Saturday, June 9, 2012

Saturday Good Reads



Celebrating an anniversary. A commentary on newspapers. The death of author Ray Bradbury. Watching a boy’s first date. A science fiction poem. The innocence of trees. A wonderful about coming down from the mountain. And a whole lot more.

Prose

Writers: Another Peculiar People of Which I Am One” by Jerry Barrett at Gerald the Writer.

Timing is Everything” by Amanda Hill at Hill + Pen.

The Face of Love” by Jay Cookingham at Soulfari.

Why I hate writing, Part 13: katdish, dream crusher” by Kathy Richards at Katdish.

A Pendulum of Freedom and Responsibility” by Jon Mertz at Thin Difference.

The Road of Excess Leads to the Palace of Wisdom” by Anita Mathias at Dreaming Beneath the Spires.

Sippican’s Patented Go/No Go Intertunel Newspaper Reading Gauge” by Greg Sullivan at Sippican Cottage.

Following Christ in a World of Distractions (Ray Bradbury RIP)” by Christopher Smith at Slow Church.

Table for Two” by Billy Coffey at What I Learned Today.

When You Wonder if Love is Worth the Risk” by Jennifer Dukes-Lee at Getting Down with Jesus.

Poetry

Celtic Chase” by Kathleen Overby at Almost Paradisical.

Pour me, another,” “SpecialK” and “unCHARTED” by Brian Miller at Way Station One.

Edith Sitwell” by D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.

The Thorn” by B.K. McKenzie at Signed…BKM.

The Innocence of Trees” by Maureen Doallas at Writing Without Paper.

14” by Nancy Rosback at A Little Somethin’.

In That Place” by Louise Gallagher at Recover Your Joy.

Paintings and Photographs

Watching” and “Pretty in Pink” by Susan Etole at Just…A Moment.

Overcast Yellowstone,” oil on canvas by Randall David Tipton at A Painter’s Process.

Songs

Come Down from Your Mountains” by Chris Yokel.

Videos



Photograph:  Bicycles in Amsterdam by Petr Kratochvil via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.

7 comments:

  1. Thank you for including my poem among all the other wonderful posts this past week.

    Have a great weekend.

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  2. dandelion tea
    with mint
    a
    clover flower
    garland
    a
    street
    bubbling
    hot oil
    a
    plate of
    sliced tomato
    and a shaker of salt

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  3. Glynn,

    Thank you for including me in your list today. And thank you for your friendship. I'm grateful for your words of wisdom this week.

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  4. woot once again i am in great company...smiles...thank you sir...and will be reading a few of the others as well

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  5. Thanks for including me bro'!

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  6. That line of bicycles made me smile! Thanks for the inclusion.

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  7. Happy Anniversary...and thanks for sharing your list :)

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