Feigning, weaving, ducking, swinging, dashing, and diving Maintaining a degree of sangfroid that is positively frightening The Quadrennial spectacle is not just a test of fitness and finesse The very oasis of hope that represents every athletes apogee of exegesis (Word Count: 40) Sammi Cox Weekend Prompt #220
Month: July 2021
At Your Best: How to Get Time, Energy, and Priorities Working in Your Favor – Carey Nieuwhof
“You do your best when you are at your best”. This philosophy lies at the heart of Carey Nieuwhof’ s upcoming self-help book. a former lawyer and the founding pastor of Connexus Church in Barrie, Ontario, Nieuwhof contends that there are three obstinate culprits who contrive to create a “Stress Spiral” in our professional as … Continue reading At Your Best: How to Get Time, Energy, and Priorities Working in Your Favor – Carey Nieuwhof
So You Want to Build a Library – Lindsay Leslie
Author Lindsay Leslie provides copious license to the wings of her imagination in this utterly compelling and captivating picture book for children. Even though the cover of this Capstone Edition declares that the book is for children, there is no semblance of doubting the pleasures that it gives to all and sundry. To a great … Continue reading So You Want to Build a Library – Lindsay Leslie
Legacy
Imperial and undaunted even when bent Uncomplaining to the harsh beating down of the sun and impudent rain Growing with dignity unmindful of remorse and repent Scantily heeding pleasure yet refusing to be a slave to pain Succour to many a migrant winged traveler seeking much needed respite Canopy of shade to weary pilgrims in … Continue reading Legacy
Requiem – Antonio Tabucchi
While “Requiem” is supposed to be a hallucinatory exploration of the sights and sounds of Lisbon on one sweltering July day, it is also an unabashed homage to the gastronomic delights peculiar to the capital city of Portugal. Not only is Tabucchi’ s slim volume replete with descriptions of food, there is also a reference … Continue reading Requiem – Antonio Tabucchi
The closing lines of Great Gatsby and the genius of F. Scott Fitzgerald
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Show me a more influential closing line to a book and I will consume humble pie. These lines represent an enduring, indelible and immortal gift to the world by Scott Fitzgerald. They resonate … Continue reading The closing lines of Great Gatsby and the genius of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Indian Nocturne – Antonio Tabucchi
(Image Credit: BookFrom.Net archive) First, it’s time for a confession. If after Pereira Maintains,I was an intrepid eager beaver ferreting about for the works of Antonio Tabucchi, Indian Noctrine, has made me an impossible and incorrigible convert. Writing in a style that is sparse, yet heterogeneous, economical yet immensely profound, Tabucchi is like an expert … Continue reading Indian Nocturne – Antonio Tabucchi
Pereira Maintains – Antonio Tabucchi
It was while taking advantage of an idle stretch of time in between a couple of business meetings, that I stumbled upon – happily, in hindsight – Antonio Tabucchi and Pereira Maintains. Browsing literary websites at random to kill the interval separating two intimidating calls of duty, I settled on an interview with the best-selling … Continue reading Pereira Maintains – Antonio Tabucchi
Haseen Dilruba: A Poor Man’s Roald Dahl Gone Awry
*SPOILERS INCUDED* In a where-Roald Dahl-attempts-to-meet-Quentin Tarantino-attempts-to-meet-Scott Turow, Director Vinil Mathew dishes out an ambivalent fare that leaves the viewer in a state of justifiable agitation long after the curtains have come down, or rather the Netflix Browser has been closed. Loosely based on Dahl’s grisly short story, Lamb To The Slaughter, “Haseen Dilruba” is … Continue reading Haseen Dilruba: A Poor Man’s Roald Dahl Gone Awry
Twirling
A kaleidoscope of colours both forbidding and vivid The reeling mind gets sucked in a dark gaping whorl Existence becomes fleeting, ephemeral and fluid It's a race against time to seek and find's one soul Laughing like a clown yet discharging the lament of the demented Spinning on involuntary feet round and round in a … Continue reading Twirling