Feature Friday: “A Toast to Conceptualism” by Annie Guyon
A little something new. I wanted to write a post on Fridays that could be low-commitment for both of us (that is me, Writer, and you, Reader). So each Friday, […]
Author Archives: Jean Brown
To Quote or Not to Quote?
“On Point” had a fantastic little discussion about quotations yesterday, getting into issues like what makes a statement memorable, how we use quotes, whether accuracy or correct attribution really matters. […]
Flash Fall, Bye-bye Summer!
Summer is vitality, an overflowing sense of life and immediacy. Gardens, activity, and late, hot nights. The other day, while gazing out at the garden full of plump, shiny red […]
Connections to the Past: The Machrie Moor Standing Stones
The Isle of Arran is off the West coast of Scotland near Ayr. From the mainland, it looks mysterious, with stormy clouds above or mist from the Firth of Clyde […]
Meet Charles Rennie MacIntosh
In Scotland, we stayed in Ayr, a seaside town about 45 minutes from Glasgow. We went through Glasgow a few times at night, unimpressed by what felt like a dreary, […]
the self-styled life 