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Poetry: Greek God on a Tube Train

As mentioned in my previous posting, Musings-  Creativity and Cold! here is the poem that I wrote in September 1980.  Perhaps I should set the stage a little.  I had returned to live in England in October 1978 having lived the previous ten years of my life on the beautiful island of Sardinia.  Sardinia is located about forty minutes flying time due west of Rome in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.  It is an Italian island.

The weather there is fantastic.  Hot and sunny from mid-May through to mid-September.  Delightfully warm and sunny from mid-March through to mid-May and . . . → Read More: Poetry: Greek God on a Tube Train

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Shared Wisdom/Poetry: Choosing To Live

Just a couple of days ago in my posting Musings- Living Life (Lost Treasures), I shared and made comments on several quotations that had come to light as I was going through some old files.  Another piece of writing that has surfaced is a poem by Pablo Neruda, a Chilean writer and politician. 

He was born in 1904 and died in 1973.  Pablo Neruda was actually his pen name, which he eventually made his legal name.  He travelled extensively during his life as a consul or in other diplomatic roles for his native country. But he is more famously . . . → Read More: Shared Wisdom/Poetry: Choosing To Live

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Shared Wisdom: More Quotations

I always enjoy sharing some of my favorite quotations.  They are usually words that have helped me through a situation or two.  Sometimes they have presented themselves as words of comfort and encouragement, sometimes as words of inspiration.  Frequently they have improved my understanding of a particular set of circumstances.  More often that not they have been “light bulb” words; words that have given me that “ah-ha” moment. 

No matter what the moment may have been, these words have been important enough to me to have caused me to write them down for future reference.  I hope you may . . . → Read More: Shared Wisdom: More Quotations