[stylist] Happy New Year - a new blog article

Sat Jan 4 22:31:09 UTC 2014

True, but I think it's a very rare author indeed who can totally divorce
themselves from whatever gender sensibility they have.
Donna

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You also have to consider that a female author may write from a male
perspective and vice-versus. Author doesn't always denote narrator gender.

I read anything and everything, so I don't pay attention to gender whether
it be the author or narrator voice.

Sometimes gender depends on point of view too. Say I write a male main
character but in third person omniscient, the voice won't necessarily be a
male one.

Bridgit

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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  .

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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
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> 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-----
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> Lambert
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>
> 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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