30 Wednesday May 2012
Posted in Ermisenda
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quote, life, books, writing, inspiration, Harry Potter, reading, fantasy, YA, hunger games, funny, narnia, joke, i want to go to hogwarts, fans, joy, percy jackson, halfblood camp, hogwarts
I found this on my Tumblr dashboard. It was too funny not to share with us fellow readers and writers! I’m guilty of wishing to want to go to Hogwarts, constantly. But I don’t recall ever wishing to be in the Hunger Games… go figure. 
- Ermisenda Alvarez
27 Sunday May 2012
Posted in Ermisenda, Picture it & Write!
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). Anyone who wants to join in, is welcome. This photograph will be reblogged under Ermisenda on tumblr and added to the Picture it & Write gallery on Facebook.
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The house precariously stood by the water’s edge. The water of the lake stood deathly still, reflecting the overcast sky like a giant mirror. The bridge which linked the small island to the land looked dangerously unstable. There were more splits and cracks in the wood than planks used. It wasn’t a comforting sight, and definitely not a romantic one. The man slid his arm behind the woman’s back and pulled her close. The wind smacked their faces, leaving their cheeks rosy red. “I knew we shouldn’t have booked online,” groaned the woman, toying with her new wedding ring.
A ragged old man with one tooth handed them the key to the house. It weighed a tonne and glistened with an eerie golden glow.
- Ermisenda Alvarez
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26 Saturday May 2012
Posted in Ermisenda
This is what I say to my friends who aren’t readers. I’m hopeful! But I still stand by the great achievement of getting my youngest sister into reading, it was The Hunger Games that started her fever. She read the entire triology and has now branched out onto other YA novels such as Delirium and Matched.
Did you ever get someone into reading who wasn’t into books? What book made the difference? Share your experiences.
- Ermisenda Alvarez
20 Sunday May 2012
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books, culture, eating, fiction, friendship, inspiration, life, overweight, perceptions of beauty, photography, poetry, relationship, self image, society, tape, underweight, writing
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I viciously threw the measuring tape to the ground. The black and white markings glared at me from down below. It felt good to throw it away. Why did I torture myself over a few kilograms or an inch? I didn’t measure my relationships with my friends, my emotional state, or the breadth of my smile with a tape. So, why did I measure my self-image with one? The tape appeared to writhe on the floor, wanting to latch onto my thighs, hips, and waist to critisice and ridicule me. I had come to realise that a healthy body cannot be determined by a black and white number. I ripped the tape in two. There were so many beautiful shades of grey and I was happy with mine.
- Ermisenda Alvarez
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17 Thursday May 2012
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bittersweet, couple, grief, inspiration, loss, love, photogrpahy, quote, romance, tragedy, writing
Sometimes I touch the things you used to touch, looking for echoes of your fingers.
- I Wrote This For You
This one is for all you romantics (at least I first thought of the romantic implication of the quote)! I think it’s beautifully bittersweet. Enjoy!
A look in the mirror by ~lifeAnightmare
15 Tuesday May 2012
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cartoon, consumption, cooking, diet, drawing, fiction, food, information, inspiration, life, reading, recipe, technology, TEDtalk, video, writing
I recently watched JP Rangaswarmi’s TEDtalk on information. It inspired me to write this post which includes a summary of what he talks about and my thoughts. At first, I thought it was all a bit silly. Seeing information as food? I could get the obvious analogies but I didn’t really see why looking at it from that perspective was of any use. But then I kept thinking a bit more…
06 Sunday May 2012
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community, contribute, dog, inspiration, life, photography, poetry, story, wolf, writing
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The wolf’s mighty howl shattered the silence. I locked my car for the fifth time. I had encountered the beast upon the road on my way home. Thankfully for the high beam lights, I had seen her before it had been too late. But her and her two cubs would not move. I tried to swallow the knot lodged in my throat. I didn’t know much about wolves and I had no idea if she was calling for the rest of her pack. Her eyes met mine and she growled. Her black gums wriggled, exposing her sharp canines. I quickly placed my car into reverse and decided to find another way home.
- Ermisenda Alvarez
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03 Thursday May 2012
Posted in Eliabeth, Listen & Write!
Listen & Write is a spin off of Picture it & Write and works almost identically. Eliabeth will post a song and accompanying text. We then invite you to either continue where she leaves off or create your own piece of fiction or poetry based on the music. You might imagine your own version of a music video or write about someone listening to the song; you are only limited by your imagination. Other languages are welcome so long as you add a translation.
If you have a suggestion for a song, leave it in the comment along with your contribution and they’ll be worked in to the line-up. Due to time constraints, this will now be a monthly post, showing up the first Thursday of every month minimum. Some months may have additional posts, but we’ll just see how it goes.
Megan hugged herself. She rocked gently back and forth, pulling the white jacket tighter around her. The walls were padded and soundproof, but she didn’t notice. Nothing about her surroundings affected her at all; she lived in her head and sang to herself.
“This was a triumph. I’m making a note here: huge success.”
Her boyfriend had dumped her for someone else, someone younger, a blond with a bigger chest. He was her world and in losing him, he had broken her. She’d snapped. She wasn’t even sure where the knife came from, but suddenly she had one in her hand. She wasn’t upset, nooo. She was happy for him. He had won someone “better.” Even though he broke her heart, tore it into pieces, and threw it in the fire, she was happy for him. She wanted him to go away. She made him go away. The knife sliced through his flesh as easily as scissors through paper.
While he lay dying, she was still alive. When he was dead, she was still alive. Still alive. Still alive.
-Eliabeth Hawthorne
29 Sunday Apr 2012
Posted in Ermisenda, Picture it & Write!
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beauty, cloud, community, contribute, inspiration, life, photography, poetry, sky, stories, writing
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If I somehow managed to jump out of the airplane, would the clouds catch me? Would they stop my fall? Could I leap, skip, and stroll across the bountiful cloud fields? I wanted to stuff my face with handfuls of cloud, like a child with candy. Sight was not enough. I needed to taste, hear, and feel. I pressed my fingertips against the thick glass. The beauty of the sky overwhelmed me and warm tears streaked my cheeks. I was neither here or there. I was nowhere and yet, everywhere. Now that I had savoured such a heavenly sight, I knew I never wanted to touch the ground again.
- Ermisenda Alvarez
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22 Sunday Apr 2012
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The leaves were glowing bright red, as if they were on fire. The path gleamed and winked at me. The trees spread their branches wide, like arms. My foot stepped in front of the other. The end of the path was obscured. Where would it lead? When I looked down I noticed the blood-stained leaves crushed. There was something tangible in the air, a taste on my tongue. Something dark was hidden here. “Lets go, I’m bored,” my sister whined. She couldn’t see what I could. She couldn’t see the warm, wet blood dripping off the leaves. What secret was hidden in these woods?
- Ermisenda Alvarez
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