You have a high mountain to climb making American writing readable. I was good looking in my youth so despite my early poverty married well. I visited the east coast. New York, Philadelphia and a very odd place for my husband’s cousin the cape cod area. Wellfleet? Near province town? They owned their own lake but couldn’t control their children? I got the sense that I’d probably like normal Americans .
I took 4 kids through France and Italy every summer. I’m a part working class part hippy. Every thing is true. France is the most beautiful country apart from the French. But Italians love the bambino’s. In England we are a frosty lot. Unless you make us laugh
It is true. I write like myself, part of which involves messing around with a bunch of these approaches. Initially, I was one of those kids who practiced writing by slavishly imitating a style (many such cases), but I think that's how you learn any craft until the point where you can improvise.
You don’t do mimicry. I was a nightingale nurse. But as an aside I did an English literature degree at goldsmiths. In its heyday.of p”post modernism in the art department. Your American you probably haven’t heard of Damien Horst and Tracey emin. The art department ? So cool and post modern but the boys so feeble looking, Chock a block with post modern nonsense. Luckily I did English literature and it was old skool. Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, obviously the romantics, Shelly Keats the cabs drivers son beat them all. We took the Russians seriously and the french. But the Americans? Always a puzzle! Hemingway and Fitzgerald ok. But the weird Roth and Updike? No nobody in a dusty old department took them seriously. But why can’t Americans produce good writing? Always a puzzle. They’ve been given the language. They went into movies? Anyway you are a good writer. Very entertaining and readable. And I reckon if you come to England I’d take you and you family somewhere lovely in Greenwich and make you laugh. You’re a good writer.
I'm trying to do my (very little) part for American writing (and the Brits at UnHerd do use me on a weekly basis)! "the boys so feeble looking," lol. We do plan to visit again at some point in the next two years, so we may hold you to it!
I need to know more about what’s contained and evolved within that Word doc-turned-Google doc you’ve been keeping for 20 years.
here's a thrilling sample: 4/10 Protein shake x3-4, 8 protein waffles, 2 small slices cflr pizza,
Deadlift 425x1, 515x1, 565x2, 635x1, belt squats up to 300 lbs x20-40, indian club swings, kb swings 90 lb x30,30,30, 140 lb dummy squats x15 , neck x 60 x10-20, banded squats,
Gemstones - done
Town hall 12 pm - done
DM 100 pm - done
Chris smith 4pm - done
Roberts podcast - recorded
note: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48795/48795-h/48795-h.htm#fig14
My immediate thoughts at 4/10 was not that it would be April 10 but a rating of the quality of the protein shake 🤣
no, they're all unflavored whey with oats and cacoa x3-4!
You have a high mountain to climb making American writing readable. I was good looking in my youth so despite my early poverty married well. I visited the east coast. New York, Philadelphia and a very odd place for my husband’s cousin the cape cod area. Wellfleet? Near province town? They owned their own lake but couldn’t control their children? I got the sense that I’d probably like normal Americans .
I know unheard.
Goodnight
Keep writing and making an old retired nurse laugh
You make me laugh
I took 4 kids through France and Italy every summer. I’m a part working class part hippy. Every thing is true. France is the most beautiful country apart from the French. But Italians love the bambino’s. In England we are a frosty lot. Unless you make us laugh
You don’t do mimicry because your voice comes through. You can’t help yourself
It is true. I write like myself, part of which involves messing around with a bunch of these approaches. Initially, I was one of those kids who practiced writing by slavishly imitating a style (many such cases), but I think that's how you learn any craft until the point where you can improvise.
You don’t do mimicry. I was a nightingale nurse. But as an aside I did an English literature degree at goldsmiths. In its heyday.of p”post modernism in the art department. Your American you probably haven’t heard of Damien Horst and Tracey emin. The art department ? So cool and post modern but the boys so feeble looking, Chock a block with post modern nonsense. Luckily I did English literature and it was old skool. Chaucer, Donne, Shakespeare, obviously the romantics, Shelly Keats the cabs drivers son beat them all. We took the Russians seriously and the french. But the Americans? Always a puzzle! Hemingway and Fitzgerald ok. But the weird Roth and Updike? No nobody in a dusty old department took them seriously. But why can’t Americans produce good writing? Always a puzzle. They’ve been given the language. They went into movies? Anyway you are a good writer. Very entertaining and readable. And I reckon if you come to England I’d take you and you family somewhere lovely in Greenwich and make you laugh. You’re a good writer.
I'm trying to do my (very little) part for American writing (and the Brits at UnHerd do use me on a weekly basis)! "the boys so feeble looking," lol. We do plan to visit again at some point in the next two years, so we may hold you to it!
Good. I’ll take you somewhere decent, not a shite tourist trap. And with a little one child friendly