An Autumn Sonata – With Written Adagio Musings in Three Movements A sonata is a musical form generally composed of three or four different movements in contrasting musical styles and keys of music. The movements traditionally include a fast-opening movement, a slow second movement – an adagio - a...
Writing in the Shade of Trees - The Three-Year Anniversary, Milestones Along the Way & The Path Ahead The three-year anniversary of Writing in the Shade of Trees is soon coming up. At first, I thought it was the second anniversary, and that is how I started the first draft of this...
A Happy, Spirited Four-Year-Old Beams Proudly as She Pushes Her Own Pram Щаслива, енергійна чотирирічна дитина гордо сяє, штовхаючи своїх *** (I previously published this posting in July 2022. As my readership in Ukraine has increased to second in national number, I came back to this one to add...
In the Barren Sands of Loneliness, Isolation & Despair It is wrong to think of the goal of art as only portraying the beautiful to the eye, for that may lead to superficiality, banality, and untruth. For there are many things that are beautiful, yes, but there are for humans, for those...
Boiled Eggs, Fresh Flowers, Chicken Fat, & An Old Cat Not Pictured Even though I write fiction and nonfiction, I primarily read history - good history that focuses on persons and presents the human element, the pathos, suffering, evil and good, very intimate moments, or just minute details...
Writing In the Shade of Trees, Where it all Began *** On a trip to England in 2010, I began to research, and also sought to see and experience, certain aspects of my mom and her family’s life in London before and during WWII. During my time in London that year, I was staying in Brentford in...
Marlin Charles Foxworth – December 8, 1942 – February 4, 2022 As I wrote, “Why I Write” for the “About” section on my website, my memory of Mr. Foxworth, the only name by which I ever knew him, naturally formed within my mind, and in my words written in pencil upon the paper before me. ...
For many years, I used to write weekly in my garden journal where I would sit outside in my garden, usually in the same place week after week, and describe the day, the weather, and the sounds all around. That ended some years ago when many other writing projects began to take precedence,...