Happy holidays, dear readers! Wednesday Words is here to wish us all a better-in-every-way holiday season. Join me in ringing in some holiday cheer as you read the following first stanza of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem celebrating bells. The Bells Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) Hear the sledges with … [Read more…]
Hello, readers. Welcome to another Wednesday Words, a series of bits and pieces of quotes or anything that catches my imagination that I hope catches yours. Today let’s celebrate a little humor, a vital ingredient—in my view—in a recipe for sanity. The following are a couple of samples from my … [Read more…]
Welcome back to Wednesday Words. Shhh. Today is quiet. Listen to the sounds of silence… On Silence From the website, Brainy Quotes “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.” Muhammad Ali “In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers! Welcome to today’s Wednesday Words. Once upon a time there was a German poet who understood what it takes to get something done. Read on … Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Until One Is Committed” “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning … [Read more…]
Happy Thanksgiving 2024, readers! Today’s Wednesday Words is another poem. It’s from Marjorie Saiser, “Thanksgiving for Two,” (2014). To read it, please click this link where it appears with the poet’s permission: Thanksgiving for Two | The Poetry Foundation For me, this was an entertaining and thought-provoking poem. Maybe, if … [Read more…]