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Simplicity

Originally posted on Hoarded Ordinaries:
The chapel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a paragon of simplicity. MIT is a place where brilliant people think deep thoughts while solving complex problems involving complicated technologies. Perhaps it’s fitting, then, that famed architect Eero Saarinen designed a chapel that is almost painfully austere in its simplicity:…

Writing 101, Day Nineteen: BLOGGING: LESSONS LEARNT.

Today’s Prompt: Today is a free writing day. Write at least four-hundred words, and once you start typing, don’t stop. No self-editing, no trash-talking, and no second guessing: just go. Bonus points if you tackle an idea you’ve been playing with but think is too silly to post about. URGENT VERSUS IMPORTANT. Blogging is like […]

Most Influential Blogger Award: ‘Like a Room Without a Roof’! But ‘Slow’

A Very Musical Award I am very honoured and surprised that such an influential blogger as Ronovan  should nominate me for the Most Influential Blogger Award! Check out his blog! You’ll find reflections on life, short stories, poems, and much more to inspire you to think and write… Here are the guidelines for acceptance. To […]

Writing 101, Day Sixteen and Seventeen: Loss and Fear

Twist one: Reflect on the theme of ‘Lost and found’. Twist two: Address one of your worst fears. Write this post in a style that’s different from your own. I’m combining both assignments today, by writing about both loss and fear, partly in my own voice, and partly in another voice. Elephant Graveyard The most […]

The Daily Post Photo Challenge: Between City Trees

CITY TREES The prompt: Between. This week, capture something between two things, reflect on the process of transition, or interpret this word in your own way. Most streets in the city where I live have trees lining the pavements. I’m sure it’s wonderful for the passers by. They are shady, and pretty, and they provide […]

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Crooked and Squiggly Lines

As every week, I’ve been looking for inspiration for Cee’s picture prompts in things I see every day. In this case, crooked and squiggly things around me. I finally came up with a couple of things. Firstly my baby orange tree. The oranges are tiny at the moment, and they won’t be fully grown and […]

Flash Friday Challenge (20th June, 2014)

Last Friday 20th June, was the anniversary of the first  day of Queen Victoria’s reign, although she was actually crowned a year later. I wrote a post about The Birth of the Victorian Era for this occassion. When I saw that the subject of the Flash Friday Challenge on 20th June was a cartoon including […]

A Poem for the Second Day of Summer. Rereading Christina Rossetti’s Summer

I have a very soft spot for Christina Rossetti’s poetry, especially her short, intense verses, full of symbolism and feeling. Summer was published in The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, in 1866 Summer Winter is cold-hearted, Spring is yea and nay, Autumn is a weathercock Blown every way. Summer days for me When every leaf […]

A Sonnet for the First Day of Summer. Rereading Shakespeare

This is a wonderful sonnet to celebrate the first day of summer. Enjoy! Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18) William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616  Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease […]

Writing 101, Day Fifteen: Your Voice Will Find You

Today’s prompt: You’re told that an event that’s dear to your heart — an annual fair, festival, or conference — will be cancelled forever (or taken over by an evil organization). Write about it. Today’s twist: read your piece aloud, multiple times. Hone that voice of yours! Well, here goes part 5! Yes, I’m keeping […]