imagination | imagination
Nov.04.2012
Sun-kissed, sunbathe, suntan, a sunny disposition. Good morning, Sunshine.
And what of the Moon?
In his magical book, Portrait of the Gulf Stream, Erik Orsenna tells us that the Moon is getting further away from the Earth. No wonder. There is only so much...
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Oct.10.2012
More contagious than micro-organisms are fear and hopelessness.
Long before our time, the existence of micro-organisms was presupposed, notably in Jainism, whose followers vow non-violence in thought and practice (Ahimsa) towards all living beings. The tradition is said to be older than...
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Oct.07.2012
I fell again. On my knees. Managed to get up. Did not feel any pain. Just getting back into a respectable position seemed more important. Next day, the ache began. Like a vulture waiting to pounce. Both the knees had bumps, rounded, curved, like clay on a potter's wheel. I did nothing....
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Sep.23.2012
When I was at university, my best female friend said she preferred sharing a house with other friends. I said I preferred living alone, if I could. Then she said something that has always stayed with me, "I like to be with people, but have the option of being on my own." I guess...
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Sep.21.2012
… memory and place …
I never thought I would live in one place for 23 years, and tend a garden. Its visiting creatures provide inspiration and amusement. I cast tendrils of attachment to secret corners, the changing patches of colours and textures. I observe the cherry and apple...
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Sep.21.2012
One of my recent blogs on Red Room (http://redroom.com/member/james-hoch) was titled “Why Read?” It presented several reasons why I have been a lifelong avid reader. This blog taps into reasons why I gravitated to writing.
So as I was cleaning the pool at the campground that I’m working at, the...
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Sep.19.2012
From: Sandra Ingerman
Time sure is speeding up. It is hard to believe that we are preparing to welcome in a new season. Let us join our hearts together to welcome in and celebrate the fall/spring equinox.
The earth loves drumming. If you have a drum go out and do some drumming to celebrate...
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Aug.23.2012
I sure relate to this Fitzgerald quote - - how about you?
image via hofstra.edu
“Writers aren't people exactly. Or, if they're any good, they're a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
See Bob's (revised) Web Site here:
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Aug.23.2012
“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.” –Henry David Thoreau
Tired of the air conditioning and needing fresh air, I recently opened one of my kitchen windows and I heard them. I sighed. The sweetness of the familiar summer sound mingled with the...
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Aug.20.2012
Readers often ask me where my stories come from and in truth the imagination is mysterious to me---I never know where it begins or ends because the seeds of my stories have a “given” quality and I can’t really will them to happen. It’s almost as though there’s a pneumatic tube of the...
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