Monday, October 26, 2009
Will the bubble burst?
Right now, I'm truly in writer's heaven. I told you recently, that I had submitted article ideas to five online magazines, two of which I have written before. What can I tell you? I got three assignments back. One is for a (for me) new magazine. The next is for gonomad. And the third is for my...
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Addition to previous post
Sinome and lusterlove both complained that the link did't work. Please just type in: www.abyssandapex.com/guidelines.html. That's the paying mag for short stories and poetry. Try it out, all you great poets out there.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
A home for short stories and poetry
It's very difficult to find an online magazine which publishes short stories and poetry and even more rare to find one that actually pays. So, I was delighted when I happened upon this gem and thought: this goes on blogit, chop, chop. Here is the link. And they pay. Another one, which sadly doesn't...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Determination does pay off...
I'm tickled pink and of course, my blogit family is the first to know. I just go my first real assignment. Last week I felt a bit in a rut, writing for the same sites again and again and I was looking for new avenues. I went through a list of about 60 online travel magazines I had accumulated and...
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Friday, October 23, 2009
The benefits of ironing.
Has vogue now totally lost it? You may well ask, because those who follow me, know that I am the ultimate domestic she-devil, quite capable of boiling an egg...in cold water! What would I know about ironing? This, however, is a serious post, prompted by Pat_B's entry about a visit from Ms. Block -...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
The seven sleepers
Here is another tale related to Ephesus. It's the story of the Seven Sleepers. They were seven young men who were persecuted at the times of Decius (around 250) and walled up in a cave on the slopes of the mountain where Mary's house is located. They fell asleep and..miraculously woke up, well and...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Modern Turkish art
The Ephesus museum has a small section downstairs, dedicated to modern Turkish painters. As far as I'm concerned, it shouldn't have! The most remarkable thing that can be said about that one room is that it is a huge let down after all the marvels and fantastic art of antiquity. I don't think that...
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My personal Ephesus highlight
Even more than the site itslf, which is massive and often crowded, I like to Ephesus museum. Compared to museums in London, Paris, NY and Athens where you can admire Greek and Roman art, this one is tiny. But that very fact mkes for its harm. They don't have all that many statues and artifacts, but...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Turkish Lourdes
Today, we set off in Jean and Steve's recently acquired car to visit Mary's House and the museum in Ephesus. Here is our departure picture: Kathy, one of our neighbors, Steve and Jean on the right, vogue taking the picture. Jean doesn't have a stomach ache, she is ashamed of the weight she has put...
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Iiiiiii - a typo in my previous post
That's one that can't remain uncorrected. It's of course my friends Jean and Steve, not my fiends. Funny what difference one letter can make, isn't it?
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