[stylist] Happy New Year - a new blog article

Fri Jan 3 22:26:06 UTC 2014

Lynda

"..."The crow always knows when the snow will be arriving..."

Another thing of black. Another very colorful post. And one thing that kept
floating through my thoughts as I read it was the voice, its tone, its
strains of reflections -- so gender specific, female. And I say to myself,
caution Bobby Boy, starting to draw gender lines on -- anything artistic may
not be -- at first understood, accepted. But -- I'm not feeling any good or
bad intent, just like hey -- thank god there are both male and female,
perspectives-voices-forms-etc. 

Question- who here consciously chooses to read books written by a man,
versus one written by a woman? Again, talking about the tone, the
perspective, and all else that may be considered an identifiable gender
difference? (I personally find myself reading more books by men. But not
exclusively; I'm reading a Sue Grafton in Braille, "W is for Wasted." And I
have other favorite female authors, too. But more male favorites.) natural
I'd guess, me being a guy. 

One last gender thing: Way down in my being I mourn the loss of what we once
saw as the prevailing essence of life, the Mother figure, and how we once
honored Mother Earth  . 

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 7:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Happy New Year - a new blog article

Hi Donna,
I loved the description of the ice sounds. I have always lived on the banks
of the Connoquenessing Creek in western PA.  Our house is situated on the
ridge above the creek in an area that is used for white water kyacking. I
have watched the seasons changing here my entire life, form one shore of
this creek to another depending on where we lived at the time. We recently
sold three of our properties on this creek, and we still have the one our
house is on an one other one just up the road from here. As a child I played
on the ice in winter all the time. I know exactly the crackling and booming
sounds you described - it is an exciting moment to be present when the ice
breaks - it is just a minute that you can experience that powerful roar.  At
other times, we have endured the many floods that happen after the ice
leaves and the rains begin.  There is a life here on the creek like no
other. Summers are long, with people fishing through the nights, and
swimming in the same places where our ancestors played in the water on hot
summer days.  My dogs and I walk beside the creek several times a day and I
never tire of hearing the music of the water as we walk along on our pathway
through the trees.  You brought back so many good memories to me this
morning. Thanks!

I pray that Rich improves with each new day in this new year.  Happy New
Year to you all, and I hope each of you finds just the right "word" you need
each day!  Smile.

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Happy New Year - a new blog article

> Lynda,
> Happy New Year! That is quite a list of goals and determinations! I had to
> laugh, because I just unsubscribed to a list that was toxic to me -- I
> didn't tell them that, of course.
>
> So, you've changed to Word Press? I remember (or think I do) that you were
> on Blogger or BlogSpot. I'm wondering how you like WP.org. I'm on WP.com,
> and I'm still not sure what the difference is, but I can't log in to your
> site using my wp.com info.
>
> BTW, it's been so cold here that we are experiencing a wonderful winter
> phenomenon -- the thunderous cracking and creaking of the ice on our pond.
> It's always different and totally unpredictable. Once, we were actually 
> down
> at the shore to experience what sounded like a slow underground train, as
> the ice cracked from one side of the pond to the other. Of course, the 
> crack
> isn't always visible, and when there's a half a foot of ice on the pond, 
> it
> doesn't create a danger, but the sound is incredible. Sometimes, it's like

> a
> huge zipper. The long rumbling that travels from side to side reminds me 
> of
> the Tennyson line in The Lady of Shallott -- approx "the mirror cracked 
> from
> side to side" which happens when she is no longer able to resist the
> temptation to look out of her window instead of viewing the knights in the
> safety of the mirror.
>
> Anyway, may you flourish in 2014.
> Donna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda 
> Lambert
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 5:46 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Happy New Year - a new blog article
>
> I hope you enjoy my new blog article. I spent today working on it while 
> the
> snow is flying outside. It's a blizzard here.  Awesome! I just LOVE Winter
> time in PA.
> I will post the blog link below - hope I get it right - I am not very good
> with Word Press yet, but I am working on it.
>
> Lynda
>
> http://lyndalambert.com/wordpress/?p=227
>
> Lynda McKinney Lambert, MFA
> Artist, Educator, Author
> 104 River Road, Ellwood City, PA 16117
> http://www.lyndalambert.com/wordpress
>
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