and who better to talk about Dignity than Maya Angelou...
Dignity—the word itself—has come to mean different things to different people, as many words do. It doesn't just mean always being stiff and composed. It means a belief in oneself, that one is worthy of the best. Dignity means that what I have to say is important, and I will say it when it's important for me to say it. Dignity really means that I deserve the best treatment I can receive. And that I have the responsibility to give the best treatment I can to other people.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
From Kurt Vonnegut...
Homes fall apart, schools can fall apart, usually for childish reasons, and what have you got?
A space wanderer named___
And so, in effect, we are all space wanderers.....
What a wonderful concept!!! We are all space wanderers...
A space wanderer named___
And so, in effect, we are all space wanderers.....
What a wonderful concept!!! We are all space wanderers...
From a book...
I read, and re-read, and re-re-read...
The Bridges of Madison County
The use of imagery is fantastic in this book...and so lyrical...
Here's one:
.......she could smell rivers and woodsmoke, could hear steaming trains chuffing out of winter stations in ling-ago nighttimes, could see travellers in black robes moving steadily along frozen rivers and through summer meadows, beating their way toward the end of things.
And about Robert Kincaid, Francesca says, 'I've always thought of him as a leopardlike creature who rode in on the tail of a comet.'
The Bridges of Madison County
The use of imagery is fantastic in this book...and so lyrical...
Here's one:
.......she could smell rivers and woodsmoke, could hear steaming trains chuffing out of winter stations in ling-ago nighttimes, could see travellers in black robes moving steadily along frozen rivers and through summer meadows, beating their way toward the end of things.
And about Robert Kincaid, Francesca says, 'I've always thought of him as a leopardlike creature who rode in on the tail of a comet.'
Monday, September 23, 2013
Love...
has so many meanings and comes in so many avatars. I believe Maya Angelou (my role model and fave writer) give the best definition of love ever:
"I use the word love, no meaning sentimentality, but a condition so strong that it may be that which holds the stars in their heavenly positions and that which causes the blood to flow orderly in our veins."
"I use the word love, no meaning sentimentality, but a condition so strong that it may be that which holds the stars in their heavenly positions and that which causes the blood to flow orderly in our veins."
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Semantics...
A word that has been bothering me for some time now, simply because it can cause huge misunderstandings.
Today I finally decided to check it out.
Semantics appears in linguistics and logic, and is basically concerned with meaning. So we have--
Lexical semantics which deals with the study of meaning and is concerned with the analysis of the meanings of words, changes in meaning and in the principles that govern the relationship between sentences or words and their meanings
and
Logical semantics which is the study of interpretations of a formal theory, that is, a study of principles that determine the truth or falsehood of sentences in the theory, or of references of its terms, signs, or symbols; and matters such as presupposition and implication.
Point to remember: Be careful with words - they too have a life!!
Today I finally decided to check it out.
Semantics appears in linguistics and logic, and is basically concerned with meaning. So we have--
Lexical semantics which deals with the study of meaning and is concerned with the analysis of the meanings of words, changes in meaning and in the principles that govern the relationship between sentences or words and their meanings
and
Logical semantics which is the study of interpretations of a formal theory, that is, a study of principles that determine the truth or falsehood of sentences in the theory, or of references of its terms, signs, or symbols; and matters such as presupposition and implication.
Point to remember: Be careful with words - they too have a life!!
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Two beautifully evocative phrases...
from Robin Rice's http://bewhoyouare.com/be-who-you-are-with-robin-rice/the-barn-dance
The story is titled The Barn Dance
Talking about a phenomenally gifted violin player who was torn between playing what was in her soul, 'wishing that the smallest bit of her own special laughter and her own little tears could find expression,' on her grandfather's fiddle, and being part of an orchestra that offered audiences beautiful music but to which she could never give the music in her soul. And she says as the years went by in this struggle between her soul music and orchestral music, 'her sorrow caused her blood to feel as though it moved through her veins as thick as pulled taffy.'
And the second is the words Rice uses to describe and old woman's eyes - they were 'like sapphires drenched in light.'
The story is titled The Barn Dance
Talking about a phenomenally gifted violin player who was torn between playing what was in her soul, 'wishing that the smallest bit of her own special laughter and her own little tears could find expression,' on her grandfather's fiddle, and being part of an orchestra that offered audiences beautiful music but to which she could never give the music in her soul. And she says as the years went by in this struggle between her soul music and orchestral music, 'her sorrow caused her blood to feel as though it moved through her veins as thick as pulled taffy.'
And the second is the words Rice uses to describe and old woman's eyes - they were 'like sapphires drenched in light.'
I got this word...
from the OED Online Word of the Day
ego-surf
It means to search on the Internet for mentions of one's own name or the name of one's business, website, etc.
ego-surf
It means to search on the Internet for mentions of one's own name or the name of one's business, website, etc.
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