“We’re all fucked up because in English the phrase ‘to make someone happy’ suggests that’s possible.” Rachel Zucker, The Pedestrians
“Our need for security versus our need for adventure, surprise. I think of it more as a paradox to manage than a problem to solve.” Ester Perel, TED talk
“Don’t touch me! Don’t question me! Don’t speak to me! Stay with me!” Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
simple chords for children's songs
Flying Blind
a weblog for ENGL 2303, Fall 2009
1800 Posts (and counting) on Eastern Europe! Eastern Europe has an identity and culture very different from the rest of Europe. Attempting to escape from a tortured past, but forever being influenced by it. This blog deals with and discovers a region stuck in limbo between East and West. Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the former Soviet Union, the Balkans and so much more!
"A girl wears a medieval princess/on her head, it is raining"
Photos and stories by Erika Langley © 2002-2024
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing" Socrates
Poems, Stories, Satire & Humor
Poetry about longing.
Essays Exploring craft and the writing life
Words, words, words
Online Home of the Canadian Poet, Writer and Editor.
A great WordPress.com site
2 Lines each day...
philo poétique de G à L I B E R
Margo Lauritzen: songwriter, poet 
I have been enjoying Zucker’s Pedestrians and her memoir re: motherhood. No one “makes” us anything, IMO … life doesn’t happen to us … thank you for the juxtaposition of these words.
You are welcome. Thanks for being my first comment. LIke you, I have been writing all my life; I’ve been working on this blog for a month now. I truly enjoyed Zucker’s book, in fact, reading her inspired me to try a prose poetry format, and to include some dreams.