Sally Lloyd-Jones's Blog, page 42
September 6, 2009
bicycle
(photo: man on bike, Berlin, 1920s)H.G. Wells said,
"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race."
H.G. (Herbert George) Wells, born in Bromley, England (1866) got a respiratory disease in his 20s and thought he was going to die. So he left his wife, ran away with another woman, and began writing furiously.
In about five years, he wrote all the novels for which he is remembered: The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The...
September 4, 2009
another BAD sign
in our Swedish Signs For Fridays Series...
August 31, 2009
down on your hands and knees with language
Last Spring I had the privilege of hearing Billy Collins read from his work and ever since I've been a huge fan.
In a radio interview, the former U.S. Poet Laureate talked about his art, and described the fun of writing:
"The real thrill is composition," Collins said. "To be kind of down on your hands and knees with the language at really close range in the midst of a poem that is carrying you in some direction that you can't foresee... It's that sense of ongoing discovery that makes composition
In a radio interview, the former U.S. Poet Laureate talked about his art, and described the fun of writing:"The real thrill is composition," Collins said. "To be kind of down on your hands and knees with the language at really close range in the midst of a poem that is carrying you in some direction that you can't foresee... It's that sense of ongoing discovery that makes composition
August 29, 2009
August 28, 2009
Royal French Horn
in our Swedish Signs for Fridays Series
August 26, 2009
Live the questions now
In Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) wrote, "You are so young, so before all beginning, and I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now."
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August 24, 2009
avoiding temptation...
"Don't worry about avoiding temptation.
As you grow older, it will avoid you."
-- Sir Winston Churchill
August 21, 2009
coffee?
in our Swedish Signs for Fridays Series. Sorry I need to go and make some coffee immediately...
August 19, 2009
writing for children or grown-ups?
"You have to write whichever book it is that wants to be written. And then, if it's going to be too difficult for grown-ups, you write it for children." - Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007)
Thank Heaven for Madeleine L'Engle and her high view of children.
August 17, 2009
World-Wide Furry Bibles
Look! it's in Welsh! and ..
Welsh, Korean, Croatian, Norwegian, Finnish, German, Danish Tiny Bears!
