I love this…. first encountered it on NPR…….. telling your life story in 6 words, no more, no less… Smith magazine has published a book of these.
Ernest Hemingway’s……. “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/
Mine – “Seeking: Time, Love, Sleep,Art, Wine”
What’s your 6 word memoir?
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Come Play with Me….. 6 Word Memoirs
Posted in Blogroll, Inspiration, Life, NPR, Time, art, authentic, autumn, emotions, love, meditation, muse, opportunity, paint, playful, poetry, prose, relationships, self-realization, thoughts, wine, words, writing on March 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In Search of the Skin Horse
Posted in Life, emotions, hope, love, relationships, thoughts on September 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This afternoon I went to a birthday party for a gentleman turning 90 – he told me he reached this age in good health because he knew the magic formula. I asked him what that was, hoping he’d enlighten me.He looked at me and said, “Love. I fell in love with a good woman who [...]
The Woman Who Lives Inside Of Me
Posted in Inspiration, Life, authentic, hope, love, muse, relationships, self-realization, thoughts on August 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In my past I was the mere shadow of a weak woman.
Unworthy of being loved, I married a man whose depth was no more than surface deep, his own sorrows buried in alcohol. Yes, saddenly this was what I unconsciously chose for myself…someone that I could love more and who did not know the meaning [...]
Some things I’d like to know
Posted in Inspiration, Life, authentic, love, prose, relationships, self-realization, thoughts on August 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
To the man I’ve yet to meet….
There are some things I want to know
about you, dear
not all at once, unless of course,
your comfort takes you there
I am ok with letting these things
reveal themselves one by one
like fallen leaves that arrive with the wind
Or perhaps they are best discovered
peeled away one by one,
like the thin layers of [...]
