Member: RisingTide65

DARE TO BE DIFFERENT

Helen Lowrie Marshall

"Dare to be different; life is so full
Of people who follow the same push-and-pull,
Poor, plodding people who, other than name,
Try to pretend they’re exactly the same.

God made us different; there never will be
A replica soul made of you or me.
The charm—the glory of all creation
rests on this very deviation.

Your charm—your own glory, too,
Lies in being uniquely you—
Lies in being true to your best,
That part of you different from all the rest."

posted by theoldman at 8:44 am (EST) on Jun 29, 2009

Noticed you liked She's Come Undone, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also about a disturbed young girl's downward spiral and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:06 pm (EST) on Apr 28, 2009

Hi Debbie,

Thanks for responding to my message about No Man's Land and Newfoundland. Let's see, my wife and I flew into St. John's and stayed there for about 5 days. We found an antique store that had a nice book shelf and bought a few books there. I found an old edition of the standard Newfoundland guide that is still sold everywhere. My wife bought a nice old anthology of Canadian short stories. I don't think any of the other books we bought there were Newfoundland specific, however. In a St. John's bookstore I bought "Memoirs of a Blue Puttee" by Jean Edwards Stacey (which I have read and now have out on loan to a friend). It was in the gift shop of The Rooms that I bought "No Man's Land."

After St. John's we rented a car and drove to Twillingate, which we loved. We were there for three or four days, I think. The winery there has a gift/bookshop, where we bought "Memories in the Life of a Twillingate Man" by Carl Sharpe. Both Steph and I have read it and enjoyed it very much. I haven't gotten around to adding to my online library yet, though. After Twillingate we used all our will power to drive straight west on the main highway without taking any of the side routes. We hit the west coast and then shot straight North, ending up in St. Anthony for one night, and then went out to a tiny place called Onion Cove, where we stayed at this great B&B: http://www.tickleinn.net/. Of course we saw the Viking ruins and did some great hiking, as well.

After the great Northern Peninsula, we came back down the western coast to spend some time at Gros Morne. We were lucky to find lodging at a wonderful inn in the tiny and impossibly beautiful town of Woody Point. We made a visit to Trout River Pond, where we hiked and also took the great boat ride up and down the pond.

It being June, we ate lobster about five times during out stay. We were also lucky to show up right in the midst of a great iceberg season. We saw (and took boat rides out to) icebergs both in St. John's and Twillingate.

Well, that's my Newfoundland report. Hope all's well in Illinois. All the best, Jerry

posted by rocketjk at 5:22 pm (EST) on Jan 27, 2008

um im one number 10 from A S O U E.

posted by k3coyotes55 at 6:46 pm (EST) on Mar 15, 2007

I am loving this! I think I'm about 80% done adding my books in now. Almost there! Glad you joined!!!!

posted by EclecticEccentric at 9:49 pm (EST) on Jan 28, 2007