I was in bed just before midnight and up before 9. But I've been more or less busy getting reach to leave to Windycon -- more or less as soon as I brush my teeth after lunch.
Kind'a missed yesterday. Spent most of it reading. Sort of out of things today too, though I did spend some time earlier this afternoon working on a new lyric. It's pretty much all roughed out except for one missing line. I hate that!
Bill, would you like to read "World Enough and Time?" It's not quite finished, but I don't think the missing bits are vital.
Puddle, loved the poem on the Roots thread. It seemed vaguely familiar. Maybe I read it somewhere, sometime... Thanks for posting it.
Good on you, listener. Especially the woods walk. . . . I had a teacher in Grad School who used to proof galley sheets forwards and then backwards. Forward for sense, backward for typos.
I spent most of the afternoon waiting for a call that I'm still waiting for. In between did manage to get my washed rocks back on their shelves (built into the front steps), and gather four buckets of water. I feel like SuperGirl, lol!
I almost said earlier "Where's our Cat?" but I suspected you were off being creative and I didn't want you to feel you had to break off that work and pop back in.
I think it would drive me buggy to read through it all backwards! I use the British spelling of various words, not being in agreement with Ben Franklin on simplifying some, but I imagine most people are aware of the softer "s" spelling of words that use "z" in American English, such as realise and compartmentalise, and the longer spellings of words like colour and favourite. I'm going to be authentic instead of trendy.
AND! Whoo hoo!
I did it! Today I proofed the Welcome and Introduction (which I hadn’t done before, so it was a large task, though very worthwhile), then went on to proof the first 7 chapters as well!
So I have 11 more chapters to go, but I’m more than a third done, and still have two more days. So tonight I’m feeling encouraged!
Now I think I’m going to kick back and watch a movie. I didn’t watch one last night. In fact, I haven’t turned the TV on at all yet. That is probably part of why I’m doing so well! :-)
The only news I've heard today is that it is thought An Sun Su Chi(sp?) will be released from house arrest tomorrow. At any rate, her current term is up.
Oh, and, the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center got lit tonight. Beyond that, I don't know nothin'.
Last night Sis and I watched a cute movie, While You Were Sleeping, which I hadn't seen before. A couple nights before that we watched Nobody's Fool, which she hadn't seen.
Now I'm all wrapped up in a quilt and am going to tackle that last recalcitrant line in the new poem/lyric. Got part of it, but the second half is being stubborn. Hope I can wrestle it into shape tonight so I can put it in Cakewalk and start thinking about the melody. But, one thing at a time...
Got it! I was trying to fit to the wrong rhyme. The rhythm's still a bit rough, but here's how it currently stands:
The afternoon’s last sunlight lies in bars across the floor Soon it fades and melts away as twilight falls once more. This used to be the time of day I always loved the most, But now it’s just the nightfall, that doesn’t matter any more.
The dawn is soft with silver mist and soon the rain appears It blurs the edges of the day and merges with my tears. This used to be the time of day you always held me close. But now it’s just the morning that doesn’t matter any more.
My friends say that I should find a new love. They tell me I’ll be happy once again. But my heart could never part with you, Love Where’s happiness when the world is cold and dead?
So now I watch the nights and days go spinning by. Sometimes I cry, but mostly I just wonder why You were taken from my arms when at last we had it all I love you so but now, it doesn’t matter any more.
It is one of the few that my Main Squeeze and I own!
We watch it a couple of times a year and always discover something we'd missed before.
I love the dialogue in it sooo much! The conversation in the church is hysterical! "How did Joe Kelly get to be a lector? He takes marijuana! Amen." ROFL!
The afternoon's last sunlight lies in bars across the floor. Soon it fades and melts away as twilight falls once more. This used to be the time of day I always loved the most, But now it's only nightfall, that doesn't matter any more.
The dawn is soft with silver mist, and soon the rain appears. It blurs the edges of the day and merges with my tears. This used to be the time of day you always held me close. But now it's only morning, that doesn't matter any more.
My friends all tell me I should find a new love. They say that I'll be happy once again. But my faithful heart could never part with you, Love Where's happiness when the world is cold and dead?
So now I watch the nights and days go spinning by. At times I cry, but mostly I just wonder why, Why you were taken from my arms when we finally had it all I love you so but now, it doesn't matter any more.
It's afternoon on the East Coast
ReplyDeleteand Howard Dean is still first.
Gosh, did everyone stay up to 8am this morning?
Or is it just so gorgeous everyone is out playing in the sunshine?
I was in bed just before midnight and up before 9. But I've been more or less busy getting reach to leave to Windycon -- more or less as soon as I brush my teeth after lunch.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful here, too. And nope, didn'a stay up till eight this morning. No longer young: can't do that twice in a row, lol!
ReplyDeleteHiya Bill!
ReplyDeleteHiya puddle!
(Gee I miss that :wave: function.)
Today I am making book.
So far I have proofed the Welcome, Introduction and Chapters 1 & 2. Only 16 more to go. Heh.
Ah, should mention that I also got in a Woods Walk. :-)
ReplyDeleteHi guys.
ReplyDeleteKind'a missed yesterday. Spent most of it reading. Sort of out of things today too, though I did spend some time earlier this afternoon working on a new lyric. It's pretty much all roughed out except for one missing line. I hate that!
Bill, would you like to read "World Enough and Time?" It's not quite finished, but I don't think the missing bits are vital.
Puddle, loved the poem on the Roots thread. It seemed vaguely familiar. Maybe I read it somewhere, sometime... Thanks for posting it.
Good on you, listener. Especially the woods walk. . . . I had a teacher in Grad School who used to proof galley sheets forwards and then backwards. Forward for sense, backward for typos.
ReplyDeleteI spent most of the afternoon waiting for a call that I'm still waiting for. In between did manage to get my washed rocks back on their shelves (built into the front steps), and gather four buckets of water. I feel like SuperGirl, lol!
I almost said earlier "Where's our Cat?" but I suspected you were off being creative and I didn't want you to feel you had to break off that work and pop back in.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, it's good to hear from you! ♥
Thanks, puddle.
ReplyDeleteAnd good on you too!!
I think it would drive me buggy to read through it all backwards! I use the British spelling of various words, not being in agreement with Ben Franklin on simplifying some, but I imagine most people are aware of the softer "s" spelling of words that use "z" in American English, such as realise and compartmentalise, and the longer spellings of words like colour and favourite. I'm going to be authentic instead of trendy.
AND! Whoo hoo!
I did it! Today I proofed the Welcome and Introduction (which I hadn’t done before, so it was a large task, though very worthwhile), then went on to proof the first 7 chapters as well!
So I have 11 more chapters to go, but I’m more than a third done, and still have two more days. So tonight I’m feeling encouraged!
Now I think I’m going to kick back and watch a movie. I didn’t watch one last night. In fact, I haven’t turned the TV on at all yet. That is probably part of why I’m doing so well! :-)
Sounds like you're doing great, listener.
ReplyDeleteThe only news I've heard today is that it is thought An Sun Su Chi(sp?) will be released from house arrest tomorrow. At any rate, her current term is up.
Oh, and, the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center got lit tonight. Beyond that, I don't know nothin'.
Last night Sis and I watched a cute movie, While You Were Sleeping, which I hadn't seen before. A couple nights before that we watched Nobody's Fool, which she hadn't seen.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm all wrapped up in a quilt and am going to tackle that last recalcitrant line in the new poem/lyric. Got part of it, but the second half is being stubborn. Hope I can wrestle it into shape tonight so I can put it in Cakewalk and start thinking about the melody. But, one thing at a time...
Got it! I was trying to fit to the wrong rhyme. The rhythm's still a bit rough, but here's how it currently stands:
ReplyDeleteThe afternoon’s last sunlight lies in bars across the floor
Soon it fades and melts away as twilight falls once more.
This used to be the time of day I always loved the most,
But now it’s just the nightfall, that doesn’t matter any more.
The dawn is soft with silver mist and soon the rain appears
It blurs the edges of the day and merges with my tears.
This used to be the time of day you always held me close.
But now it’s just the morning that doesn’t matter any more.
My friends say that I should find a new love.
They tell me I’ll be happy once again.
But my heart could never part with you, Love
Where’s happiness when the world is cold and dead?
So now I watch the nights and days go spinning by.
Sometimes I cry, but mostly I just wonder why
You were taken from my arms when at last we had it all
I love you so but now, it doesn’t matter any more.
I LOVE THAT MOVIE!!
ReplyDeleteIt is one of the few that my Main Squeeze and I own!
We watch it a couple of times a year and always discover something we'd missed before.
I love the dialogue in it sooo much! The conversation in the church is hysterical!
"How did Joe Kelly get to be a lector? He takes marijuana! Amen."
ROFL!
You could always unrhyme a few lines and let it be an unrhymable love song.
ReplyDeleteGot the meter smoothed out:
ReplyDeleteThe afternoon's last sunlight lies in bars across the floor.
Soon it fades and melts away as twilight falls once more.
This used to be the time of day I always loved the most,
But now it's only nightfall, that doesn't matter any more.
The dawn is soft with silver mist, and soon the rain appears.
It blurs the edges of the day and merges with my tears.
This used to be the time of day you always held me close.
But now it's only morning, that doesn't matter any more.
My friends all tell me I should find a new love.
They say that I'll be happy once again.
But my faithful heart could never part with you, Love
Where's happiness when the world is cold and dead?
So now I watch the nights and days go spinning by.
At times I cry, but mostly I just wonder why,
Why you were taken from my arms when we finally had it all
I love you so but now, it doesn't matter any more.