November 10, 2020
Gleanings
- I think of the form as endlessly open and capacious, willing to accept experiments, bars of music, instructions for grafting, soup recipes, the history of Ukrainian embroidery, the life cycle of a blue mussel, meditations on mortality, dissertations on historical events, dream diaries, and colour wheels. Anything else? Whatever a writer needs.
- I can’t imagine a more invigorating way to begin each day.
- When I posted it on FB, a friend commented that it looked like an Arthurian castle. It is a post-industrial castle.
- “The word diptych comes from the Greek root “dis,” meaning “two,” and “ptykhe,” meaning “fold.”
- Today, I’m focusing on people who are achieving impossible things for people they don’t know.
- Minor missteps aside, Self Care ends up as a surpassingly dark comedy about a consumerist society that continues to elevate an artificial ideal of women in the place of authentic experience or humanity.
- And sometimes you also need to curl up in a ball and take care of yourself. Here are some comfort read suggestions if that’s where you’re at right now.
- The company manufactured cutlery, scissors, cabinets, and other goods. And as it turns out, elegant folding trays so a small boy and the man he became can enjoy breakfast in bed.
- When expectations are low one really appreciates the little things; a blue sky (that always feels like a gift from the universe) and the homemade slice of cake your friend bakes you.
- True-blue, life-long friends make this life so worth living – having people around that love us for who we are, care about us, make us giggle, and make a point to reach out to us.
- I try to do the best I can, with the information and resources I have. I’m often wrong; I am thankful for so many second chances.
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Thank you for including me Kerry — warmly grateful. I always love reading the Gleanings. Most times, I do get to read every one; occasionally I read a few.
I’ve begun to do a guessing game when I read the sentence — I try to guess if I know who wrote it. I do get it right at times. I look forward to reading them so thank you for seeking them out and gathering them here.
Always happy to read your posts, Diane! (I love to read the Gleanings posts as Found Poetry. It delights me…)