There has been a musical flavour around the blog posts I have read this week. Wynne, over at Surprised By Joy, in her post, Do You Believe in Magic? wrote about how hearing The Cure song, Pictures of You, in a grocery store, brought back memories of…
A state of mild panic has descended on the Davy D household. I say mild, major would be a more accurate description. Mrs. D and I have made a monumental decision to…
The Daffodil was the focus of one of the most famous poems in the English language, Daffodils, by the Romantic poet, William Wordsworth. This poem has carried numerous titles during its history; The Daffodils, Daffodils, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
Wordsworth never gave the poem…
Kiss, Kiss, is the title of a Roald Dahl collection of short stories, first published in 1959. As well as being known for his children’s tales, Dahl was also a prolific writer of short stories for adults. Kiss, Kiss, is my favourite of his adult compilations, described as stylish, macabre, and haunting, leaving the reader with a delicious feeling of unease. I have delved back into the book this week after the author made headline news here in the UK.
As a child growing up in the 1960’s I was lucky to be surrounded by friends and family who held a love for literature. My father read to me each bedtime and my mother would take me, each week, to the local library to satisfy a hunger for books.
My early years were spent…