there was a man from Arthur’s seat,
who journeyed warm with a fire of peat.
but one day it rained,
and the peat pot was pained,
so he went to bed without any heat!
rain
#writing201 #water #haiku #simile
a dreich day of
mist, like last night’s kiss, Edinburgh’s
February song
Friday Find (July 18)
Rain and a surreal read
Musical Mondays 3
Simple, just songs that I think are suited to be listened to when reading. All sampled personally, just for you!
For this week, listen to Kiss the Rain by Yiruma, while you read…
Today…
I went into an independent bookshop (this one) and picked up this book here
I’d heard of this book a long long time ago… and I’d forgotten about it. This bookshop that had hundreds and hundreds of books, that was a shelter from the crazy Edinburgh wind+rain combo, had this book stacked under a large stack.
I got it at a good good price. And to me, this bookshop, barely 200 metres from my home,
“is the ‘cemetery of lost books’, a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print…”
Have you read it? What did you think?
Rain Reads
Today is a rainy day
(Picture courtesy: schlitzohren)
I remember reading ‘Of Love and other Demons’ on a platform. The Indian monsoon rains were being blown around into the sheltered bits and the edges of most pages of my copy were wet. No wonder I love Marquez!
What books do you remember reading in the rain?
What book do you want to read on a rainy day?
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