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The Ring of Bright Water - Gavin Maxwell

"I have--I have--I've lost Madame Forestier's necklace," she cried. ******** Monsieur Henri Forestier was an important man. Everyone knew he was the right person to go to if you had to get work done in any ministry; he had contacts everywhere. He was liked well enough, both for...

Liked it a lot but hey, its very close to what I was writing. I'll have to start afreash. It's true: Great minds think alike :) / Fools seldom differ :( .

:rolleyes: How about another try from the point Mathilde discovers she has lost the necklace? "I have--I have--I've lost Madame Forestier's necklace," she cried.

I meant for it to be less work because for an existing story, the characters are already in place and I thought it would be more exercise for our creative muscles (that was creative, Meadow). Sparhawk says exercise is good. Seriously, I thought it would be fun. Period. Title: The...

I suggest The Diamond Necklace by Maupassant. I always felt Loisel and her husband were harshly punished for an evening’s vanity. We could rewrite the story from the point Loisel discovers she has lost the necklace. We could rewrite their lives! What do you (all) suggest?

Sombre yes but makes you smile. I found a 'tongue in the cheek' quality about the poem. Did he mean to advise or was he painting our picture? Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel, for example-- I mean without looking for something beyond and above...

None. I think it would be interesting to break a story at some critical point and take it anywhere from there.

We'll have to think! Sparhawk? Pontalba? Summerflyte? Everybody?

Easy peasy is not pleasy! I have gone through the challenges in the thread. To summarize, ten random words (real toughies), random words (again jaw breakers for me) with one of them as the theme, setting/emotion, random words/ weather/ mythical creatures have all been done. How about we pick...

quixotic, hazard, pulchritude

I think he means that, while we do and ought to love living, we do not sufficiently love the planet that sustains our living.

o_O Sorry, can't think of anything. Someone, please set the ball rolling. Will try to land a kick!

Ditto.

I want to share this poem; I came across it recently and liked it very much. On Living by Nazim Hikmet translated by Mutlu Konuk and Randy Blasing I Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel, for example-- I mean without looking for something...

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for? From Andrea del Sarto, Robert Browning,

Gibran's Prophet: I find every single word and thought meaningful; there is nothing superfluous in the book. Which marriage counsellor could have said it better? (From On Marriage) And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak...

Thanks, everyone :D

I've read The Prophet by Khalil Gibran many times and I know I'll go back to it again and again. My favorite from the book is On Children. On Children Kahlil Gibran Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but...

Yup, will take a random shot.