Month: August 2012

Monday Discovery: “Silence,” an Essay by Laura Furman

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Today’s discovery is “Silence,” an essay by Laura Furman first printed in the Glimmer Train Bulletin, February 2011.

If you struggle with the noisiness of this busy life, read Furman’s essay. Every word is a treasure. Here’s a tease . . .

A great treasure of vital demands stands between the writer and her work—love, family, the necessities of food and shelter, friends; hardest of all there is her restless, noisy self.

—Laura Furman

Solitude
Son House, Hambidge Center for the Arts 2011 © Gerry Wilson

Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge

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Here’s my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge.

The dictionary defines merge as “to combine to form a single entity.” Businesses merge. Roads merge. I also think of merge as a kind of blending, a more subtle transformation, but my example is bold—the result of trying out a new skill in Photoshop. Thanks, Rebecca Barray, for the inspiration!

 

Bloom © Gerry Wilson

FLUTTER: A Story in Photos by Rebecca Barray

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I’m happy to welcome Rebecca Barray to The Writerly Life today!

Becca and I became cyber-friends through a platform challenge last spring, and we’ve been cheering each other on ever since. Becca happens to be a fabulous photographer as well as a fine writer. When I asked for guest posts recently and suggested I’d like a photo essay, she happily obliged. FLUTTER is the result. Enjoy!

Here’s Becca’s introduction to FLUTTER:

These pictures tell the tragic story of a dark female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly sipping nectar on a Blue Chip butterfly bush in my front garden. 

 

 The End

Let Rebecca know you were here! She’ll be happy to respond.

Rebecca Barray is a stay home mother of three (four if you count her extremely child-like husband). She is a writer and spends her precious little spare time writing, learning about writing, and thinking about writing. She also likes to take pictures and show them off on her photo blog.