More spring flowers, this time primroses and tiny violets (and some daisies). The lawn is right next to the house where I live.

Pictures taken once again for someone very special  <3


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First spring flowers of the year.

Pictures taken today in the small park next to the school where I work,
on someone's special request <3


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This piece of writing will most likely not make a lot of sense to most people. It is technically speaking a story-outtake, but it's not a scene that will be featured like this in the finished story (the flashback and the previous argument that is hinted on at one point are major scenes though).

It was written entirely because of a challenge from my ( Read more... )

This is an entry dedicated to everyone close to my heart who recently hit a rough patch in their lives. (Especially one very special person - you know who you are... <3)

A sign of my deep love, affection and appreciation.
A tiny motivation.
And a promise.

No matter how dark your path will get, and how heavy the rain will be pouring down, you can always ( Read more... )

... in giving up your illusions, casting aside your idealism and embrace the rational side of yourself, only to find out that there is still this emotional part inside of you that you can't ignore? That you don't even want to ignore, because it is so much a part of what you are?

If I didn't have my writing, I'd go crazy, I swear...

Because this ( Read more... )

A facebook friend of mine created this wonderful icon for me.

It's so spot-on it's not even funny: I'm a teacher, I really have to wear glasses occasionally - mainly for seeing at a long distance and for driving (I'm shortsighted) - and I consider myself a 'honorary' kitty.
Oh, and of course I LOVE writing and any kind of well-written story. For ( Read more... )

Something really bad just happened...

I realized that one of the programs on my laptop wasn't running properly, so I decided to shut down and restart. Of course my computer insisted on installing 21 updates first... inconvenient, but not horrible - until it suddenly decided to crash after update 19. I tried, but it won't start up again.

So that most ( Read more... )

 
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Just to prove the point that I’m not a poet…

During my English studies, we had one professor who had a really interesting approach to teaching poetry. Unlike other university professors, he didn’t want his students to simply analyze and interpret poetry, he wanted them to get involved with it.

So in one of his seminars, every participant had to ( Read more... )