There’s So Much to Say

I post a lot of these right? (See HERE). But everyone of them is meaningful to me in some way. Each is a snapshot of how I feel. And expression of my inner soul. Valerie wrote this first one.

you push away love as it's all

you've known; abandonment

and homes of bones. but,

when true love knocks to 

enrich your soul, will you

answer the call and say hello.

Don't we all do that? Push away love? It takes confidence, daring, and a leap of faith to answer that call when it comes right?

Even More From My Faves

It's hard to find titles and things to say about these (see more HERE), other than just saying that . . . wow these speak to me. all for different reasons, but these are those that hit me.

Eileen Jan writes this first . . . 

Have no hesitation to unload those who didn't know it was a luxury to have your attention.

A "luxury to have your attention"  . . . what a wonderfully transient line. Well done Eileen for expressing my thoughts.

We Look Away the First Hundred Times or More

 

Always Hit Me

These always hit me. I read them and my heart drops just a bit cause someone is saying exactly what I think.

This first one is interesting. I like the rewind portion. Makes me think of pause. On our old VCR if you held pause too long it turned into stop.  

Enjoy every moment you have.

Because in life, there are no rewinds, 

Only flashbacks

A Couple More Today

So as a part of the ongoing series (see HERE), I ran into these in my string and thought I'd share. It's amazing just how many show up, but these are the few that hit me the most. 

My head . . . in your lap . . . please!

From Darkonicle. Who wouldn't love this one? Who hasn't had that feeling with that special someone and a lap is the perfect place?

Last for a While

I know I promised last time that I wouldn't do this much more often (see here), but I predict I won't have as much time to go find and post about review in the near future because my classes will begin again soon. Still, I wanted to take this opportunity to share these two new reviews for my book On the Edge (see here).

It's nice to get these reviews for a book I wrote so long ago . . . almost ten years ago now. And it's also nice to see that many of the same themes in the reviews are what I hear and read from reviews about Vapor Trail (see here). 

Another One for the Morning Label

Long time readers will know that often when reading novels I'll catalog and note when I see a description of a morning in a novel. Particularly if it's a good one (see here).

I found one in the novel I'm currently racing through . . . trying to finish before my next class starts. 

As usual on a fine morning, the air and the view were exhilarating. The sun was no more than a promise on the far distant horizon and there was a beginning-of-the-world quality in the light. I watched the shadowy shapes of the horses ahead of me curving around the hill with white plumes streaming from their nostrils in the frosty air. As the glittering rim of the sun expanded into full light, the colors sprang out bright and clear, the browns of the jogging horses topped with the bright stripes of the lads’ ear-warming knitted caps and the jolly garments of October’s daughters.

Francis, Dick - For Kicks

Back Again

I have two more weeks to cram in some more fun reading (see here). I have class starting up again in two weeks . . . two classes actually, so I'll be back to writing more about adult learning then (see here). But until then I'm going to push hard to get in more leisure reading!

To that end I went back again to an old favorite. Milo Talon by Louis L'Amour, wasn't bad, but it also wasn't good. A bit of a puzzle in the plot arena. Fun characters and an easy read, but not exceptional. I can't remember if I've read this one before or not, but we shall see!

The Earl of October drove into my life in a pale-blue Holden which had seen better days. 

More Self Promotion

The other day I was discussing self promotion with someone at work. If we don't promote our wins, no one else might. It's up to us, I told her, to let people know when we've done a bad job, but also when we do good jobs. 

So, although I might have said I wouldn't post many more reviews of my work, this one hit me and I thought I would share (see here). 

Cowboy Sunrise

 For a long time I've been cataloging and grouping quotes from novels where the author writes about the morning or the sunrise. It's quite prevalent when you look for it (see here). I just ran into one in the book I'm currently reading (see here).

AT DAYBREAK I went down the street to Maggie’s. The horizon was lifting yellow into the sky, but in the west a few laggard stars remained stubbornly in place. My boots echoed on the boardwalk.

L'Amour, Louis - Milo Talon