Two notes of little import before I go and make dinner (just because I feel like typing something.)
1) There’ll be another story going up later tonight. This is one of my favourites.
2) One advantage of not having anything to do with Facebook is that you don’t get fooled by those junk e-mails that say Sarah sent you a message on Facebook.
Not so much any more. From the ages of 16-21 i worked a summer job with a local city Parks and Recreation dept with children between the ages of 6-16 and all the kids called me Andy because it was easier for the little ones to say. And i had a friend in high school who called me Andy.
But i do have people who call me Amanda, Adria, Adrian, Angela, etc. etc. I've never understood why so many people have trouble with my name.
Yep. And pronounced very close to Andrew. A lot of people here want to say ONdrea, even after i've just told them my name. I don't get it. They hear me say it and then just think of the spelling?
The pronunciation of the letter A is a subject in itself, I think. There's a north/south divide in England on that one. But I've noticed that Americans like to open their A's in names. Hence, we pronounce Dante as in Dan, but Americans pronounce it Dahnte.
I've never had money because I've never been driven by money. I received little formal education beyond the age of sixteen, which isn't such a bad thing since you get a different angle on life that way. Learning what you want and need to learn often reveals things that the system's road keeps hidden.
Anyone interested in viewing the availablity of my novel Odyssey or novella The Gift Horse can do so here.
To Be Retained...
...until death do re-unite or the Priestess return to Avalon.
Khalil Gibran on Children.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
OMAR KAYYAM ON REGRET.
The moving finger writes and, having writ, moves on. Nor all your piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it.
Herman Hess on Nobility
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self .
Free Fiction
I have another blog called A Handful of Stories on which I've posted some of my short fiction. Most of it has been published by a variety of independent small press publishers, so somebody other than me must have thought it worth reading.
All the permanent pictures and some of the posted ones on this blog are my copyright. Most of them, however, are placed with a picture library which holds the licensing rights. I don't, therefore, have the legal right to grant permission to use them.
An Inhabitant of the Hungry Ghost Realm
This character appears in one of my short stories, and also in the novel. He's sadder than he looks, poor thing.
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Oh, I had one of those today but the name was so obscure they gave themselves away ;)
I like the foreign ones that claim your account with The Bank of Amerika has been suspended.
I read the story last night. I liked it very much.
Thanks Andrea. Do you ever get called Andy?
Not so much any more. From the ages of 16-21 i worked a summer job with a local city Parks and Recreation dept with children between the ages of 6-16 and all the kids called me Andy because it was easier for the little ones to say. And i had a friend in high school who called me Andy.
But i do have people who call me Amanda, Adria, Adrian, Angela, etc. etc. I've never understood why so many people have trouble with my name.
Me neither. It's a fairly common name over here. I assume it's the female form of Andre/Andrew.
Yep. And pronounced very close to Andrew. A lot of people here want to say ONdrea, even after i've just told them my name. I don't get it. They hear me say it and then just think of the spelling?
The pronunciation of the letter A is a subject in itself, I think. There's a north/south divide in England on that one. But I've noticed that Americans like to open their A's in names. Hence, we pronounce Dante as in Dan, but Americans pronounce it Dahnte.
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