Hot Fast Ball – For Ese’s Shoot and Quote

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
Casey Stengel

When I visited the States, both in 2010 and 2012, my sister took me to a St. Louis Cardinal’s game in St. Louis…so I could see the truth in this quote!

Created for Ese’s Weekly Shoot and Quote! … the word is – hot!

Ese’s Weekly Shoot and Quote: Scent

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“I still love the book-ness of books, the smell of books: I am a book fetishist—books to me are the coolest and sexiest and most wonderful things there are.”
Neil Gaiman

books

scent and memory
books enter my head and nose
thus forever mine

Have a great week!

Ese’s Weekly Shoot and Quote: Open

This week’s challange at Ese’s Weekly Shoot and Quote is Open.

Without opening your door,
you can open your heart to the world.
Without looking out your window,
you can see the essence of the Tao.

Lao Tzu

Just a Note: August 26, 2013

Hello World!

As the White Rabbit said:  “I’m late, I’m late for a very important date!”

I must say, that last week was a very interesting week as far as emotions go.  I feel I wouldn’t be honest if I do not at least give a nod at this very sad occasion.  Feather’s flew and tempers flared as a tasteless act of spectacularism came to the my attention and to that of many of my fellow bloggers.  I won’t speak of the episode though in detail, suffice it to say that it nearly cost us a dear poet, who worried by his reaction, had contemplated not writing anymore.  I personally flare slowly and briefly, and the aftermath for me is saddness…I wrote this poem for the occasion:  Senryu: First Light.

This week I began working on my anthology of short stories.  I’ve opened a private blog where I have 10 readers who help me by reading what I’ve written and give me some tips that may permit me to eventually publish my work, first through e-zines and magazines, then eventually as a complete work.  I find that it’s easier to just throw my things together for the blog and publish.  However, I also realize that publishing is a more time-consuming and meticulous job.  I’ll keep you updated.

I also published two of my “drawings” with Haiku, or Haiga.  I wrote them in English and Italian.  I try to doodle off a drawing in my free-time…the purpose?  I wish to publish a sketch book of Haiku in Italian and English.  Here are the examples (and I’d enjoy, and need real feedback here, not just: “Oh how nice!” which makes my ego happy but doesn’t help creating quality work!)  Haiga 1: Willow and Wind and Haiga 2: Butterfly.

TJ Therien, reintroduced me to a form of poetry that I had forgotten about.  The Arabic Ghazal, favorite form of Hafiz and the great Rumi and Sufi poets.  My first Ghazal was all wrong and thanks to Lilith Colbert I was able to make the necessary corrections, but having fumbled so badly, I decided to write another: Ghazal: Fences of Segregation.

I also discovered that there are oodles of wonderful photo challenges about that had somehow escaped me.  This week I participated at Cee’s Which Way Challenge and Ese’s Weekly Shoot and Quote Challenge.  They were great fun and I especially enjoyed the Shoot and Quote.  I participated with a quote of Oscar Wilde’s. Not to mention, the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge and my own Pixelventures sponsored by We Drink Because We’re Poets.

I’d like you to have a look at the 13th Floor Paradigm, it is a growing blog and I’m sure you’ll find something that will interest you!  I also find that another post is very fun and useful: Friday Fictioneers. I’m waiting anxiously for Rochelle to give us the new prompt for next Friday!

I’d like to thank all you wonderful people for your support and comments and a special thanks goes this week to a wonderful poet, Cubby at Reowr!  And you’ll all find out why during the upcoming week 😉 .  And take a look at this reblog…someone speaks of the Warrior Goddess Sekhmet, wow, was she a Goddess, I’ve just come across this blog and can’t talk to you about it yet, but I’ve got the feeling it specializes in Vampires!

Again, I must excuse myself to the majority of you whom I follow.  I’ve done a little better this week, though.  I have decided (didn’t I say something like this last week?) to really make and follow a schedule.  Wrote that in black to remind myself to do so.  I’m having a little problem by the way with my Daily and Weekly notifications on my e-mail reader as I’m not receiving them any more.  I’ve tried doing instant notifications then to keep up-to-date of those blogs I follow most, but my e-mail is becoming unmanageable (even worse than before!) some of us are really prolific bloggers (she said blushing).

Have a great week folks and keep having fun writing, photographing or whatever it is you do to keep making this world a little better.

Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge – Oscar Wilde

Prompt 1 – BEGINNING

A new Photo Challenge! Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge:  “My challenge is my passion – a photo you have taken and a quote, attributed to its author, and of course related to your image.”

Here’s my take:

Beginning

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
Oscar Wilde

Moonrise

other participants:

http://schelleycassidy.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge-beginning/

Ese’s Weekly Shoot and Quote Challenge: Beginning | unexpectedincommonhours

http://syllabubsea.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge-beginning/

Ese’s Shoot & Quote Challenge – “Beginning” | Coffee

Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge – Beginning | Life With Mike and Lindy

Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge – Beginning (J.R.R. Tolkein) | Points of View

Beginnings are waves | Le Drake Noir

Ese’s Weekly Shoot and Quote Challenge – Beginning / Lingering Look at Windows: Cobwebs and Corrosion | wordsvisual

http://suejudd.com/2013/08/18/eses-weekly-shoot-and-quote-challenge-beginning-lingering-look-at-windows-cobwebs-and-corrosion/

Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge – Beginning | Escape from Chaos

http://chevrefeuilleshaikublog.blogspot.nl/2013/08/beginning-for-eses-weekly-shot-and.html

http://daffodilhillphotography.com/2013/08/18/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge-beginning/

Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge : Beginning/ Permulaan | bambangpriantono

http://bambangpriantono.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge-beginning-permulaan/

http://lynneayersbeyondthebrush.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/visual-quotations-21/

http://andreasch45.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/komm-deinemengelnicht-ins-gehege/

Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge | Hope* the happy hugger

http://hopethehappyhugger.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge/

http://wp.me/a2dwKf-T2

Visual Quotations 21 | Beyond the Brush

eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge | yarnwuseleien

http://yarnwuseleien.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge

http://yarnwuseleien.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge

Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge: Beginning | Ruined for Life: Phoenix Edition

http://smkelly8.com/2013/08/18/weekly-shoot-quote-challenge-beginning/

ESE’S WEEKLY SHOOT & QUOTE CHALLENGE – Beginning | Dear Bliary

http://firstandfabulous.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge-beginning/