Thank you, Terry! 🔥 I wrote something very similar in the 'flash fiction' session of your fabulous 60-minute writer course, and I thought I'd tweak it further to share here!
Gosh, thanks, Beryl! And not only a lovely customer but a very accomplished student, too! I know that you know exactly how it feels to let fire inspire! 😘❤️
Bravo, Rebecca! Your Jim's photos and your words are the perfect combo for a quick Saturday-morning-with-coffee-what-will-the-day-bring-oh-look-a-post-from-Rebecca! moment. I can hear the soft bumping of moths against the window that only light-night-into-the-early-morning workers know. ❤️
Oh, that’s so kind of you to say, Sabrina - thank you! I feel very nervous about this kind of writing, but even since the course has finished I’ve been having a play with more non-memoirish pieces. x
Thank you, Sue! And yes, it’s such fun! In class Terry had asked us to write a story in 100 words, and then condense it into 75. For homework we then had to squeeze it into 50!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤪
Ah..."the inner moth"! A perfect metaphor. I do get the attraction! I have watched many a demonstration, but never gave it a try. This was like a peek over your shoulder. Thank you. My compliments to Mr. Snaps.
This was awesome! My life with inspiring firings, was when I was a potter for a few short years. Then about four October’s ago, my son presented me with a glass blown palm sized Pumpkin, which I still use today as a paper weight to hold a sheer curtain back on the window sill. It’s something I haven’t tried yet, but I’m putting it on my bucket list! 🤗
Oh wow, pottery is another fascinating craft - how wonderful! I love the sound of that pumpkin. If you look up ‘lampwork glass beadmaking’ you might well find an artist/instructor near where you are. I’m absolutely sure you’d love it! x
I had a friend years ago that use to do lampwork glass beads. I even have a couple she did. At this point, I absolutely could not fit one more fun crafty thing on my plate! I’m easily distracted and barely finish one thing before moving onto the next. LOL!
I have a brand new Minolta digital camera I bought last year that I’ve yet to get thru the instructions on. (They write them sooo small!) I’m the kind of person that learns best by watching and hands on. I had no idea cameras now are way more than just point and shoot! I do get good shots with my iPhone, but it’s an older one, and I wanted a camera I could do close ups with for capturing the birds at my feeders. I think part of the problem too was the operator. 🤦🏻♀️ So since I am pretty much recovered from having had cataract surgery this month in both 👀’s, I’ll give the directions another shot. Ha! See what eye did there?
Oh wow! I love that you’ve come across lampwork glass beads in person - that’s fantastic! I know what you mean about not finishing stuff before moving onto the next big thing - I’m exactly the same! Painting, drawing, hiking, baking….. you name it, I’ve started it and paused/stopped/restarted/said goodbye to it forever!
And gosh, photography absolutely baffles me - it feels so techy and complicated, and I just don’t have the patience for it! Jim mentions now and again how strange he finds it (as a photographer!) that I have never shown any kind of curiosity about taking pictures myself! It’s funny, isn’t it?!
Oh Elizabeth, you’re brilliant - no, it isn’t fiction - very well spotted! I found it absolutely fascinating on the course I’ve just completed that everything I’d written on Terry’s course came straight from my own experience. I think for a lot of my life I’ve thought that writing fiction = having to make up stories, but no, that’s not the case - it’s taken a very long time for it to dawn on me that there are plenty of my own stories which make, well, a story!
Very poetic. Lovely photo, just right.
Thank you, Terry! 🔥 I wrote something very similar in the 'flash fiction' session of your fabulous 60-minute writer course, and I thought I'd tweak it further to share here!
Yes, i recognised it. Well done
Wow - that is lovely. I guess I relate to it having g been one of your glass customers.
Gosh, thanks, Beryl! And not only a lovely customer but a very accomplished student, too! I know that you know exactly how it feels to let fire inspire! 😘❤️
Bravo, Rebecca! Your Jim's photos and your words are the perfect combo for a quick Saturday-morning-with-coffee-what-will-the-day-bring-oh-look-a-post-from-Rebecca! moment. I can hear the soft bumping of moths against the window that only light-night-into-the-early-morning workers know. ❤️
Oh, how lovely, Mary! Thank you so very much. xxx
Beautiful poem and photo.
Thank you so much, Carissa!
Very lovely Rebecca! And Jim’s photos are the perfect accompaniment. I’m enjoying your stretches into new formats.
Oh, that’s so kind of you to say, Sabrina - thank you! I feel very nervous about this kind of writing, but even since the course has finished I’ve been having a play with more non-memoirish pieces. x
Bravo! Isn't it fun to squeeze a story into a limit number of words? This one is a lovely start. Hope there're more coming.
Thank you, Sue! And yes, it’s such fun! In class Terry had asked us to write a story in 100 words, and then condense it into 75. For homework we then had to squeeze it into 50!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤪
That is indeed a challenge. I hope you post those for us to enjoy.
Ah..."the inner moth"! A perfect metaphor. I do get the attraction! I have watched many a demonstration, but never gave it a try. This was like a peek over your shoulder. Thank you. My compliments to Mr. Snaps.
I was certainly drawn to the flame, Sharron! I’d love to get back to it one day. And thank you so much. xxx
This was awesome! My life with inspiring firings, was when I was a potter for a few short years. Then about four October’s ago, my son presented me with a glass blown palm sized Pumpkin, which I still use today as a paper weight to hold a sheer curtain back on the window sill. It’s something I haven’t tried yet, but I’m putting it on my bucket list! 🤗
Oh wow, pottery is another fascinating craft - how wonderful! I love the sound of that pumpkin. If you look up ‘lampwork glass beadmaking’ you might well find an artist/instructor near where you are. I’m absolutely sure you’d love it! x
I had a friend years ago that use to do lampwork glass beads. I even have a couple she did. At this point, I absolutely could not fit one more fun crafty thing on my plate! I’m easily distracted and barely finish one thing before moving onto the next. LOL!
I have a brand new Minolta digital camera I bought last year that I’ve yet to get thru the instructions on. (They write them sooo small!) I’m the kind of person that learns best by watching and hands on. I had no idea cameras now are way more than just point and shoot! I do get good shots with my iPhone, but it’s an older one, and I wanted a camera I could do close ups with for capturing the birds at my feeders. I think part of the problem too was the operator. 🤦🏻♀️ So since I am pretty much recovered from having had cataract surgery this month in both 👀’s, I’ll give the directions another shot. Ha! See what eye did there?
Oh wow! I love that you’ve come across lampwork glass beads in person - that’s fantastic! I know what you mean about not finishing stuff before moving onto the next big thing - I’m exactly the same! Painting, drawing, hiking, baking….. you name it, I’ve started it and paused/stopped/restarted/said goodbye to it forever!
And gosh, photography absolutely baffles me - it feels so techy and complicated, and I just don’t have the patience for it! Jim mentions now and again how strange he finds it (as a photographer!) that I have never shown any kind of curiosity about taking pictures myself! It’s funny, isn’t it?!
But...is it fiction? ☺️
Love the poetry of this post, Rebecca, Jim's photos included. Lush!
Oh Elizabeth, you’re brilliant - no, it isn’t fiction - very well spotted! I found it absolutely fascinating on the course I’ve just completed that everything I’d written on Terry’s course came straight from my own experience. I think for a lot of my life I’ve thought that writing fiction = having to make up stories, but no, that’s not the case - it’s taken a very long time for it to dawn on me that there are plenty of my own stories which make, well, a story!
Love that, Rebecca!
I love this Rebecca, your words and Jim's photos are gorgeous.
So kind, Donna - very many thanks! (And I’m very lucky to have a photographer in the family!) x
I just loved this poem, Rebecca, and such a beautiful photo, too! You spin words into lovely pieces of art, as well!
Oh how lovely, thank you, Sharon! x
I love the art of simplicity - it’s takes longer to write something short. 👍
LOL - it does, doesn’t it? I love Mark Twain’s words: “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.”
So true! 🤣
I had this quote in mind - but I couldn't remember who said it!
🤣 It’s a good one, isn’t it? 😁 A man of wise words, Twain!