A 3D sky, the thin skin of cirrus clouds like a backlighting canvas behind the sun, reflecting watery light to silhouette the puffs of cumulus bobbing closer to the earth as faint streaks of mist like white sanddrifts ghost across the sky. I’m participating in the River of Stones project in January. Look for aContinue reading “Small stone #22”
Category Archives: writing
Bloggiesta por mi, thanks!
So, apparently, we’re in the middle of something called “Bloggiesta,” a blog-renewal movement during which we all should revamp or upgrade our blogs. News to me, but the funny thing is, I was already planning to do just this.I was reviewing my website last week and realized that I switched over here from BloggerContinue reading “Bloggiesta por mi, thanks!”
A Writer’s Notebook: “Underground history”
Gah! I didn’t write a Writer’s Notebook entry last week! Actually, I realized this last Saturday, and I probably could have knocked out a quick exercise and backdated it and just hoped no one noticed that I’d skipped a week. But I gave myself a pass for three reasons: 1) the Writer’s Notebook entry fromContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: “Underground history””
Small stone #21
Walking in a rare, chilly rain, the weather here in the Middle East more autumnal than wintry, my wife and I daydream of weather in more northern climates, pine trees and damp soil and fires in fireplaces. I mention that if we have a fireplace again in our near future, I’d like to split myContinue reading “Small stone #21”
Small stone #20
That subtle buzz in the bloodstream, electricity charging my eyeballs and my stomach warm as a womb…. Good god, I love coffee. Today is National Coffee Break Day! Of course, for me, every day is National Coffee Break Day, but for you caffeine-rookies, here’s your chance to catch up to me. 😯 I’m participating inContinue reading “Small stone #20”
Small stone #19
A faint rain whispers in the sand, and the workers chipping broken concrete from the wall across the street pause, sit in folding chairs, and sip steaming tea from steel thermoses as their head scarves and work shirts grow dark and limp. I’m participating in the River of Stones project in January. Look for aContinue reading “Small stone #19”
Small stone #18
Gray-and-white cat lumped atop his felted, misshapen cat hut, like a little boulder in the moss. I’m participating in the River of Stones project in January. Look for a new post each day. Click the badge at left for more details.
Rest in peace, double space between sentences
I don’t know what sparked the recent surge in interest over the spacing rules between sentences, but there it is: we are asking ourselves once again which is correct, one space or two? I am weirdly old-fashioned in some ways regarding my approach to these things. I remember that when scholarly organizations first started switchingContinue reading “Rest in peace, double space between sentences”
Small stone #17
The wide, wet clouds far overhead like the surface of the sea from the ocean floor. I’m participating in the River of Stones project in January. Look for a new post each day. Click the badge at left for more details.
And we’re back
Design crisis over. Everything on the blog should now look fine in both Firefox and Explorer. (Still don’t know about Chrome. Anyone care to check and leave a comment?) Now that I’ve been going through this design tweaking, though, I realize that the first anniversary of this website is coming up this weekend, so I’mContinue reading “And we’re back”
Samuel Snoek-Brown 