My mother's side of the family is from Austria, where they lived in the small towns around the city of Salzburg.
Saturday, April 06, 2024
In the Bag - Introduction (an Anachronistic Project [AP001])
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Lady Mary Wroth, Poet and Prose Author
Love leave to urge, thou know’st thou hast the hand;
’T’is cowardise, to strive wher none resist:
Pray thee leave off, I yeeld unto thy band;
Doe nott thus, still, in thine owne powre persist,
Beehold I yeeld: lett forces bee dismist;
I ame thy subject, conquer’d, bound to stand,
Never thy foe, butt did thy claime assist
Seeking thy due of those who did withstand;
Butt now, itt seemes, thou would’st I should thee love;
I doe confess, t’was thy will made mee chuse;
And thy faire showes made mee a lover prove
When I my freedome did, for paine refuse.
Yett this Sir God, your boyship I dispise;
Your charmes I obay, butt love nott want of eyes.
Monday, March 18, 2024
National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award (NERFA)
Thursday, March 14, 2024
So Many Ways to Scratch My Book Itch
I have another 216 books in my Audible account. I like to listen to books when I can’t sleep at night. It’s like having an old friend with me. I prefer books while I’m driving.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been reading for as long as I can remember. Whether it was the back of cereal boxes, movie end credits, or road signs and billboards, I always needed something to read. My cell phone ensures I am never without it.
I have access to history, biographies, and classic literature. Wikipedia can take me to so many places. I recently learned about Enhedusnna, a Mesopotamian priestess who was the first named author over four thousand years ago. With the provided links at the bottom of the article, I found many more sites that expanded on the topic.
Short Fiction Break and poets dot org both offer reads sent to your email. Project Gutenberg has over 70,000 free e-books of older great literature, usually where U.S. copyright has expired. And I have a library card, so even more e-books are available.
These options make it easy for me to spend all my time reading, and I refuse to apologize.
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Featured Author - Enheduanna
"1-6. Goddess of the fearsome divine powers, clad in terror, riding on the great divine powers, Inana, made perfect by the holy a-an-kar weapon, drenched in blood, rushing around in great battles, with shield resting on the ground (?), covered in storm and flood, great lady Inana, knowing well how to plan conflicts, you destroy mighty lands with arrow and strength and overpower lands." Go HERE to read all 184 lines. Enheduanna is pictured on this disc. She's in fancy-dress red. A scene of sacrifice is carved on to one side of this calcite disc; an inscription of Enheduanna appears on the other (Credit: The Penn Museum) |