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Tag Archives: University
Book Love
Over a telephone conversation with my niece the other day she told me she was very happy this year in school. “I have a new English teacher and he is amazing,” she said. “Makes me want to learn.” My niece … Continue reading
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Tagged book, books, English, high school, learning, literature, love, reading, student, teacher, thoughts, University, writer, writing
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The Smell Of Things
When I was a little girl and in the scouts, whenever we went camping in the fields in our village there were always stray dogs wondering around. I used to be terrified of them whenever they got near me. I … Continue reading
Just One Thing Like That Is All I Ask
Back in the days when I was a teenager, and even a student in university, I used to wish that I was born somewhere else. Somewhere like the other side of the ocean, in North America, or even in Europe. … Continue reading
Why All The Lies
Decades ago when I was a student in university and living on campus my roommate was an energetic lively young woman with such an indescribable passion for life and especially for food. She giggled when she talked and had an … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, author, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, diary, doubt, dreams, emotion, faith, feelings, fiction, friends, happy, ideas, imagination, inspiration, library, lies, life, literature, love, memories, novel, poetry, relationships, story, success, thoughts, University, words, work, world, write, writer, writing
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Why The Hell Aren’t You Home Writing
Word has it that a Nobel Laureate told a group of writers standing beside a bar that, within a radius of one mile, there were at least a hundred better writers than any of us; the difference between us as … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, dreams, emotion, English, essay, faith, feelings, fiction, happy, home, ideas, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, magic, memories, Montreal, music, novel, poetry, ramblings, story, teaching, thoughts, University, words, world, write, writer, writing
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The Impulse To Write A Novel
“The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life.” Angus Wilson Throughout the years I have always loved and appreciated the simple things that life has thrown my way. I thrive on the relationships I … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, book, books, characters, creative writing, dreams, easy, emotion, energy, English, essay, feelings, fiction, happy, home, ideas, journey, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, memories, music, novel, people, picture, poetry, story, teacher, thoughts, University, words, work, write, writer, writing
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New Beginning
“We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I do agree with Emerson that … Continue reading
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Tagged author, book, books, civil war, dad, dreams, emotion, encouragement, English, essay, faith, feelings, fiction, gratitude, happy, high school, history, home, house, language, lessons, library, life, light, literature, love, memories, mom, music, novel, people, story, teacher, thoughts, University, words, world, writer, writing
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Have I Missed Something?
Once in a while I get this feeling that I have missed something and that I have chosen a wrong career. How I wish sometimes that I had studied English Literature in university instead. My love of books and writing … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, art, author, blog, book, books, character, creative writing, desire, dreams, emotions, English, faith, feelings, fiction, heart, hope, ideas, language, library, life, literature, love, music, novel, people, post, reading, Stephen King, story, teacher, thoughts, truth, University, words, work, write, writing
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Something Mysterious About The Night
W. Somerset Maugham wrote: “In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, basketball, best friend, body, books, camp, city, civil war, class, community, country, dark, darkness, Ellie Wiesel, friendly, friends, gunman, ice-cream, laugh, light, lights, long, love, moments, monster, movie, my, nation, night, people, politics, summer, talk, theatre, things, University, walk
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No Place To Call Home
“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas put forth a historic U.N. membership bid for an independent state of Palestine on Friday. The formal application drew applause in the assembly when the Palestinian leader raised the document at the podium during his speech … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, Anton Chekhov, Arab world, brother, challenges, country, father, feeling, good, grandfather, grandparents, happy, hardship, history, home, hope, house, humanity, language, Lebanon, life, lost, membership, memory, Middle East, news, optimism, Palestinians, people, picture, refugees, remember, sad, student, truth, University, weather, wedding
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