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Dear Bunny Rabbit, You’ve gotten me in big trouble now. I know you’re a good-hearted and thoughtful fellow, but I think maybe you’re too chatty. I keep getting sad looks from all the other bunnies. I try to explain that the haiku I wrote was a gift for all the rabbits in the park. Sure, you and I have a special bond, but I feel a lot of fondness for your whole species. Anyway, I’ve started work on an epic poem …more [poll=3] Want to vote for something I didn’t include in the poll? Leave me a comment! Hmmmmm…I put this up three days ago, and only one person has voted so far. Hello, hello, is this thing on? I watch the videos (or listen to audio podcasts) from TED.com both as a source of inspiration for writing…and for life. I found this one so captivating that I wanted to share it with my blog readers. Jill Bolte Taylor is a neuroanatomist who suffered a major stroke. In this video, she talks about what she experienced. Dear Bunny Rabbit, What do you see when you look up from the leaves you’re nibbling and watch me passing? Why is it that on some nights, you dash for the woods? I never bring any dogs or children to frighten you, so I hope maybe we can be friends. Tonight you looked pretty content as I walked by on the trail. I thought about a lot of things I’d like to say to you. But I know that you have a short attention span, so rather than go on and on, I wrote a tiny poem for you. I hope you like it:
Note: A strange assignment: write a letter to an animal. I thought about writing to one of my late, lamented pets, but most of what I have to say to them is too private and personal to publish here. So I wrote a note to one of my casual animal acquaintances instead. © 2008 Edward F. Gumnick
I’ve added a subscription plug-in to my blog software. There are two levels of functionality: General public: Subscribe without becoming a registered user to receive a notice whenever something new is posted to the site. Registered users: If you become a registered user of the site, you get a few more options. You’ll be able to manage your subscription profile to receive HTML* or plain-text notifications, excerpts versus full posts, and specify the categories about which you’d like to be notified. You can also now keep up with the discussion of a particular article by clicking the “Notify me of followup comments via e-mail” button when you leave a comment. It’s not necessary to be a subscriber or registered user to make use of this feature. You can also “subscribe” to a discussion without leaving a comment. So many options! Note: Your registration or subscription on this site is entirely private. Your information is available to me and me alone, because this blog is privately hosted, not offered through one of the big blog-hosting services. So you won’t get any spam or advertisements as a result of subscribing or registering here. *I don’t recommend the HTML option. You’ll receive the complete initial text of each posting, but I almost always find some typos and make a few edits AFTER I post the articles online, so if you want the edited versions, you should visit the site and read the articles here. He was in that state where you’re not quite asleep and not quite awake, where sometimes you wake yourself by shouting a word that isn’t quite a word. Then he sat upright in the bed and called out, “Sarah?” He remembered that she was gone. He struggled with the feeling that there was a dream he should be able to recall. He stared at the glowing numerals on the alarm clock, fumbled for his glasses on the bedside table, then looked again, and a third time. He pulled out the drawer. Nothing there to explain this disquiet, but it was somewhere to place his attention. He crossed the braided rug to the bathroom. He splashed water on his face, half-dried it on the crusty towel he’d left on the edge of the basin. When was that? Thursday? Times and days had become muddled as soon as he boarded the first trans-Atlantic flight. Back in bed, it took him several minutes to remember that he’d taken off his glasses to wash his face. Note: This is a fragment that I wrote in today’s Spectrum Center workshop, “10,000 First Drafts.” The exercise was to reuse something from an older piece of work. This began with the first sentence, which I salvaged from a story that never went anywhere beyond the first couple of paragraphs. I’m not sure where this is going next, but it felt like a good start. March 17, 2008—I’ve added something more to this story. March 25, 2008—See also Exercise #49. At All Times, in All Seasons, the Earth Casts a Slim Wedge of Shadow into Space; When the Moon in Her Journey Passes Through that Umbra, Let Us Gather Under the Stars to Reflect, One to Another, That There Is No Charioteer Who Illuminates the Day, Nor Huntress Who Hides from the Sun’s Face, But Only Reason That Lights Our Understanding of What Nature Has Ordained There will be a total lunar eclipse beginning at 9:01 p.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday, February 20, 2008. My roommate and I have decided to make this astronomical treat the occasion for a party. If you’re reading my blog and you find yourself in the Houston area on February 20, if you’d like to join us. Note: The prompt was to “create a working title that is the longest one you’ve ever written.” I’m not in the habit of giving working titles to any of my texts, so coming up with any title at all made for a challenging assignment. I like the idea of looking up at the ruddy, darkened moon and thinking of all the fanciful explanations that primitive people might have conceived for this lovely phenomenon. Giving myself permission to turn this exercise into a party invitation was the cherry on top. As I turned my car into the parking lot at the Height Post Office today, I noticed a sign that reads, “Customer parking only. 15 minute limit.” I’m so excited! My blog has been cited by Bingo News (“Complete Bingo Resource”). I’d like to thank the spider or robot responsible for this moment in the sun. I never suspected that there were resources for bingo players. Oh brave new world…! |
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