rivercrow

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it. ~ Anais Nin

What can be gleaned from the writing styles of forumites?

Shira, clear, exact, delightful.
MacGuffin, terse, dry, upward.
Claverhouse, clean, cryptic, direct.
Kuranes, rambling, tongue in cheek, thoughtful. Shira’s male counterpart.
Xander, winding, lost, distracted, ebulliant.
MuseeDesBeauxArts, contemplative, serene.
TPol, musing, unfolding, open.
Meissoun , enthusiastic, happy, aware.
Raincrow007, sharp, pointed, nihilistic.
Lauren, warm, welcoming.
Jesennia, optimistic, full. A glowing Raincrow007 of dyed silk.
Tinah, sharp, wary.
DistractionTactics, […]

The structure of the site is complete. I made some final adjustments–fixed the spell check, fixed the CSS–and now he’s got content to write.
Lots of content.
If he’s listening….
I’ve started commenting on what his posts. This is hard–it’s easier to just email or talk about it. The rich discussions we have away from the […]

NaNoWriMo begins tomorrow.
The kickoff party this past Saturday was fun. Twenty or so people, all ready to work. People who have never done NaNo have no idea how much fun the event is.
People who hear of NaNo either think we are all crazy or consider the event overrated.
I had a bystander ask me what the […]

Here is the spider I’ve been playing with when I’ve been on the back patio. It lives in the tube of a chair; if I blow on the web, it scurries inside the tube. Today I decided it was a good choice for the picture of the day.
I have no idea what kind of spider […]

I knew a woman, lovely in her bones,
When small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them;
Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one:
The shapes a bright container can contain!
Of her choice virtues only gods should speak,
Or English poets who grew up on Greek
(I’d have them sing in chorus, cheek to cheek.)
How well […]

Today we thought the dog had burst a stitch.
What’s bad about this is that she was sewn up with a running stitch. In a running stitch, if one stitch goes, the rest can follow.
The dog could unzip on the floor. This would be bad.
I took her to the vet. Luckily, the stitch had not popped; […]

The dog is home. She’s under orders to not run, jump, or do doggie things.
She’s on gruel, which she loves. Really. No, not really. We’re having a hard time getting her to eat. The vet assured us that she was eating if the food was left in the crate with her overnight. I hope this […]