Writ & Whimsy

Old fashioned thoughts about writing, humor, faith and life. A midlife renaissance.

[Writ & Whimsy @WritandWhimsy]

A poem. Full version on the blog.

[Rachel @writnwhimsy]

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[Writ & Whimsy @WritandWhimsy]

A Poem

[Rachel @writnwhimsy]

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[Writ & Whimsy @WritandWhimsy]

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[Benjamin Myers @BenMyersPoet]

Here’s one from way back, my first book (2010).

[adrienne @barelytolerabIe]

Elizabeth Gaskell's letter to Charles Dickens after completing N&S is likely relatable to many writers: " I dare say I shall like my story, when I ant a little further from it; at present I can only feel depressed about it, I meant it to have been so much better."

[L.M. Montgomery 🍁 @LMMontgomeryLS]

"'All the tintings of winter woods are extremely delicate & elusive'," recalled Valancy. "'When the brief afternoon wanes & the sun just touches the tops of the hills, there seems to be all over the woods an abundance, not of colour, but of the spirit of colour.”

THE BLUE CASTLE

[L.M. Montgomery 🍁 @LMMontgomeryLS]

“An old book has something for me which no new book can ever have - for at every reading the atmosphere of other readings comes back and I am reading old years as well as old books.”

LM Montgomery 14 Sept 1922 Letter
🎨 Michelle Waldele

[L.M. Montgomery 🍁 @LMMontgomeryLS]

We’re going to take an afternoon and evening off and visit all our old haunts, every one of them...We’ll see all the old familiar things we loved and hills where we’ll find our youth again. Nothing ever seems impossible in #spring, you know.

ANNE OF INGLESIDE
Art: Laivi Poder

[Shemaiah Gonzalez @shemaiahng]

Sleep is the prayer the body prays,
Breathing in unthought faith the Breath
That through our worry-wearied days
Preserves our rest, and is our truth.

Wendell Berry

[BurlHorniachek @BurlHorniachek]

A fragment by 12th century Norse poet Hallam-Steinn, translated by ⁦@emilyasbjorn⁩. From Safety Razor ⁦@gordonhillpress⁩, 2023).

[The Romanticism blog @Wordsworthians]

Today's #pastpost: Wordsworth was "especially partial" to her writings, but who was she?

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[Writ & Whimsy @WritandWhimsy]

Where does your imagination take you? https://t.co/Ko3TjKHkXc

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This thread can be read here: https://t.co/WwYuRTELp8

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Fighting like cats and dogs, with a result of comic chaos. True story. https://t.co/WwYuRTELp8

[Writ & Whimsy @WritandWhimsy]

When we tentatively removed the bandage a day later to discover that the bleeding had finally stopped, we were flooded with relief.

We hope that Zipper and Candace have learned their respective lessons, but we have certainly learned ours. May the two kingdoms never meet again.