BW21: Unique, Unusual, or Unconventional.

 

Happy Sunday and thank you to all who died in the service of our country and hugs to all their families.  I love reading unique stories - some of which may be weird, mind blowing, extraordinary, and most often - unusual or  unconventional.  Stories like Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar,  Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall, or 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.   What books have you read that were unique, unusual, or unconventional? 

9 Unique Books I’ve Loved

Literature’s 12 Most Unusual Books

10 “unique” and distinctive books

Top Ten Tuesday: The Most Unique Books I’ve Read

Unconventional Style / Voice

BW20: A Time to Talk

 Time To Talk

By

Robert Frost

When a friend calls to me from the road

And slows his horse to a meaning walk,

I don't stand still and look around

On all the hills I haven't hoed,

And shout from where I am, What is it?

No, not as there is a time to talk.

I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,

Blade-end up and five feet tall,

And plod: I go up to the stone wall

For a friendly visit.

BW19: Happy Mother's Day

 

She Is the Quiet

by

Jen Ambrose

She is the quiet that settles in after the storm,

not the thunder,

not the flash—

but the stillness that holds the house together

when everyone else forgets to breathe.

She is the hand that never lets go,

even when it seems like she has.

Invisible strength tucked in folded laundry,

school lunches,

and the way she always remembers

what you forgot to say.

She doesn’t ask the world for attention.

She listens for the creak of the floorboards,

knows the weight of each footstep,

feels the shift in the air

when someone needs her.

Her love isn’t loud.

It’s the worn chair at the kitchen table,

the light left on in the hallway,

the way she knew before you did—

what you were carrying.

She is the thread.

Not the needle. Not the fabric.

But the thing that binds it all

so gently

you don’t realize it’s there

until something unravels.

And still, she stays.

Even when she’s tired,

even when her heart is stretching

farther than it should,

she stays.

Not because she has to.

Because she chooses to.

Every day.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

BW18: Norbert

 

Welcome to May and our Dragon of the Month  - Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback - from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.  When Charlie Weasley, Ron's brother took him to the dragon sanctuary in Romania where he worked, it was later discovered Norbert was actually a Norberta.  But he, erm She wasn't the only dragon in the wizarding world. 

Ranking the wizarding world’s top dragons

My house is Gryffindor - Find your house!  

Harry Potter series

May is also Mystery Month, Gifts from the Garden Month, Date your Mate Month, plus Bike Month and Barbecue Month. Just think of the books we could read this month.  I'll be revisiting Harry Potter and will probably be reading some mystery and foodie books and living vicariously through books in which the characters love flowers.  Achoo!