I wasn’t sure when I found this topic to be the next to be pondered in my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book about writing prompts. To be honest, the first thought I came up with were the mudflats around Willapa Bay. They are numerous, and I have never seen anything like them before. They would probably […]
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Across the Fence: Gesamtkunstwerk
You may have never come across this Germanism in the English language (I know I haven’t), but apparently it is one. Don’t be daunted by the length of the term nor by four consonants in a row. Gesamtkunstwerk is simply a composite of the three words “gesamt” (pronounce: ga’zumpt, meaning overall, cumulative), “Kunst” (pronounce: koonst, […]
Connie Hampton Connally Launches New Novel at King’s Books
Some of you may already have read Tacoma-based author Connie Hampton Connally’s novel The Songs We Hide, published in 2018 by Coffeetown Press and a finalist for the Nancy Pearl Book Award in 2019. After that the former English and music teacher spent her time working on a second novel which has already won the […]
Let’s Talk! – Moss-Grown Trees
Have you switched off your screens? Are you ready to ponder some, either alone or with friends or family? Today’s prompt by author Tyrean Martinson takes us into nature. It might not seem so very outrageously ponderous – but I’m sure, in the end we’ll get there. First off, I LOVE moss. I have been […]
Across the Fence: Erlaubt and Verboten
Because opposites attract, I thought I’d ponder two Germanism in the American/English language that you might have come across over here: erlaubt (pronounce: er-‘loupt, meaning permitted) and verboten (pronounced: ver-‘boh’ten, meaning prohibited). It’s what every German grows up with. Only, I cannot remember any “Erlaubt” signs anywhere. Maybe because once there is no “Verboten” sign, […]
In the Book Nook with … D. MacNeill Parker
Author D. (Donna) MacNeill Parker has retired from a long career in the Alaska fishing industry in Lakewood, WA. Now she gets to use “all the color of commercial fishing and Alaska to paint an authentic backdrop” where her fictional characters thrive. Donna belongs to the Pacific Northwest Writers Association and the Author’s Guild. When […]
Let’s Talk – Driving Rain
Screens off? Settled in your favorite nook? Or at the dining table? Then, when was the last time you remember driving rain? I’m not talking the incessant drizzle here in the Pacific Northwest that can drive you crazy if it lasts for days on end – maybe that is some different kind of driving rain. […]
Across the Fence: Dummkopf
My list of Germanisms in the (American) English language keeps surprising me with words I have never encountered over here. Although there is the possibility that Americans have encountered this one over in Germany after WW II and simply adopted it. Because a foreign cussword sometimes sounds less offending than one in one’s own mother […]
Let’s Talk! – To Waken this Long-Cherished Morn (Tonna)
The more I learn the less, I realize, I know. Today’s prompt from Tyrean Martinson’s book is another such case. I had never heard the line before nor had I heard of English Victorian writer Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna. You might like to read up on this brilliant woman who was before her times in so […]