Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Feb 8, 2012, 4:47 am
I am in a somewhat peculiar mood right now and as I was reading about hiking trails in the areas around Dream Lake and Hallett Peak I was completely distracted by thoughts of the song The Happy Wanderer. I found two videos to accompany this postcard and your reading of the s...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Feb 5, 2012, 9:21 pm
It is simply an old cut-glass lamp that has been a light in my life for as long as I can remember (and may be why the first word I spoke—according to my mother, the original owner of the lamp—was "light"). It gives light when its plug is pushed into a silly face on the ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Feb 3, 2012, 12:18 am
Bre’s eighth birthday bash was smashing: Crepe streamers waved and twirled high above A festive array of bright hats and marbled party blowers. Giant beach ball Pinata was hit and came crashing. Young girls sang loudly with Bre’s karaoke gift. Bieber surpris...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Feb 1, 2012, 5:44 am
It is one beautiful road to travel when the weather is fine, and a treacherous one to drive when the weather brings heavy snow and freezing conditions or storm-whipped gales. Either way, you definitely know you are traveling on a highway with ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 29, 2012, 6:21 am
9th Life Brave old patient fighting with me for more years together,          (what I must believe) -- you allow me to pinch up a pocket of your fur-lined skin and to press a dripping needle into some place not yet hardened from prickin...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 27, 2012, 5:11 am
Links to more of this week's FF55s (works of fiction in 55 words) are at Mr. KnowItAll, the G-Man. {I created this FF55 at Clkr.com, where it is now a part of the public domain.} .
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 25, 2012, 4:10 am
Gabrielle Giffords. Please DO NOT underestimate this woman! This photo of Gabrielle Giffords and the accompanying caption were posted in 2010 at HubPages by a conservative who was supporting a GOP candidate running against Giffords...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 24, 2012, 7:00 am
Kimie's research had ended and the writing was done. Her advisor had approved all her years' worth of work - (That doctoral thesis had been a son-of-a-gun) Now in front of a committee she had to defend it. If all the world is a stage th...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 20, 2012, 4:25 am
Jiao-long tattoed for weeks and was now frail. He would die soon. Jiao-long promised Pu that the reward for her patience and bravery was the finest of dragons to be with her always: "Remember my taking you from behind, my hands caressing your shoulders, my soft...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 18, 2012, 5:31 am
Now that we have an idea of what the Puget Sound area looked like from the air in the early 1940s, I thought it would be fun to share with you on-the-ground views from all around that area during this week's walloping snow. First, here are a few things to keep in mind ...... In February, the U...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 15, 2012, 8:44 am
Sofia was born with eyes the color of the sea; she stared at her folk in silence — no coos or cries or sleepy sighs. ·Only eyes· looking. Sofia's hair was soft black but later changed hue, shining like black pearls in the...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 13, 2012, 5:20 am
Djinn by Rene Bauer I am Lord Helpme, here because I could no longer ignore you calling my name.  Do I know you? What's your problem, lady?...lordhelpme! this and lordhelpme! that. This is a huge network; I a...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 11, 2012, 4:59 am
The first election in which I was eligible to vote was in 1972, when Nixon ran for re-election against George McGovern. I drove alone to the old University of Nevada gymnasium and there, behind a dull-gray curtain in one of a bank of narrow voting booths along one wall, I se...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 8, 2012, 7:43 am
Birth by Neville Longmore I Tell Myself the Story She is no longer here to tell me the story of my birth on my birthday but the birthday will come nevertheless — quietly, inevitably — margin notes in the ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 6, 2012, 5:42 am
big city cowboy by  ATMAN  VICTOR Marci didn’t understand the forces that charged her life or the powers that had held her mute and still just long enough for Parker to overwhelm her. He was different. Not even her type. A native Texan who valued such things as alligator-skin cowboy boots...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 4, 2012, 7:40 am
While studying this beautiful embossed postcard celebrating good wishes for 1912, and after reading the written greeting (that reads uncannily like a modern-day message),  I found myself wondering what was happening in the world 100 years ago. I have selected a smattering of information from ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Jan 2, 2012, 6:22 am
 BlueFaceGirl by Joan de Bot 2012 Yet ether coming into form, skin turning from cosmic blue to something golden as filtered rays pierce the newness of you, changing you in the hissing crack of dawn. Damp layers of your forming foaming, then laying ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Dec 30, 2011, 8:37 am
It happened in the moonlight by Catrin Welz-Stein Old Moon, New Year He waits by moon’s light ever crescent; another year sizzles, then fades. For hundreds of years he has tended the gold key in his vintage hands. Fire cones dance in a jeweled sky; a crystal bal...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Dec 28, 2011, 5:28 am
When I purchased this old postcard I intended to post it during one of the windstorms sure to come this winter. The first one arrived Tuesday evening, just in time for me to begin this edition of Old Postcard Wednesday. There are alarming gusts outside now pitting the various wind chimes again...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Nov 2, 2011, 5:28 am
What a chop job! First, the beautiful b&w photograph was cropped at the left by the postcard manufacturer, thereby beheading one of the grazing horses. Then, somewhere along the line of ownership of the postcard it was sliced unevenly at the bottom, thereby "unheading" the heading that identif...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 30, 2011, 9:34 am
During my solo trip to the Oregon coast last weekend I stopped at Boiler Bay and came upon this scene when I walked out to the overlook point. There is a fence with no trespassing signs separating the public from the slick rocks and cliff edge. However, someone had an important mission to accomplish...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 28, 2011, 4:40 am
Lauran thought she called 911 . . . Because her ears were ringing she didn’t notice that someone answered: “Your number’s up." “I’m alone!" she slurred. "Cannot move my right side…think I had a stroke." Panting shallowly, she strained to give directions. "No pro...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 26, 2011, 4:01 am
Remembrance of Burned Memories by José Ramos I am feeling burned out, so am cancelling Old Postcard Wednesday for today. Some extra (and earlier than usual) sleep suddenly seems of the highest importance! I apologize to anyone who came by looking for an OPW post. If you are a regular you kno...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 25, 2011, 5:39 am
....A few more images from my weekend trip to the Oregon coast. These are a couple of Harbor Seals at Depoe Bay (The World's Smallest Navigable Harbor). A fisherman was cleaning fish on the dock above them, but their pleading eyes had to be ignored because there is a fine of $700+ for feeding them i...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 24, 2011, 7:36 am
  House on a Cliff by Louis MacNeice Indoors the tang of a tiny oil lamp. Outdoors The winking signal on the waste of sea. Indoors the sound of the wind. Outdoors the wind. Indoors the locked heart and the lost key. Outdoors the chill, the void, the siren. Indoors
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 21, 2011, 4:29 am
Drawn by Dan Jesperson Tessa met him playing blackjack in Bellagio's casino the night before, drank too much, and woke up the next morning in his room as he showered. Her stomach growled. Did they ever have dinner? What was his name? Should she order breakfast? She decided to dre...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 20, 2011, 7:01 am
Man Uphill by Sandi Solis Walking to the Courthouse by Raymond A. Foss Walking to the courthouse to make copies for a pending case no urgent brisk walk for arguments, for the challenge of court, a purposeful but easier walk, to the Clerk’s Office to check the fi...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 19, 2011, 6:44 am
  I have already shared some of these postcards from a packet of 15 historic postcard reproductions of places in Salem, Oregon. For the sheer beauty of the photograph, this one is my favorite in the packet and I thought it was deserving of being presented to you super-sized. Quite a...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 17, 2011, 3:19 am
Outwitted by Edwin Markham He drew a circle that shut me out — Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in.    Alexander Overwijk draws a perfect freehand circle 1m in diameter in less than a second. .
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 16, 2011, 8:09 am
A Spot of Honestea Coffee used to bring out the worst in me, its potency jangling my nerves. Now it's better for my psyche than tea. Roasted beans, smooth or bitter, are still just coffee buds. I can trust what I'm buying you see. ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 15, 2011, 4:38 am
Càrn Mhuinge by Dougie Beck  Ich komme aus meinen Schwingen heim by Rainier Maria Rilke I come home from the soaring in which I lost myself. I was song, and the refrain which is God is still roaring in my ears. Now I am still and plain: no more words. To t...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 14, 2011, 4:56 am
Frozen Glass Apples by Chris Rojas Freezing assets in The Big Apple,           Pawning jewelry in The Emerald City — Arizona's Urban Heart attack critical. Blown the wad in The Windy City,           Venice of America drowning in debt — The ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 13, 2011, 4:38 am
The Hunter's Moon of October 11 was so beautiful this week, and I was grateful for some clearing at night to be able to enjoy it. By Wednesday night, however, the clouds were obstinate so this is the best image I could get. Not a great shot, but when I look at it I will remember seeing this O...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 12, 2011, 4:45 am
I don't have time to write much this Wednesday because I am getting ready to leave for the 2011 Willow Manor Ball. It is the exquisite annual cyber event created and hosted by the marvelous poet and blogger, Tess Kincaid. You won't want to miss her post describing her escort for the evening a...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 10, 2011, 6:52 am
  The Shortest Day The gathering begins shortly but please, before you go, brief me on today's news, for the printis too big for me to decipher. Tell not the protracted version of every little thing happening on our shrinking planet — just your short-and-sweet tak...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 8, 2011, 4:16 am
Tall Trees by Mike Tedder Blue Saxophones by Moya Cannon In Buenos Aires the sidewalks are broken, but the trees are tall and blue, blue like Cézanne’s blue pitcher, which speaks to some still corner of the soul – a quite unnecessary, delicate blue – and th...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 7, 2011, 4:55 am
Why was I emancipated at 14, you ask? I couldn't handle one more family Halloween party, that's why. The yearly contest for “best” idea preceded insane rehearsals before Halloween night. This year they loved Randall's engineering that turned phones into paintball squirt-guns. When ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 5, 2011, 3:50 am
    Hjärtliga Häisningar Allt kärt och gott O, ma det falla pä din lott, Och varje tuva vid din stig, Med tusen blommor smycka sig, Ja vinterdagen, tung och grä, Bli värdag, hög och blä.   Swedish to English translation from stars21.com  Cordial Greetings! This is a rather inte...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Oct 2, 2011, 5:41 am
Audrey Hepburn - Pop-Art 2 by ~davidiana on deviantART Four-part Audreys Black gamin Audrey: No crown this queen, with wisps of bangs curling above black perfect arches accenting blue animal eyes lashed above cheekbones high lighted near shapely ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Sep 30, 2011, 4:40 am
The bold girl was willing to shed caution for art. Below the hilltop, he said, “Sit here, loosen your drape when the sun warms you. Then look down at the book and be still.” Plucking a flower, she let the gauze drop from her shoulders. With her nipples and eyes toward the sun, ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Sep 29, 2011, 4:42 am
abstract blue by Jitka Anlaufova "It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small."                              ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Sep 28, 2011, 6:32 am
  Having worked for Oregon's Secretary of State for ten years in my last job I know what a rich information resource it can be. So, I decided to take that track in searching for information concerning the 11 views on this old postcard, and went straight to Missouri Secretary of State's websi...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Sep 26, 2011, 4:48 am
Thank you, God, for my little black crow,For each drop of rain on this moss-covered rock,For the roiling clouds and their blue inner glow And the glimpse of horizon beyond the Loch.MLydiaM ~ September 2011 Visit Magpie Tales to read other Mag 84s inspired by the photo prompt above. .
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Sep 25, 2011, 5:35 am
Used Oh, Gilberto, how sweet was your love when you discovered me –       in need of one with artist’s hands.       You were as gentle with our fresh-picked food                                     as you were with my ...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Sep 23, 2011, 3:33 am
Autumn wind by Sabina R. A New Season These breezy autumn mornings! Bodymind sparks to life as it never did when we were together. Then I drifted from our bed to my bath and back there to wake you but we weren’t together I am awake these fal...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Sep 22, 2011, 5:21 am
Painting Title: Self Portrait with Cloak 1901 Pablo Picasso: Early/Blue Period Paintings Famous Spanish artist - 20th Century Painter About the Self Portrait Painting Pablo Picasso painted this Self Portrait with Cloak painting during his famous blue period series. Like many of hi...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Sep 21, 2011, 6:19 am
There is so much history*surrounding Dayton, Tennessee, yet it has been difficult pinning down particulars on the City School pictured in this old postcard. And this one is old, but without any description written on the back, and since the postcard was never used--hence no stamp to check on f...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Sep 19, 2011, 7:34 am
Music lesson by Izabella Pavlushko In the Key of Dr. C I could not then, still cannot, read the music that lives in my soul - but Dr. C knew that ears note and remember strains without straining - and thus he taught Music Appreciation at the hilltop univer...
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Lydia M. posted an article on Writerquake - Sep 17, 2011, 7:11 am
Reno Stash In here are stored broken dreams, lucky strikes, dried bones, and desert storms, memories of towns and lakes that are no more, and of Julia Bulette, who never died. Sunshine! Stars! Blue bright glory of sky, sky, sky. In here are...
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