made it worse.
But everyone, including me, eventually moved on and found a wonderful loving relationship with a new partner (oddly, we all ended up with people we had known for around ten years!).
The first relationship we have to repair is the one we have with ourselves. If we don’t love ourself, we can never love someone else the way they deserve and their love will never be enough for us.
It is really difficult to walk down this road, but you don’t have to walk it alone. Your friends and family, the ones you trust most, can walk this path with you. You can learn to love life without a partner. Once you do that, your life with a partner will be amazing! Trust me. I have seen this first hand.
Peace,
Sherrie
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on izzyasabee:
“Thank Life For Happening,
Thank Every Twist And Turn,
There Is A Reason For Every Single Thing,
There Is A Reason For Every Worry And Concern.”
– Dante Jannicelli
Divorce is difficult. As I wrote about in Ripped Apart, no matter what the reason – anyone dealing with it goes through a myriad of emotions. One of the hardest things I had to deal with was allowing myself to fall out of love with the man I’d pledged my life to. I didn’t want to do it. It made me feel like a liar and a failure. So many things had happened and I had so much anger toward this person, it was so incredibly confusing. One day I hated him, and the next day, I just wanted to pretend everything was fine and start all over again. Because that was no longer an option, I had to somehow…
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