How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time… “Bite Size Memoir” is an invitation by Lisa Reiter for anyone to spend 5 minutes here or there (perhaps with a gorgeous little notebook), recording some snippets about their life. Each week, she provides a prompt for inspiration, so you don’t have to think where to begin. The challenge hereContinue reading “Bite Size Memoir No.7 Childhood Illness”
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“Very Inspiring Blogger Award” and Nominations!
Fellow blogger Angela at Angela’s Accurate Administrative Services’ Blog has nominated me for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award! Thank you for reading my blog and finding me inspiring. What a responsibility! I’ll have to live up to that from now on. Check Angela out! She really is inspiring! These are some ‘rules’ that go alongContinue reading ““Very Inspiring Blogger Award” and Nominations!”
“Writing: often it is the only thing between you and impossibility.”
nothing can save you except writing. it keeps the walls from failing. the hordes from closing in. it blasts the darkness. This is exactly how I feel about writing. Thanks for sharing this wonderful poem Michelle….
Writing 101, Day Ten: Happy Geraldine!
Today’s prompt: Today, be inspired by a favorite childhood meal. For the twist, focus on infusing the post with your unique voice. One-and-a-half Penny Bags! We rushed down the stairs to the cloakroom, slipped off our plimsolls, pulled on our boots, grabbed our coats, and burst out of the warm school building into the freezing,Continue reading “Writing 101, Day Ten: Happy Geraldine!”
Writing 101, Day Nine: Changing Moccasins — Point of View.
Today’s prompt: For today’s assignment, write a scene at the park. Up for a twist? Write the scene from three different points of view. A man and a woman walk through the park together, holding hands. They pass an old woman sitting on a bench. The old woman is knitting a small, red sweater. TheContinue reading “Writing 101, Day Nine: Changing Moccasins — Point of View.”
Reading Fiction, Brain Function, Cognitive Growth, and Jane Eyre
Do you think reading has any positive effects, apart from being a pleasurable experience? Do you think reading a novel or poetry can improve your minds? Whether you do or not, do you have any proof? Many of us believe that reading for pleasure is beneficial to adults and children, but what evidence do weContinue reading “Reading Fiction, Brain Function, Cognitive Growth, and Jane Eyre”
The Books Jane Eyre Read. Part One: At Gateshead Hall.
The orphaned Jane Eyre, was taken in by her uncle’s widowed wife, Mrs. Reed, and her spiteful cousins, John, Eliza, and Georgina. She suffered greatly at their home, saying of John, who was 14 and four years older than her, ‘He bullied and punished me; not two or three times in the week, nor onceContinue reading “The Books Jane Eyre Read. Part One: At Gateshead Hall.”
Writing 101, Day Eight: Death to Adverbs
Today’s prompt: Go to a public location and make a detailed report of what you see. The twist of the day? Write the post without adverbs. The Corpse I strolled to the beach front to have breakfast. The coffee shop I had planned to go to was closed, so I walked on to the nextContinue reading “Writing 101, Day Eight: Death to Adverbs”
Writing 101, Day Seven: Give and Take
Today’s prompt: Focus today’s post on the contrast between two things. The twist? Write the post in the form of a dialogue. Real Versus Virtual World. I have two lives, a real life and a virtual one. The virtual life (VL) is very easy-going, she never moans or complains, and is mostly polite, friendly, andContinue reading “Writing 101, Day Seven: Give and Take”
Writer Wednesday Blog Hop. The Wedding Invitation.
Here is the prompt for this week: Mandatory words: party, locust, evil, altar, guilt. Here’s my entry for this week: The Wedding Invitation ‘Come with me to my sister’s wedding next week.’ ‘I don’t think so.’ ‘I need the favour. It will only last a few hours. You owe me.’ ‘If I go, it’ll beContinue reading “Writer Wednesday Blog Hop. The Wedding Invitation.”
Rereading Jane Eyre 