tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19500524357506783092024-03-12T17:06:51.391-07:00Lady Jayne's Reading Den~ ... And Den of Other Delights ... ~Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-3566588922395523692014-06-09T05:09:00.001-07:002014-06-09T06:39:58.302-07:00Review: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 out of 5 Stars</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eleanor and Park was my first book by Rainbow Rowell and certainly won't be my last.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was a charming book about two teens in Omaha Nebraska, in 1986, who don't quite fit in but find an unlikely friendship and love in each other.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Eleanor, the red-haired, freckled, slightly overweight new girl, who dresses in shirts and ties and even a necktie/scarf around her wrist as a wristband, finds an empty seat next to Park on the school bus. <br /><br />Park is a Korean-Irish American who loves comic books and listening to his walkman, and he reluctantly lets Eleanor sit next to him. Park is "beautiful" with his green eyes and "skin the color of sunshine through honey".<br /><br />I loved that Eleanor was chubby and beautiful in her own way and did not fit society's usual concept of beauty. Having been the chubby girl, myself, I completely related to Eleanor and her body issues. I felt with her through the bullying and her difficult home situation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved how Park opens "his seat", his comic book, then his music and his heart to Eleanor.<br /><br />There was no love-at-first sight here, but their relationship starts with some awkward sitting next to each other, sharing of comic books and music, and develops into something beautiful. I appreciated the realistic way that Rainbow Rowell developed the growing feelings between Eleanor and Park.<br /><br />This character-driven story was told deftly by Ms Rowell in Eleanor and Park's alternate third-person point-of-views, with their distinctive "voices". I loved both these characters.<br /><br />The book deals with issues of race, bullying, body image and domestic violence.<br /><br />I loved the 1980's setting and it made me very nostalgic, especially for putting together mix-tape cassettes. :-)<br /><br />This was a charming, sweet, heart-touching and heart-breaking story. <br /><br />The ending felt abrupt, to me, and is the reason I'm giving this 4-stars. I just needed MORE. But still... what a wonderful read!<br /><br />Thank you to my friends Jenn "Awww ...Yeaaahhh", AHenry and Viola for the recommendation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Some of my favorite quotes:</b><br /><br /><b>Eleanor:</b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"If Park were to look up at her now, he'd know everything.<br /><br />He didn't look up. He wound the scarf around his fingers until her hand was hanging in the space between them.<br /><br />Then he slid the silk and his fingers into her open palm.<br /><br />And Eleanor disintegrated."</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.<br /><br />As soon as he touched her, he wondered how he'd gone this long without doing it. He rubbed his thumb through her palm and up her fingers, and was aware of her every breath."</span></i><br />
<br />Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-91417040520880576482013-02-19T01:11:00.001-08:002013-02-19T01:12:02.500-08:00My Photoetry: Fallen Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-9838071870180382392013-01-30T04:44:00.000-08:002013-01-30T06:05:48.951-08:00My Photoetry: Mercurial Calm<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Ever feel like just when<br /> You think you’re calm and in control,<br /> And a<span style="font-size: large;"> care<span style="font-size: large;">less</span></span> word or act<span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="text_exposed_show">Just rips up your soul?<br /> <br /> That calm you thought you’d cultivated<br /> Was actually as unstable as mercury;<br /> And just like that, from coping,<br /> You’re drowning again in misery.<br /> <br /> Like a slight disturbance to a pond’s surface<br /> Causes ripples that resonate all around,<br /> Even the slightest of prodding,<br /> Causes a pain so intense, it’s the only sound.<br /> <br /> The sound of your pounding heart,<br /> Roaring in your ears;<br /> The sound of the wretched sobs,<br /> Torn out of you with your tears.<br /> <br /> So how to find a calm that isn’t mercurial?<br /> That’ll keep you steady in a storm tossed pond?<br /> All I know is what’s helped me,<br /> And that’s faith and hope in a divine bond.</span></span></span></span><br />
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~ Written by Jayne Michellane a.k.a<span style="font-size: large;">. Lady <span style="font-size: large;">Jayne</span></span> on 30 January 2013. Photo taken on 28
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<br />Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-50866315139955551752013-01-27T20:01:00.000-08:002013-01-27T20:22:35.879-08:00My Photography: ...A Little Flower...<br />
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<i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Searching and searching for something…</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Something I felt I needed to find.<br />
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There were many doors,<br />
I saw along the corridors,<br />
But when I tried to open them,<br />
Some would open, but some were jammed<span style="font-size: large;">;</span><br />
Some were locked up tight,<br />
And staring at those sealed doors,<br />
Something just didn’t feel right.<br />
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In the ones that could open easily,<br />
I could peer in and see,<br />
All those wonderful memories,<br />
Of times when I was happy.<br />
<br />
In the rooms where the doors<br />
Were rather stuck,<br />
There were echoes of times,<br />
When I was a little down on my luck.<br />
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As I passed the doors,<br />
Through which I could not see,<br />
I wondered and wondered…<br />
Where would I find the keys?<br />
Did I even want to know,<br />
What was on the other side?<br />
Perhaps it was better to leave,<br />
Whatever was there to continue to hide.<br />
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One thing I have learned of Life,<br />
To find peace in the midst of strife,<br />
Is that peace actually comes from within,<br />
And being comfortable within my own skin.<br />
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But I am not brave enough yet,<br />
To open all the portals;<br />
What can I say?<br />
I am a mere mortal<span style="font-size: large;">;</span><br />
So, one day, maybe,<br />
When I <span style="font-size: large;">am</span> truly ready,<br />
I’ll <span style="font-size: large;">obtain</span> the keys,<br />
To allow me to fully see…. ME. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>~ </b></i>B</span>y Jayne Michellane a.k.a<span style="font-size: large;">. Lady Jayne</span>, February 200<span style="font-size: large;">9.</span></span></span></span></div>
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~*~The Four Seasoned Path~*~<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> <i>I walked a path one day,<br /> It was one of those halcyon days<span style="font-size: large;">,</span><br /> The path had four seasons in one,</i><span class="text_exposed_show"><i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="text_exposed_show"><i>With a slight mist hiding sun.<br /> <br /> The winter-like brush, <br /> Spring blossoms’ pink blush,<br /> Summer green grassy specks,<br /> Bronze autumn leaf flecks.<br /> <br /> The calm and the peace,<br /> Erased my frown’s crease<span style="font-size: large;">,</span><br /> In the embrace of that feeling,<br /> On that path I found healing.</i><br /> <br /> ~ <span style="font-size: large;">B</span>y Jayne Michellane a.k.a<span style="font-size: large;">. Lady <span style="font-size: large;">Jayne</span></span>, 23 January 2013. </span></span></div>
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Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-14991340539128975242013-01-21T04:27:00.000-08:002013-01-25T13:56:30.473-08:00Review: On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCp5qUoeKMBipbZI9-meoFSJNgARdg75_nHPrRBFHrhIkhL8LBba3lsflWnKyxyKF_Y2m-UCHOXJFQ9GGM_zVxEnS9erxwXtW4Fea7lD737vmX0amxKarfgv6vcC_Mi7paKDGu8py_aZc/s1600/on-the-island-penguin-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCp5qUoeKMBipbZI9-meoFSJNgARdg75_nHPrRBFHrhIkhL8LBba3lsflWnKyxyKF_Y2m-UCHOXJFQ9GGM_zVxEnS9erxwXtW4Fea7lD737vmX0amxKarfgv6vcC_Mi7paKDGu8py_aZc/s200/on-the-island-penguin-cover.jpg" width="131" /></a><b> </b><br />
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<b>5 Stars!!!</b> <br />
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<b>WOW. SO DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED!!! Beautiful, real and moving.</b><br />
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<b>It’s been a long while since I finished a book the same day I started it, but I did with this. I couldn’t put <i>On the Island</i> down! </b>Even though I was meant to be doing work at home, this past weekend. I was THAT hooked!!</div>
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Sometime
last year, I saw many 5-Star reviews for this book, and I added it,
just waiting for the right time for when I was in the mood for a <i>Blue Lagoon</i> type of story. <br />
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<b>I have to admit, though, I felt a little bit concerned about how I would feel about the
huge age difference between the characters, which caused me quite a bit
of discomfort, before I started, as I try my best not to discriminate. I
shouldn’t have worried, though - or doubted my Goodreads friends who loved this - as author Tracey Garvis-Graves does an
excellent job of building and unfolding this touchingly beautiful story of a 30-year
old teacher and summer tutor, Anna Emerson, and 16-year old cancer
survivor, T.J. Callahan, who become stranded on a deserted, uninhabited
Maldivian island when their seaplane crashes. </b><br />
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Anna and T.J. are
stuck on the island for quite a few years and they go through many
harrowing hardships, together, and quite a few seriously
life-threatening ones. As they both fight for survival, battling hunger,
thirst, the elements, boredom, missing their families, predators and
disease, they form an understandably close bond.<br />
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As T.J. turns from boy
to man, through trusting each other with their lives, hopes and dreams, relying on each other, mutual respect and
affection, and feeling as if they would spend the rest of their lives alone on that island, their relationship eventually develops to another level.
They realise how they wouldn’t have survived if not for having the other
and how happy they make each other.<br />
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<b>A debut novel? No way! This was WONDERFUL! Ms Garvis-Graves draws the reader in and doesn’t let go. The alternating first person point-of-views gives the reader valuable insights into, and a strong sense of connection to, both characters as one is transported onto the island with them. </b>The incorporation of certain global events also made the story feel more grounded in reality and my heart broke again recalling that particular moment in time. <br />
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<![endif]--><i>On the Island</i> began as a self-published ebook and Ms Garvis-Graves has now sold the foreign
rights to it to more than 20 countries. I understand the movie rights to it
have also been sold. Very excited for the movie and I hope the makers do it
justice!<br />
<br />
<b>I
loved both Anna and T.J. </b>Both of them, for their tenacity and
determination. Anna, for her understanding and care for T.J.; how she
treated him as an equal and not a child. T.J., for his maturity, strength,
pragmatism, honesty and just his utter sweetness. Having battled death a
number of times, T.J. knew what he wanted, and he wanted Anna. What
starts as a boy’s crush and friendship turns into so much more, over the years, and
while Anna battles to do right by T.J., she is surprised by how this
young man makes her feel valued, wanted and respected as a woman as she
never has before. <br />
<br />
<b><i>On the Island</i> is such a beautiful
love story, which would never have developed under different
circumstances. But how would the real world treat their love and how would
it survive off the island?</b><br />
<br />
Okay, there were a few things that
seemed just TOO convenient, like Anna’s suitcase, with quite a bit of
soap and shampoo supplies, a first aid kit, etc. washing up on shore
from the plane wreckage. Of course, it could also be realistic,
depending on the current patterns around that island. Considering how
much of the things from the plane wreck did wash back up on the island,
I’ll go with that scientific explanation! Yes, I’m showing my geekiness
and also my willingness to suspend disbelief. LOL Considering all the
traumatic things that Anna and T.J. go through, I was very happy for all
the things that washed up to make the primitive life on the island just
that little bit easier for them and assisted in their survival. :-)<br />
<br />
I learnt what an "atoll" is - a coral island (or islands) that encircles a lagoon partially or completely - and how Maldives has many of them. </div>
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and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Maalhosmadulhu_Atoll" title="Southern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Southern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll</span></a> can be seen
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So beautiful! <br />
<br />
The epilogue brought tears to my eyes and I had a big grin on my face, in the end. This is definitely a keeper.<br />
<br />
<b>I LOVED IT!</b><br />
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I happened to hear this song the very next day after reading this, entitled <i>Moments</i>, written by the very talented Ed Sheeran, and sung by One Direction. It’s become T.J.’s song to Anna for me. :-)<br />
<i><b><br />Moments:</b></i><br />
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<b>One of my favourite quotes:</b><br />
<br />
<i> <b>‘Anna: </b></i><br />
<i><b>In
February, I woke up from a nap. A bouquet of flowers gathered from the
various bushes and shrubs scattered around the island lay on the blanket
beside me, a small length of rope wound around their stems.</b></i><br />
<i><b>I found T.J. down at the shore. “Someone’s been checking the calendar.”</b></i><br />
<i><b>He grinned. “I didn’t want to miss Valentine’s Day.”</b></i><br />
<i><b>I kissed him. “You’re sweet to me.”</b></i><br />
<i><b>Pulling me closer, he said, “It’s not hard, Anna.”</b></i><br />
<i><b>I
stared into T.J.’s eyes, and he started to sway. My arms went around
his neck and we danced, moving in a circle, the sand soft and warm under
our feet.</b></i><br />
<i><b>“You don’t need music, do you?”</b></i><br />
<i><b>“No,” T.J. said. “But I do need you.”’</b></i></div>
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<i><b> </b> </i></div>
Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-29394840843226148512013-01-20T01:04:00.000-08:002013-01-24T23:01:11.842-08:00My Photoetry: Ripples<br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">~*~<i><b>RIPPLES</b></i>~*~ </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are ripples every day,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From words that we say,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The thoughtfulness we show,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It just won’t go astray,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And the hurts that we cause,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Won’t easily go away.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How far those ripples go,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We may never know,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yet every kindness shown,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Won’t by the winds be blown;</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For every time we take a moment,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To listen, to care,<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">To </span>put ourselves out there,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We may just ease someone’s torment.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Even just the little acts,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Like a smile or a touch,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Could have such big impacts,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And mean so very much;</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Like one moment where,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You looked in someone’s eyes,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By acknowledging you<span style="font-size: large;"> see</span></span> them there,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You may have eased their silent cries.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In bringing someone hope,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We don’t just help that one person cope,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For in their lifted state,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Others whose lives they touch,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">May also increase their faith<span style="font-size: large;">,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">An<span style="font-size: large;">d that</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;">can never <span style="font-size: large;">be</span> too much.</span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;">~By Jayne Miche<span style="font-size: large;">llane a.k<span style="font-size: large;">.a. Lady Jayne on 20 January 2013.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="textexposedshow"><i>"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every
act creates a ripple with no logical end."</i> </span></span></span></span></div>
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Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-66542901231392418112013-01-18T04:19:00.000-08:002013-01-28T00:48:26.382-08:00My Photoetry: Tattered Toy<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Her hopes and wishes</span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">To hold hope in her heart;</span></span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">She felt like she was</span></span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Completely falling apart.</span></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">She gathered up her hopes and <span style="font-size: large;">faith</span>,</span></span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Stitched them up within,</span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="color: #660000;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Model: Tahlya Mitrovic</span></span></span></i></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div>
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Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-77303399632360284272012-12-31T04:41:00.002-08:002012-12-31T04:41:41.155-08:00HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="userContent">May it be filled with wonderful, memorable, </span></span></span></b></span></div>
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Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-11859234525689097472012-12-24T16:17:00.002-08:002012-12-24T16:17:30.907-08:00Blessed Christmas to all!!! ♥<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a wonderful, safe, blessed and love and hope filled Christmas with your loved ones! </span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And to those who are grieving, at this time, </span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I pray for comfort and peace. XOXO</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<br />Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-12708673766617892952012-12-03T06:03:00.000-08:002012-12-05T13:13:54.576-08:00Review: The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2761356-the-sweet-gum-tree" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Sweet Gum Tree" border="0" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1352084144m/2761356.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2761356-the-sweet-gum-tree">The Sweet Gum Tree</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1077176.Katherine_Allred">Katherine Allred</a><br />
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<b>“Growing up in the Crowley Ridge area of Arkansas, I paid little attention to the sweet gum trees except to admire their brilliant colors during the fall. </b><b>And maybe to laugh when the Judge cursed each time he ran the
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<b>It wasn’t until I was a grown woman that I realized the true nature of the tree. A sweet gum tree is the chameleon of wood, its corky exterior hiding its inner ability to imitate anything from cherry to mahogany. But its real value, one unrealized by most people, is its deep red heart, steady and strong. They see only the pale fibrous wood, easily warped, that surrounds the core.</b><br />
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You know when you are just in the mood for something emotional, heart-aching and angsty? No? Oh, maybe that’s just me, then! Haha! Well, I get in those moods, and am definitely in one, now, which is what made me decide to pick this one up.</div>
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The Sweet Gum Tree was a gripping, sweet and heart-breaking story by Katherine Allred, with a well-developed cast of realistic characters set in a small town in Arkansas.</div>
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I loved the symbolism of the sweet gum tree in this love story between Alix French and Nick Anderson, which could definitely be considered “epic”. I loved both these characters, though there were moments they both exasperated me and made my heart just ache.</div>
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The story began when Alix was 8-years old and Nick was 10. Feisty Alix decided she was going to “save” outcast Nick, son of the drunken salvage yard owner. She invited him to the church picnic and lent him her treasured Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books, not realising it would spark a chain of events that would lead them through decades of love and pain.</div>
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Alix and Nick’s love story had moments of the brilliance of the heart-warming autumn leaves of the sweet gum tree, but it also bore the prickly, wintry burs of the hurts they caused each other.</div>
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Through the weathering of the seasons of Life, at the core, though, Alix and Nick's love stayed strong, and they managed to forgive each other. I was thrilled when they finally got their happily-ever-after. </div>
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The reason it was not quite 5-Stars for me, though, was my frustration at the assumptions and misunderstandings that abounded. I, as the reader, could see things a mile away, and it vexed me, somewhat, that the characters couldn’t. Though, you know the saying of being too close to something? It made sense for these characters to behave and react the way they did; it’s just that due to certain things in my own life, right now, the characters’ actions quite upset me.<br />
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Despite that, I certainly couldn’t put this down and Alix and Nick’s epic story will certainly stay with me.</div>
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Recommended.</div>
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My friend Wendy had a perfect and delicious image of Nick in her review. *sighs* Oh, Nick, Nick, Nick... I adored Nick!</div>
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Link to<a href="http://ladyjaynesreadingden.blogspot.com.auhttp//www.goodreads.com/review/show/206684486?type=review#comment_62838338" target="_blank"> Wendy's review here</a>.<br />
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<br />Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-67583331145431826852012-11-11T02:59:00.002-08:002012-11-11T02:59:44.881-08:00Inspiration of the Moment: Hope<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Awesome! Haha! Funny marketing, Samhain Publishing! </span></span></span></div>
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<br />Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-21139534032110390702012-09-14T04:31:00.000-07:002013-01-24T23:02:00.883-08:00My Photoetry: The Broken Bowl<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">I feel drenched in sadness,</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> Where is the gladness?</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> Where has it gone,</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> <span style="font-size: large;">Leaving me withdrawn?</span></span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I just need to keep working it out,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To stop the darkness,</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Lady Jayne http://www.blogger.com/profile/08994960666763240987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950052435750678309.post-57255940022362731102012-08-27T05:29:00.000-07:002012-09-19T05:37:22.083-07:00My Photography and Poetry: Cherry Blossoms!!! :-)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="hasCaption">~*~<i>Cherry Blossoms</i>~*~</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="hasCaption"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b style="color: #e06666;"><i> Do you know that you’re awesome?</i></b></span></span><br />
<span class="hasCaption"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b style="color: #e06666;"><i> You are so pretty in pink,</i></b></span></span><br />
<span class="hasCaption"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b style="color: #e06666;"><i> And beautiful in white, too,</i></b></span> </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i> Whenever I gaze at your loveliness,<br /> It chases away all my Winter blues!<br /> I ♥ Cherry Blossoms!!! ^_^</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">~ By Jayne Michellane a.k.a Lady Jayne, written on 26 August 2012.</span><br />
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<b><span class="hasCaption"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>~*~The Coming of Spring~*~ </i></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="hasCaption"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The rain and chill remind me,<br /> that Winter is still here,<br /> But the buds and flowers sing,<br /> that Spring is very near! </i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="hasCaption"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The lovely, barely dressed branches,</i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="hasCaption"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Sparkling with glistening drops of rain,<br />Make me smile for the coming Spring,<br />And washes away my Winter pains. </i></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="hasCaption"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> </i></b></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;">~ By Jayne Michellane a.k.a Lady Jayne, written on 25 August 2012.<br /> Photo taken at Belair, South Australia, on 18 August 2012.</span></span></div>
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