Tag Archives: Books

A Room of One’s Own (or A Room With a View?)

Posted on July 2, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

It really is time for me to come clean.  It’s 10 years since oldest son left school; almost 9 years since he left home for university. A couple of years later, when it was clear he wasn’t intending to move back … Continue reading →

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The follow-up poetry party: May

Posted on June 8, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

I thought it would be interesting to record when I have come across poetry without looking for it, now that I seem to have a newly awakened awareness of it.  So this was May: 3 May 2015 – Walt Whitman, … Continue reading →

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The poetry party guest list: week 5

Posted on May 5, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

So – week 5, just two days left of April and the end of this challenge. Day 1 I can’t resist renewing my acquaintance with two more old friends this week.  Both poems from my early childhood, good memories from … Continue reading →

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The poetry party guest list: week 4

Posted on May 4, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

I find it interesting how, when we start to do something like this, it opens our eyes to things we might not otherwise have noticed.  It’s been like that with me and poetry.  Maybe there’s another ‘seeing differently’ post in … Continue reading →

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The poetry party guest list: week 3

Posted on April 22, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Well, this was a trickier week.  There was quite a lot of other stuff going on and I struggled to keep up even with one poem a day.  So I’m going to come clean and admit that there was some … Continue reading →

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The poetry party guest list – week 1

Posted on April 8, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

These are the poems I read this week. 1. April Rise by Laurie Lee – new to me, it’s a lovely evocation of all the promise and richness of nature at this time of year.  And wonderful to be able to … Continue reading →

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Poetic thoughts

Posted on April 3, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Doing this challenge has made me think a lot about poetry I have read (and poetry I haven’t yet read). Suddenly I am remembering lots of poetry I had completely forgotten about. It turns out that poetry has played a … Continue reading →

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A month of: poetry party (April)

Posted on April 1, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

On my list of things I’d like to do more of is reading poetry.  Why has it stayed there for so long without me doing anything about it?  I can think of several reasons excuses, but none of them really … Continue reading →

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My life in (public) libraries

Posted on February 2, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

So many reasons to love the public library.  I can narrate long chunks of my life through them. My mum took me to the library and joined me up when I was 3 years old.  We went there together every … Continue reading →

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