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new community for those interested.
I have created a new community for the discussion of childrens literature during its golden age. It is called KiddieLit. For now I have it set as a moderated community but with open posting access, just to get things going. Please join up.
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A little poetry from me.
I was feeling rather inspired today...
We are the result of yesterdays cast off's;
Worn coats and hats and faded memories.
Of rags and bones and glories bold.
Held within our spirits old as time
Never sold but lost…Discarded, thrown away.
Given to another day, to time, to the passing dust,
Our soul sublime to await! To wait…
To awaken to a dawning day,
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I want my as yet unborn child to grow up with a sense of destiny; to reject apathy and indifference. I want him or her to be a hero, to embrace greatness in both large and small ways. I want to be the kind of father that makes this happen. -
Why did you not love me enough to let me born?
I walk amidst the shadows of spirits. They are spirits in the most literal sense of the word, beings whose lives were cut short by the very people who should have protected them, their own mothers. But the mothers of some children and indeed, the fathers all too often fail to accept the profound joy that comes with creating life. These mothers ( Read more... ) -
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Recently there seems to have some threats against democrats who voted for the ill timed, poorly assembled, unpopular, financially ruining health care bill. While I don’t condone threats I have to say it does my heart good to know that the old fires of liberty which once burned so brightly that authorities of the crown were tarred and feathered and ( Read more... ) -
the world is a book and we are but stories
When I was a small boy my family took roadtrips. These were our family vacations and I loved each and every one of them, though some few do stand out in my recollection more than others. One of those I recall with the greatest joy was summer trip to Virginia. Now before I begin let me say that summer along the James River is, at times less a ( Read more... ) -
Alice in Wonderland (Underland) by Tim Burton: A criticism
I had been eagerly awaiting the release of this film for some time. As an avowed Fan of Lewis Carroll's (Dodgson’s) wonderful book my expectations of a film adaption are never high however, Tim Burton is the one director who had the best chance at capturing the sense of whimsy and general oddness of Wonderland. And Johnny Depp is the one actor that ( Read more... ) -
My name is...
My name is Adam Slade… Well, it isn’t really my name, but it could have been. When I was born my parents named me, which is nothing uncommon. Rarely do we as infants have the privilege of choosing our own names. We are given them, assigned them sometimes with great care, sometimes with reckless abandon and then we are stuck with them. Our names ( Read more... )