The InkwellEducation has produced a vast population
They spend twelve months
teaching children to walk and then talk
and the next twelve years
teaching them to sit down and shut up
when all you have to do
is teach them all to read
its a source of amusement and fun
to happy little minds
Source : Trevelyan, Diller, Gilchrist and Plato (Via P. 96 & 97 of QIs Book of Quotations)
#365writingprompts #reading
what makes me pick up a book
if this reads like a bit of a list, apologies
funny tales, interesting characters, a bit of a thread
tales I can return to….the jokes might be a bit old, but I can still get a laugh at them
evidence ? Terry pratchetts troll sergeant…detritus,
<detritus> troll brains don’t work right in klatch….it’s the heat…if I went to klatch…I’d be really stoopid
<Vimes> detritus…
<detritus> yes sir ?
<Vimes> never go to klatch
Salford 15th September 2018
#CFFC #Books
It’d be true to say – I like reading.
I go for books with a bit of character in them, Goscinny and Uderzos Asterix books were a favourite of mine as a kid – and I’ve now got my hands on six anniversary editions
My favourite author is Terry Pratchett, he created some brilliant characters. And I’m happy to say I had the pleasure of meeting the man himself at a Waterstones bookstore in Manchester, before his untimely death. One day i’ll have the nerve to pick up and read his final epic – the shepherds crown – but till then I’ll satisfy my discworld fever, by reading one of this lot (and the smaller paperbacks)
and when i’m bored with that (NEVER! sic) youll find me skimming through my comedy collection – The Goons, Monty Python, Morecambe and wise and Scott adams
Ideas dropped on a page
notes dropped in a particular order
keeping the reader of the piece engaged
like clues for the detective resident in your mind
interacting – but not giving you the whole scenario
next guesses are down to you – It’s
going to be a scintillating read, as you go through the twists and turns
A few thoughts by inky on todays daily prompt
Sat in a room, lined with literary works
The lad peers through his assessment
Understandably, he might not produce the works of Keats this evening, but with
Dutiful observance, and conscientious research – he might just do well at his
Year Tutors Assessment of his work
14th September 2017
Today i’ve had my hands in the soapsuds helping out at BASICs Cafe, Food for thought.
I’ve also been assisting in helping to run a poetry workshop in the conservatory.
we discussed what makes a poem and the different kinds of poem you could write
covering everything from Rhymes to Acrostics, Haikus to San-sans
Inky, enters the TARDIS again….and lands in Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC High…third year english..and the origins of his poetry
I recall old wooden benches – the ones with (ironically) the old inkwell’s set into the base.
Mountains of Books handed down from pupil to pupil and placed strategically on what i’d now call the Northwest corner of the table
The teacher would begin – and then stopping at a paragraph – he’d pick a pupil at random, going around the classroom
Young minds caught on tenterhooks as the class ventured their way through the story.
On one or two occasions – the book matter changed – the hardback stories stayed where they were – to be returned to on another occasion – and the brightly coloured books were passed from pupil to pupil
The Adventures of Isobel….The Nonsense poems of Ogden Nash….pieces from “Local” poets….Roger McGough, Brian Patten (The regional difference hadn’t hit me in my formative years), not forgetting “The classics”, Kipling, stephenson and all.
And there would even be the time where an adolescent squeaky voice – changing by the day with puberty would have to deliver one or two pieces
“Isobel met an enormous bear….Isobel, Isobel, didn’t care”
(Ogden Nash – The Adventures of Isobel)
I’d write away in my exercise books with glee guided by the work of these poets
it’s something thats stuck with me ever since.
In response to the weekly photo challenge
I’m a big fan of the late Terry Pratchett’s work and keep his novels on a shelf
in my bedroom – office.
They’re kept in two rows, one behind the other – the later editions hiding behind the earlier books, which I enjoy reading.
Later editions being in hardback – are also on another shelf and these are kept, like the paperbacks in chronological order, the last edition being the shepherds crown, which was completed just before terry’s death
The books themselves have series all to do with individual characters, there’s the Wizards, Death, the Witches, the Dwarves, The thieves guild, the Watch, the Vampires and of course, theres the character that kicks it all off – Rincewind.
Each set of books has its own groupings and could be kept in their own sets – I choose to set them out chronologically.
Wednesday 18th January 2017
I’ll be posting another piece from my notebooks later, but I’ve just been informed – c/o my Facebook and Twitter feeds…that it’s Winnie-the-pooh day.
and being an ardent Ursinian (that’s a fan of the Great Bear) – I thought i’d share this as it popped up on my public feed…. Pooh and one of the bees from the honey tree 🙂
Given I’ve been entitled to doing something special for an hour in the day – I might just peruse my big book of Winnie the pooh stories – by AA Milne, and enjoy a little something sweet while i’m reading it…
Have a great day folks!
Sunday, 4th December 2016
Mother Nature is keeping her cards close to her chest today,
perfect blue 🌌 with not a ☁️ in the sky.
but there’s a definite nip in the air…little Jack Frost is up and about, and he’s painted every fallen leaf 🍃 in sight
Antidote to the cold ? A cup of tea ☕️ With a 🍪 in the community room at the back of church after mass.
returned home 🏡 and am parked by a radiator, thawing out.
im reading the late terry pratchetts last (?) offering…the witches vacuum cleaner and other stories, whilst I do
might give me inspiration for a scribble or two…
