
Writer. Educator. Artist.
My massive book collection must go since i’m going into an apartment. At least 70 have been donated to the Shepard’s Inn on Danville St. in South Hill. Great books on Revolutionary War, Genealogy, Men’s biographies, Classic composers, NJ history, poetry, a few fiction, and assorted others. If any of these interest you, i’m sure you’ll find them at small cost.
Coming soon. . .
Her words are everywhere! Jane Austen quotes show up in the least likely places, i.e. cozy mysteries, magazine articles about writing, blogs, advice on anything to do with life, and you’ll find a JA quote to answer it.
I have read many articles and the openings of stories by seeing this most famous JA quote: “It is a truth univers-ally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” No need to identify the writer, everyone knows it on sight!
The words of Jane Austen are relevant to us today in many matters that touch our hearts, open our minds and expand our imaginations. I have found wit, wisdom, joy, and answers to my modern day world in reading her stories, quotes, and letters. Laugh out loud is there, too, and often.
Virginia Woolf (A Room of One’s Own) and famous essayist wrote about JA in 1913 again in 1924, 1925 and again, and again . . .
The great novelist E.M. Forster, 1879 – 1970 states “I am a Jane Austenite, and, therefore, slightly imbecile about Jane Austen. “
“What would Jane Austen say?” is the new game being played even though JA opinions are not known per se.
What is it about JA and her novels that keep each new generation enthralled?
Directions – arlene s bice (c)
Did you just stop this person and say. . ?
let me tell you the easier, short-cut way
walk up this street until you see the bay
make a left and you’ll see a huge pile of hay
that’s where you, don’t let the police see, you jay
walk across the street, remember you need to stay
on that side, it’s shadier for you, so you may
then walk a block or two, maybe it’s three, and, pay
close attention, hear me now, you’ll turn left, nay
I think you go right, look up high above the fence for a ray
as large as your grandfather’s painted-red winter sleigh
on the billboard, that’s it! you will be in the right sway
have a grand day!
Imagine a window looking into a place or onto a particular scene.
arlene s bice (c)
Mr. Cristofaro was a sculptor
of tombstones only I thought
but no, revealed now to me
a larger than life size sculpture
his interpretation of
Marines raising the
American flag on Iwo Jima
arlene s bice (c)
no title
It’s just getting too late
for any longer of a wait
I must get on with my day
wondering what is the delay
hoping nothing has gone wrong
perhaps memory lapse like an old song
that you carry the memorable tune
sing a word here and there but soon
lose the whole gist of the melody
and wind up singing a parody.