"WHATEVER mitigates the woes or increases the happiness of others, this is my criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large, or any individual in it, this is my measure in iniquity."
~ Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 - July 21,1796)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Many of you may have warmed someone's heart with greeting cards from The Neat Little Bookshop. Do you know the story behind them ? That coming up tomorrow ~
"May your day be filled with fun and laughter." Some of Angie's beautiful greeting cards are blank, some deliver warm sentiments ~ ALL are "Lovingly Hand Made by Angie."
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22 and Portrait of An Artist as An Old Man, explained why he kept writing,
"I have nothing else to do. The phone isn't ringing much anymore with calls I don't want to receive. There are no more faxes coming in with requests for interviews I don't want to give, no invitations from people I don't want to see for parties I don't want to go to. Damn it, I miss those interruptions!. . . Writing is about the only way I can define myself."
~ Joseph Heller (1923 - 1999) American satirical novelist.
Heller introduced a new phrase into the English language with "Catch-22." Simon & Schuster, 1961.
Source: Endangered Species, Writers Talk About Their Craft,Lawrence Grobel, Da Capo Press, 2001.
"I have nothing else to do. The phone isn't ringing much anymore with calls I don't want to receive. There are no more faxes coming in with requests for interviews I don't want to give, no invitations from people I don't want to see for parties I don't want to go to. Damn it, I miss those interruptions!. . . Writing is about the only way I can define myself."
~ Joseph Heller (1923 - 1999) American satirical novelist.
Heller introduced a new phrase into the English language with "Catch-22." Simon & Schuster, 1961.
Source: Endangered Species, Writers Talk About Their Craft,Lawrence Grobel, Da Capo Press, 2001.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Thought for Today:
"Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination? to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time?"
~ James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (1819 - 1891) Democracy and Other Addresses, 'Books and Libraries'
The Writer and The Reader, Blandford Press, 1884
"Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination? to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time?"
~ James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (1819 - 1891) Democracy and Other Addresses, 'Books and Libraries'
The Writer and The Reader, Blandford Press, 1884
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Afternoon with an Author ~ It was a predictable sharing of stories with friends catching-up on the latest news. Brad has a following of fans eager to grab his new book, Red Means Run, released this month. Simon & Schuster.l-r : Jim White, Nicole LeVatte, Pam Thomas and local author, Brad Smith.
Dragonfly Books & Gifts, Caledonia, hosted a book signing.
Visit Brad's website http://www.bradsmithbooks.com/
Photo: L. B. Walker
Smile for Today:
An old literary and military tale has it that Edgar Allan Poe was expelled from West Point in 1831 for "gross neglect of duty" because he appeared naked at a public parade. Parade dress instructions called for "white belts and gloves, under arms." Poe took this literally and appeared with rifle over his bare shoulder, wearing belt and gloves ~ and nothing else.
As a reader pointed out, we missed recognizing Poe's birthday on January 19. We offer the above anecdote in his honour.
Source: THE LITTLE, BROWN BOOK OF Anecdotes, General Editor, Clifton Fadiman, 1985.
An old literary and military tale has it that Edgar Allan Poe was expelled from West Point in 1831 for "gross neglect of duty" because he appeared naked at a public parade. Parade dress instructions called for "white belts and gloves, under arms." Poe took this literally and appeared with rifle over his bare shoulder, wearing belt and gloves ~ and nothing else.
As a reader pointed out, we missed recognizing Poe's birthday on January 19. We offer the above anecdote in his honour.
Source: THE LITTLE, BROWN BOOK OF Anecdotes, General Editor, Clifton Fadiman, 1985.
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