Marginal notes

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Marriage of Sun and Moon

A poem in NiteTide's blog ( http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/NiteTide8978/556014 ) reminded me of similar motiffs in Latvian folklore, I started searching and found quite an amazing myth, so I decided to share. It goes like this: once upon a time the Sun was married to the Moon. (The Sun is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

A Love Coded in a Rhyme

Wigopa and others got me thinking, since when I do not write poetry and why. Now I used to write poetry a lot, since I was 13 or so (I started writing with plays, and poetry came second, just with the first love). At that time, I was using blank verse as it was "easier" to do so; which is in fact... Sign in to see full entry.

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An answer to Ciel's prompt

When we were small and life was more colourful (and it was, as our eyes were younger and we could see more; as well as hear things we cannot hear when aging - or so the scientists say) there was a certain romantic aura about fighting for your truth. All those books of honourable people who weren't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

baths and tongues

Today, when walking with my 5years old son, we went along "cats' restaurant" (where locals feed stray cats), and my son spotted a nice cat on the street. "The cat has eaten at the restaurant and now is washing up," I said. "Yea, he's having a bath." "Actually, he isn't having a bath, he's having a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

On Writer's Block

It's a pretty convenient time to write about the writer's block since I'm having one myself right now. So this entry is also a note to myself & trying to figure out what to do:) So. If you have a so-called "writer's block", a complete inability to write what you intend to although you probably have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Bits of thoughts on what has been written, advice on writing and other remarks - basically everything which would be written on the margins of manuscript - which is, in fact, the origin of word "marginal". (Curiously enough, in Latvian "marginal" means "odd, stray, unimportant", but my dictionary says in English it means "critical; crucial". Go figure.)

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