By Morgan O’Neill
It has been almost a year since I first referred to a Robert Herrick poem in this blog. It was just after seeing a beautiful Jane Woolrich baby doll design that swept me away. Now, it seems I am drawn back to Herrick, one, because he is so easy to read, but, two, because the sudden wet, icy cold of a Northeast winter has me hunkered down … Read More
By Morgan O’Neill
So Ellen, Lingerie Briefs executive editor, has been on my case because I haven’t published much lately. I have many great excuses I am prepared to defend myself with, notwithstanding the key one being my utter inability to intelligently connect what I am reading or reading about to lingerie. Essentially, that is the theme behind the blog. So, without that connectivity I remain speechless. Or, blogless as … Read More
By Morgan O’Neill
The thought just occurred to me that two things you cannot or should not do outdoors in a hurricane is one; try to read a book and two, wear lingerie. You might argue that the incongruity of this argument is ridiculous. Who would wear lingerie outdoors in a hurricane? Who would try to read a book outdoors in a hurricane? And, really, what does this have to … Read More
By Morgan O’Neill
As a fledgling schoolchild, one of the first things you learn is how to read for information. It is an important part of how new readers enter the world of literature and a practical necessity for making it to high school graduation. It’s a mandatory survival techique
First Grade: you head to your classroom to meet your gray haired, ancient schoolmarm, when the bell rings, and she … Read More
By Morgan O’Neill
When I was young and highly impressionable I was seduced by the idea of heroism. I fell in love with the notion of being a hero, with saving the day. Like every other child of the fifties I was there when Superman came to comic book life to save Metropolis and Lois Lane from evil doers. Yet, in spite of Superman’s heroic deeds, there was always something … Read More
By Morgan O’Neill
Geoffrey Chaucer is widely considered the father of English literature and to the scholarly minded he is considered the greatest poet of the Middle Ages. No, I do not mean that his poetry appeals to people ages 40 to 60, sort of like people aging out of the rock and roll era at about 30, to soft rock at 40 and elevator music just before they cart … Read More
By Morgan O.Neill
Lately, I have had writers block. It has been hard. The words just have not flowed. Not that they ever flowed with a fluency that made much sense to those who take time to read them, but at least I could get something reasonably coherent out. But not right now. I feel somewhat out-of-sorts. And I wonder why sometimes it seems easy and sometimes it requires umpteen … Read More
