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March 28, 2019
A Dwelling Here #WritePhoto
What a beautiful poem that says everything that needs to be said and the poem says it with grace. I love this poem.
To dwell here in the bright
of verdant green and sunlight
of sweet scents that delight
I would lay me down
listening to the sound
of nature, all around
she sings to my soul
her music, lyrics of old
a treasure, far better than gold
March 27, 2019
Best Job Ever
This event is too wonderful and must be reblogged! I love this and what the children are learning from you, and how lucky they are to have you.
Friday was a rainy day. I played the autoharp, and children sang and danced their hearts out. I love rainy days. I love music. More importantly, children love music. A child came up to me in the middle of the songs and asked, “Jennie, can you play “I Want to Hold Your Hand?”
Did I hear that correctly?
“I Want to Hold Your Hand”, by the Beatles?
Yes, that was exactly the song he wanted to hear.
After I got over my initial shock and excitement, I said, “Better yet, I have the real song, a record album. I’ll bring it in on Monday. And I did. You could have heard a pin drop as I pulled the record out of the album cover with fifteen saucer eyes staring at what was happening. It was wonderful.
I turned it on, and children watched in amazement at the spinning record and…
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March 25, 2019
Steps to producing Another Kind of Anthology – Guest Post by Felicity Sidnell Reid…
I have always been interested in doing a Anthology. Thank you so much for posting https://thestoryreadingapeblog.com/2019/03/09/tips-to-compiling-an-anthology-book-by-stephanie-chandler/
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
Stephanie Chandler posted an article recently on this blog, “10 Tips to Compiling an Anthology Book”, aimed at business people. It listed the advantages to the initiator and editor of such a book, pointing out how much more quickly one can be put together, if the initiator doesn’t have to write a whole book, and how its marketability will be increased, as all the contributors will become sellers and promoters.
In the business world the author/editor will gain instant cred by publishing a book, thus bringing in more business and, because a non-fiction anthology usually accepts short articles, it will appeal to readers who want a quick way to engage with the subject matter. This all seemed practical advice from the point of view of a business person and set me wondering about the anthology that the organization I belong to, Spirit of the Hills Arts Association…
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March 24, 2019
Quotations on Bullies
This is wonderful and very needed. Thank you!
charles french words reading and writing
“I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.”
Abraham Lincoln
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
Desmond Tutu
“It is crucial to oppose bullying whenever and wherever it may be found. Turning away from it or ignoring bullying makes the observer complicit in the bully’s actions.”
Charles F. French
March 23, 2019
The Liberal Arts: Crucial for Education and Society
Learning about liberal arts make humans more human; It gives humanity a voice of intellect, compassion, and knowledge about everything under the Sun, the Moon, and Stars.
charles french words reading and writing
I was looking over some of my early blogposts, and I decided I wanted to revisit this piece about the Liberal Arts–the humanities–and their importance. The idea I write about in this little post is crucial for our society–the importance of the Liberal Arts in Education.
I had a piece published in the “Education Guide” of the Sunday, 2/15/15, edition of The Morning Call, the largest newspaper in the Lehigh Valley, PA. I am very proud of have the article in the paper, because I am very proud to be part of the Wescoe School of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA.
The Wescoe School is the name of the adult college program for Muhlenberg College. In this school, adults are able to gain full Bachelor degrees in a variety of majors and programs as well as certificate of study if they are focused on one specific…
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March 22, 2019
Offering
This poem, by House of Heart, is a poem I will keep for always. So beautiful and heart felt.
If I could return to your sanctuary I would bring one last offering. Those words you loved, that you spoke a thousand times or wrote just once. I would place them near, let those tender verses lie down beside you.
Wild Wood
A trampled path winds
its way through the
reaching arms of evergreen
to a misty wild wood where my
heart lies down with yours.
White tail deer nibble goldenrod
and lift the veil of solitude.
Spring showers and wild flowers
flourish there where
April lives forever.
art © Joan Egert
In Memory
World Poetry Day
March 21, 2019
BOOK REVIEW: CATLING’S BANE
Catling’s Bane, Book 1 of the Rose Shield series, offers the reader an amazing journey into a world so believable that the characters seem to come alive on the page. This beautifully written science-fiction pulled me into a world that glitters with luminosity. The author reveals this world with descriptions so vivid, so rich in detail, that we forget completely, that it is a fictional world.
It is a civilization very different than our own, yet still, very much the same, with problems of great poverty, injustice, and cruelty, with one exception. There are strange powers of influence, powers that control someone’s intent, beliefs, and thoughts. The poor live their lives in a caste system, while the wealthy and powerful live like royalty, and all others live by hook or by crook.
Yet, even for the wealthy, life becomes a perilous journey, because every word, ever thought, may not be their own. There are those, however, within this system, who have courageous hearts, make great sacrifices, and if they can escape the Influencers, they may have the opportunity to change their world where everyone can speak their own thoughts and live their lives as they choose to be.
I was completely captured within this incredible world, created by the author, D. Wallace Peach. 5 stars
The Goddesses Eostre & Vesna; Celebrating Ostara & the Spring Equinox, by Colleen M. Chesebro
Thank you Colleen and I wish all the Sisters of the Fey, a very happy Spring Equinox! Karen
March 20, 2019
A Witch’s Sign
https://scvincent.com/writephoto-photo-prompt/thesign
A Witch’s Sign
Ye are welcome here,
All Ye Witches, Wizards, and Sorcerers,
Yet, leave ye magical spells at our door,
Here we serve only frogs, spiders, and toads,
On our table of incantations and spooks.
Once ye pass our door, beware,
For ye might be mistaken for lunch or dinner,
Should ye look too tasty to our clientele,
Of Ogres and Dragons abiding here,
Ye thus enter at ye own risk,
Yet ye shall find a plenty, fun to be had,
Though ye may stay forever.
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