Today as I enter into a new concept as a virgin blogger I call for felicitations and encouragement from you my peers. Although I am not actually kicking and screaming “I don’t wanna “ as I teeter on the edge of what previously has been unknown territory I am sure I will respond to a to a gentle pat on my head or a kind word of praise.
Being up front and personal does not come easy for me. For it is only now that I am on the last lap of my mortal coil that I recall these words I heard many years ago;
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October 9th, 2008 | Tags: 1930s, 1942, age, arthritis, bubs grade, composition, country schooling, exercise book, first grade, grade 1, halfpenny, keyboard, merit certificate, parental advice, pot hooks, primary school, rheumatoid, rheumatoid arthritis, rural Australia, school days, shilling, slate board, threepenny, writing, writing practice | Category: Age Days, Early Days | Leave a comment
As a child I enjoyed a poem that so many years later I cannot recall all of those words that meant so much to me. These are what I can remember;
Down in a green and shady bed,
A modest violet grew;
And included the line;
Its stalk was bent, it hung its head
As if to hide from view.
You will be wondering what I am going on about, as this is to be my introductory blog post.
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October 4th, 2008 | Tags: anxiety, blog, blogging, blogs, blushing, childhood, country childhood, elderly, eye contact, Jane Taylor, nervousness, poem, poetry, recollections, shyness, The Violet, writing | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
