Today’s prompt for Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is “to pick an animal; make that animal the title of your poem; then, write a poem.” I had just admired a photo of a bee taken by a fellow Flickrite using a macro lens I’ve been coveting for years and that came to mind when thinking up…
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PAD Challenge: Poem No. 3 “The problem with…”
Today’s prompt for Poetic Asides poem-a-day challenge is the phrase “The problem with [blank].” It was raining today, so that was quite the inspiration, that plus some old unfinished poetry. The problem with rain Is the cold Seeping into your bones The drops Easing down your face The wet Flattening your hair The rain Mimicking…
PAD Challenge: Poem No. 2 “Outsider”
As I wrote previously, I’m rising to Poetic Aside’s poem-a-day challenge. Today the prompt is “outsider.” “Outsider” Dinner out The whole family. A special day. A special place. But Brother has a Deathly allergy To fish with shells. He cannot come To this banquet With the whole family.
PAD Challenge: Poem No. 1 “Life”
Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides blogger Robert Lee Brewer is launching for the second time a poem-a-day challenge for the month of April. Now I don’t consider myself a poet, but I thought this might be fun to do and fun to see if I could last the whole month. Basically, every day, he posts a…
Book Review: The Almost Archer Sisters by Lisa Gabriele
When it came time to pick another book to review, I chose the well-received The Almost Archer Sisters by Lisa Gabriele (Doubleday Canada, 2008). According to the back cover, it’s about a young mother and her relationship with her fast-living sister Beth and how one weekend “Beth upends everything Peachy thought she knew about being…
Nibbles of Chocolate
“Never trust anyone who tells you they don’t eat desserts. You know, those people who look at you smugly when you offer your pièce de résistance and say, ‘Oh, I couldn’t; this dessert is too rich!’ We simply respond with, ‘We don’t understand the concept of ‘too rich’ — or ‘too chocolaty’ for that matter.”…
Agatha Christie Muses on Euthanasia in “Curtain”
I have not read all of Agatha Christie’s Poirot books, but he’s such a timeless character, the series not needing to be read in order, that I recently devoured the very last Poirot book: Curtain. I’ve been reading Christie for as long as I can remember. Well, maybe not since the age of 2, but…
Book Review: Otherwise by Farley Mowat, an Enthralling Read
Farley Mowat begat the popular Black Brant sounding rocket and air-to-air missile Velvet Glove when his patriotism and search for a new purpose after WWII led him to… well, you’ll have to read Mowat’s latest book Otherwise (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2008) to find out how he accomplished this feat. The few reviews I’d seen…
Articles on Squidoo
I’ve written several online articles, from setting up a CafePress shop to Getting Started with Ubuntu and published them on Squidoo. I’ve listed them on my Essays Page where they will be regularly updated as I publish new ones. Check back often to see what’s new!