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Thanks, Pontalba.

Liked the poem. It's simple and meaningful which is not easy.

Enjoyed it. It was fun(ny).

e readers and e books....definitely. I use a kindle and find it convenient: its lighter than any book I've held (helps when you have the tendency to read for hours and hours), the font is adjustable (an asset at my age) and the portability is great too. Another great advantage is I get to...

Thanks.

Glad you liked the poems.

I want to post not one but two poems. I had written them to go into one of my stories, The Dangerous Bend (The Vigil and Other Stories) but later thought the story was better off without the poem. I know this thread will also be better off without the poems. In context of the story, the first...

The Dean's Watch by Elizabeth Goudge

I too am not enthusiastic about Hemingway.. I could not understand for 'whom the bell tolled'. Henry James: I struggled and gave up on reading 'The turn of the screw', I always complete a book because incomplete stories bother me. This proves I did not find a story in 'The turn of the Screw'...

I am trying to get the story 'The Book of Sand'; unfortunately the link in this thread is no longer working. I've read some other stories by Borges and have liked them very much. The Circular Ruins remains a favorite. I love the ending where the creator/ dreamer realizes and accepts that he...

Been there, done that, oh so many times!

Miss.Harriet is another great story. The character of Miss. Harriet is so delicately poised, its just a breath away from being pathetic, yet we empathize with her. Maupassant is often cynical and harsh with his characters who are socially well placed and invariably sympathetic with the...

The system, like most others, works with skill and practice. Skill for getting the drawing right and practice for proportional enlargement in all the squares. When you miss out on any of the two, you get results that are difficult to explain!

I too read "The Agony and the Ecstacy" at a pretty young age. Somewhere in the book, Michaelangelo's friend makes his portrait by first drawing squares on a sheet. He uses some geometrical method but the portrait comes out wrong. I spent a week of my holidays trying to do something similar with...

Some favorite books from my childhood are: 1. Heidi - Johanna Spry. I live in a part of India where we do not see snow. Apart from the emotional appeal of Heidi, I loved it because it made me see the world of Swiss mountains. I first read the book forty years ago. We did not have TV or...

Dear Meadows 337, I think I too will make a list soon. But my list will not / cannot be limited to only fiction because it has to be topped by 'The Crescent Moon', by Rabindranath Tagore. It's filled with simple, delightful verse; about children, mothers, the poignant bond between them and...

Dear Polly, I need help in modifying my content. I realized I goofed up a little. I did not give the story outline of Mr.Krishnan but attached an excerpt from the story. If someone takes the time to browse, he would end up a little confused. Also, instead of attaching pdf files like I have...

I believe I agree with you! Gita

Right. That is why 'seeing is believing' makes sense. The confusion I mentioned earlier is between believing and belief.