Day: July 5, 2016

Bother me no more

 

 No sight is like the rising of sun
When promises of dreams seem  clear and still
My heart  though sore ,can fancy  love has come
Without hard times and exercise of will.

No morning is without new dawn of hope
When all our conflicts shall be put aside.
Imagination is  far flung in scope,
Never  noting dreams may fraughtly lie.

No love is like my long lost love for you
Once known,once felt,it settles in the heart.
Yet I do believe love can be found anew
But only when the lost  true love  departs.

So bother me no more with reveried bliss.
Go leave me with my  life,though all’s amiss

Joy will return one day

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 Some days are sad and blue

And then we feel lonely too;
Or we cause rifts.

Some days are doldrum days.
Some days are like bad plays.
Not such a gift.

Most days have joyful parts.
Most days we lift our hearts.
They pass all too swift.

Some days love speaks to me.
Some days I feel so free.
I love my craft.

Life is a patterned weave.
Love helps us when we grieve.
Love is a raft.

See how the sun comes back.
See how light fills the gaps..
Some days we laugh.

Weep now and I’ll weep with you.
I have known sorrow too.
Yet sorrow will pass.

Joy is not far away.
Joy will return one day….
With life’s arts and crafts

Chekhov improves your social skills but only if you read him!

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Apparently reading high brow novels increases your empathy and understanding of others more than reading chick lit or nonfiction does.

Please click on “novels”above

Related articles

Choosing Chekhov over chick-lit improves your people skills (telegraph.co.uk)

Scientists recommend Chekhov… (shannonturlington.com)

I like my reading just a little on the Aspergery side* (isteve.blogspot.com)

Researchers advise reading Chekhov to improve social skills (voiceofrussia.com)

Felicitous

 MW Word of the Day : July 5, 2016

Felicitous

Definition

1 : very well suited or expressed : apt

2 : pleasant, delightful

Examples

The warm air and clear, dark skies made for felicitous conditions for the fireworks show.

“Experience has been instructive to Moulder, who has learned that churches have been particularly felicitous spaces. Granted, the general public may associate the music with nightclubs and sensuality, but jazz has deep roots in the church that flowered in the form of works such as John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’….” — Howard Reich, The Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2016

Did You Know?

The adjective felicitous has been a part of our language since the late 18th century, but felicity, the noun meaning “great happiness,” and later, “aptness,” was around even in Middle English (as felicite, a borrowing from Anglo-French). Both words ultimately derive from the Latin adjective felix, meaning “fruitful” or “happy.” The connection between happy and felicitous continues today in that both words can mean “notably fitting, effective, or well adapted.” Happy typically suggests what is effectively or successfully appropriate (as in “a happy choice of words”), and felicitous often implies an aptness that is opportune, telling, or graceful (as in “a felicitous phrase”).