Summer Serenade Summer’s orchestra plays woodwind overture of a bird-filled morning. Viola hum of bees quark of oboe ducks blend with bowing violins of an insect-busy refrain. Trombone slide convertibles show off the flashy third movement. Clink of cutlery and crystal are percussion tremolo laughter the piccolo trills of a pitch-perfect finale. Encore! © 2009… Continue reading Summer Serenade
East of Eden by John Steinbeck My rating: 5 of 5 stars This isn’t a proper review, just a list of things I noticed / liked / disliked about the Salinas Valley California family saga East of Eden by John Steinbeck. The book started out like books written in the middle of last century do—slowly,… Continue reading East of Eden (review)
It's July and the season of flowers where I live. One look through my photo collection will show you how much I like them (maybe it's because I'm named after a flower!). Not many flowers are mentioned in the Bible, though, but there are a few.. For example: The shape of almond blossoms was to… Continue reading July prompt: flowers
Trouble in Store by Carol Cox My rating: 3 of 5 stars When Melanie Ross is sacked from her job as a governess in Ohio, she decides to take the most appealing option available. She will move to Arizona to collect the belongings of her only relative, deceased cousin George Ross. Maybe her cousin’s friend,… Continue reading Trouble In Store (review)
Summer Plans My mom has signed me up for summer camp. That’s twenty-one meals in the dining hall. It’s shivering in a towel that’s always damp and taking dares to scale the climbing wall. It’s harnessing to be the zip line champ contests of shooting with the basketball. Can’t wait for campfire and those yummy… Continue reading Summer Plans
In my last post, I talked about Write! Canada, describing the continuing class I took as well as the three workshops I attended. There was more! Keynotes We had three Keynotes, with a different speaker for each: Keynote 1 - singer, songwriter Ali Matthews Matthews spoke of inspiration. She said: Be yourself; everyone else is… Continue reading Write! Canada 2013 – 2
It's two days since I got home from Write! Canada. Already the conference is beginning to take on the aura of a dream. Going to a conference like this is a lot like going to summer camp: intense, real, vital and exciting while you're there; surreal when you get home and reflect on it.Again I… Continue reading Write! Canada 2013 – 1
I'm excited to share the poster for the Inscribe Fall Conference. It still seems eons away but September 27 & 28th will be here before we know it! Learning From Our Peers I'm also excited to be a workshop presenter. My poetry workshop "Learning From Our Peers" will happen Saturday morning of the conference. Here's… Continue reading Inscribe Fall Conference – I’ll be there!
CIRCUS SCANDAL Emails, flyers, posters, letters and a lot more bumf advertised circus parade real elephant’s galumph. But the beast was clumsy, shy a masked and costumed humf. Cheated crowd wants money back not ringmaster’s “Harrumph.” © 2013 – Violet Nesdoly ******************** David Harrison's Word of the Month challenge for June is "Harrumph." The poem… Continue reading Circus Scandal
Permission to Write was a panel discussion that was part of Write! Vancouver (May 25). The panel was moderated by Lesley Bentley. On the panel were K. C. Dyer (author), Marc Cote (Publisher, Cormorant Books), Ken Shigematsu (Pastor), and Ron Reed (Playwright, Actor & Creative Director of Pacific Theatre). Why I chose this workshop: I… Continue reading Permission to write: Write!Vancouver – 3
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