blissfullyeccentric: June 2011

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Two odd things of today.

Firstly, upon entering the stable block where I work, I nearly jumped out of my skin thinking there was a live horse roaming the antique stables. But fear not, it was a chicken wire sculpture.

Then, this evening when visiting Tom's gramdparents, his grandad asked us to investigate the provenance of some very old false teeth. Very old and slightly disturbing. Now how to go about that?

Two odd things of today.

Firstly, upon entering the stable block where I work, I nearly jumped out of my skin thinking there was a live horse roaming the antique stables. But fear not, it was a chicken wire sculpture.

Then, this evening when visiting Tom's gramdparents, his grandad asked us to investigate the provenance of some very old false teeth. Very old and slightly disturbing. Now how to go about that?

Show, don't tell - How to be a better writer

" Try this little test to see if you write with weak verbs. Find one
page of your writing, then go through it, highlighting am, is, was,
were, be, seem, feel, become. Those are state of being verbs and are
considered weak verbs. If you have more than three per page, it???s time
to scratch most of them out and beef up your verbs. Example: He was
tired. Change to: His eyelids drooped. Or: She is old. Change to: The
arthritis made it hard to grip the pencil. See how your writing
becomes stronger and more visual when you change out weak verbs?
Usually when you write with be-verbs like this, you are telling.
Eliminating them helps you to SHOW instead."

from writer Mary DeMuth on
http://www.incourage.me/2011/06/a-writers-workshop-at-9pm-est-tonight-just-fo...

I am so going to try this in a few blog posts to see how it improves my writing.

Show, don't tell - How to be a better writer

" Try this little test to see if you write with weak verbs. Find one
page of your writing, then go through it, highlighting am, is, was,
were, be, seem, feel, become. Those are state of being verbs and are
considered weak verbs. If you have more than three per page, it’s time
to scratch most of them out and beef up your verbs. Example: He was
tired. Change to: His eyelids drooped. Or: She is old. Change to: The
arthritis made it hard to grip the pencil. See how your writing
becomes stronger and more visual when you change out weak verbs?
Usually when you write with be-verbs like this, you are telling.
Eliminating them helps you to SHOW instead."

from writer Mary DeMuth on
http://www.incourage.me/2011/06/a-writers-workshop-at-9pm-est-tonight-just-fo...

I am so going to try this in a few blog posts to see how it improves my writing.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

My new walk to work.

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Beautiful flowers, bees, and shepherd's huts. What more could you want.

My new walk to work.

Beautiful flowers, bees, and shepherd's huts. What more could you want.

things I am grateful for today

being at home for the first time in ages.

my new walk to work through fields and cows and roses.

being under a duvet listening to rain.

my house.

the sound of ice cream vans.