“Sit and quiet yourself. Luxuriate in a certain memory and the details will come. Let the images flow. You’ll be amazed at what will come out on paper. I’m still learning what it is about the past that I want to write. I don’t worry about it. It will emerge. It will insist on being told.”
- Frank McCourt
In these busy times, we rarely have time for everything we want to do in our lives, so we have to make choices. And hopefully, our choices come from a deep sense of who we are. The more I blog, the more I seem to be able to appreciate you, the readers of this blog who happen to be with me at this moment.
Thank you my friends, for being there to believe, admire and strengthen these posts. It is the mutual respect we share, the desire to read, and wishes for more words on my writing desk that make these posts happen.
Isn’t it strange and beautiful to see how each one of us has something valuable to bring to this virtual world?
On that note, here’s a fun Valentine's Day giveaway quiz.
The winner will receive a pack of personalized goodies from me, including a copy of my poetry chapbook “Euphoric Natya”.
You've got to do two things:
1. Leave a comment on this blog post with your current favorite quote.
2. Tackle these misspelled words. Email me the words, correctly spelled.
1. indyjenisse
2. Souperseed
3. Dilog
4. mockusin
5. konkometent
6. incorijebal
Email your answers to : by 11.59 pm, Sunday, February 13th.
The lucky winner will be announced on Valentine’s Day.
Happy Quizzing!
Best,
Suma.
22 comments:
So true. It's something that happens and one has to be sorta ready. I usually have a pen and a notebook under my pillow!
Here's my favorite quote for step-1 of the quiz.
"I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present." - Rabindranath Tagore.
I'll send out the email as well.
Anna.
Hi Anna
Same pinch on the pen and notebook:-)
That's a lovely quote. Thank you for entering the quiz.
Best,
Suma.
let me see what best i can do..! :)
Hi Suma,
It has always been a great pleasure surfing your blog. Time flies while I am on!
Here is my favorite quote:
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
-- Albert Einstein
Thanks,
Venkat
hey suma so nice to c u have ur own blog.how hv u been?hopin to enter ur contest ..n also hv a thought, mayb u cud dedicate a day to mrs leela ramaswamy ,as she was the one who started and fanned the embers of the love of words in our lives..jus a thot..do think it over..tc ..hp ur doin gud...
rumana
My current favourite quote:
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott
@Sudha - Thank you for the support!
@Venkat - Im really humbled. That's a great Einstein quote. Thank you for the answers.
@Rumana - Thank you for visiting my blog. Its been a long time since our school years. That's a brilliant idea Rumana, I should do a post dedicated to all our English teachers.
I look forward to your answers:-)
@Vindhya - What a lovely quote Vindhya. Thank you for mailing in the answers.
My all time favorite quote is by Khalil Gibran still: Work is love made visible.
I'll email you with my answers in a bit ... at first I misread and thought they were anagrams and got my pencil out to solve them. I should read the directions first, eh?
Thank you for stopping by my blog and I hope I win your book of poems. It might make me dance :)
@ Vijaya: Thank you for the sweet support and your answers.
Oh, gosh. I'll have to pass on the misspelled words. But one of my favorite quotes is, "Sucess is failure turned inside out." I'm not sure who said this though. And the other is by Stephen King, "I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs..."
My favourite quote of recent times for the contest.. - Life is like a game of poker. If you dont put anything in the pot, there wouldnt be anything to take out..! :)
Hi, just dropped by to say hello and to answer your question on my blog. You asked about me posting my finished embroidery.............I have the embroidery blog Yesteryear Embroideries where I post my work. Here is the link. http://yesteryearembroideries.blogspot.com. The link is also here on my side bar at Eggs in my pocket. Stay warm! blessings,Kathleen
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare
@ Anita- Lovely quotes. Thank you for sharing them!
@Sudha - I can see where the influence of your quote comes from. Thanks for sharing.
@ Kathleen - Thank you. I looked it up last night and your work is just so wonderful.
@ Priya - Wow! Thank you for the wonderful quote and your answers.
Best,
Suma.
This is my favorite Quotes...
Abraham Lincoln
"Character is like a tree and a reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."
"Be like a turtle, he makes progress only when he sticks his neck out....
U simply cannot drive forward if ur focused on what's
happening in the rear view mirror... " and this by ANONYMOUS....i love both of them...
So for the first time i seeing ur blog...will be a regular on ur blog from now on...
Aparna
@Aparna - Beautiful quotes Aparna. Thank you for entering the quiz. I hope you have a good time reading the blog:-)
Best,
Suma.
Thanks Aparna. Very beautiful quotes and thank you for entering the quiz.
I hope you have a good time reading the posts:-)
Best,
Suma.
Ok Suma, not smart enough to guess the puzzle but here is the quote and it is about writing novels.
"When in doubt have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand." Raymond Chandler
Favorite quote on writing: "When in doubt, have a man come through the door holding a gun."
Suma
My favorite quote about writing.
"When in doubt have a man come through the door holding a gun" Raymond Chandler
Nice quotes. Thanks for sharing Iclaudio.
Best,
Suma.
Hi Suma, I know I'm late in coming to the party, but the exercise you have for us seems like such fun! Here are the correctly spelled words (have never been able to go away from misspelled words :)):
- indigenize
- Supercede
- Dialogue
- moccasin
- concomitant
- incorrigible
As for my favorite quote, it keeps changing. Here's one I came upon today: "I would have written you a shorter letter, but I didn't have time." -- in the context of how it is harder to say what you mean in fewer words.
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