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The Wine of Blessedness
“…their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.” ? J.R.R. Tolkien Continue reading
Gathering encouragement and inspiration
We all need some encouragement and ideas on how to proceed… so when people, artists you admire, talk about their work and lives, take a moment and listen. And like Ted Kooser says – throw a lot of horseshoes. Continue reading
Happy Birthday J.R.R. Tolkien
And may hope stay with us in the new year: …the night-sky was still dim and pale. There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. … Continue reading
Day 28 NaPoWriMo 2022
I went to see a talk that was supposed to happen in April 2020. Then it was rescheduled to September 2020 and then April 2021 and then… Well and here we all were at Proctors in Schenectady and out came … Continue reading