Welcome are the passionately curious

"There was one Elephant--a new Elephant--an Elephant's Child--who was full of 'satiable curiosity, and that means he asked ever so many questions. And he lived in Africa, and he filled all Africa with his 'satiable curiosities." Rudyard Kipling

Monday, October 24, 2011

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My thoughts sparkle today
I don’t know if I shall show them to you
just yet.
they want polishing
a trim or so
here
and there.
But—possess your soul with patience!
You shall see them soon.
I’ll dance them in the sun before your eyes
While we haggle over significance,
Weight,
Worth.
You shall take it with you when all’s said and done,
And I’m as richer and more as before.
You’re taking it shan’t take a smidgeon from me.
I—I draw my wonders from a bag
cut from the same cloth
as Peter Schlemiel's wondrous bag of gold—
Only, I, fortunate favorite 
or not so fortunate,
Did not sell my shadow
for the sack,
As did poor Peter—
The shadows gave me mine for free.

All

All 
A sparrow’s crumb—
Because a crumb to a sparrow
is a feast
but a sparrow’s crumb
is hardly
mentioning.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Well Now. This is a Something.

"How To Self Publish (And Seem Like You're Not)”

I don’t altogether approve of her fudging the facts to her readers nor with her philosophy that “writing is a lot like lying” (italics mine). However, I will say this: that girl has got moxie and talent three ways to Sunday. My hat’s off to her for her spunk. I might even buy her book.

Here is her author blog,  and her other blog is here.