Redesigned my website

I've been working on a fresh look for my website for about a week.


It's now ready to unveil. Take a look:


http://barbaraetlin.com

Mystery Man

The Apollo 11 moon landing was on July 20, 1969, 45 years ago today.
Here is the villanelle I wrote about it.

Mystery Man

One small step can seem like almost nothing,

a quarter million miles for three to fly,

as we held our breaths to watch that first landing.

Four billion hopes--a planet's wondering

reflected in the mirror in the sky--

is one small step away from almost nothing.

Buzz followed you, while Mike was orbiting.

How could your tiny step not make us cry

as we breathlessly watched that first landing?

The media frenzy you found stifling,

a leap to fame that you would soon decry.

One small step can seem like almost nothing.

Who is this man? The press is suffocating.

Cocooned within your silence you just sigh,

and hope news will eclipse the first landing.

Mystery Man, no moon songs do you sing.

Can astronauts be brave, but also shy?

One small step that changes everything

at once. We exhale, hope for safe landing.

Copyright Barbara Etlin 2014, all rights reserved

From ANTIQUE PIANO & OTHER SOUR NOTES

by Barbara Etlin, Deco Owl Press.



Too literal

Too Literal: A one-minute play

Me:                   I should have kept that Philosophy of Existentialism textbook from university,
                          BEING AND TIME by Martin Heidegger. I should have schlepped it
                          from house to house all these years. I couldn't read one page of it without feeling    
                          sleepy. It was the perfect cure for insomnia!


Husband:         Your birthday's coming up soon. Would you like that for your
                          birthday present?

Farewell to Tulips, 2014

Most of the tulips have faded, except for a few purple ones. Here's what the terrace looked like about a week ago.

Fabulous review for ANTIQUE PIANO & Other Sour Notes!

ANTIQUE PIANO & OTHER SOUR NOTES got a great review on Book Viral Spotlight!


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Wordless Wednesday, Tulip Version

May is Tulip Season

Last weekend we cleaned out the gardening centre of the last of its tulips. Most of them are red, a few are yellow or orange, some are purple.

Then there are the Mystery Tulips...

red, orange, and purple

 

 

 

 

 

The stone owls guard the tulips from any stray squirrels who may have wandered over from our former house.

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





The Mystery Tulips turned out to be white and pink.