Ha ha, when I read your comment the other day about reading Her Thirties, I went back to revisit it - ended up reading and re-editing 44 chapters - I was sitting in my front room with music softly playing

I agree with you - parenthood is as much relationship as biology As for the grammatical aspect, I used to favour Canadian English which tends to be closer to British, but since my audience is mostly American,

I am glad you are still here, Arthur, and responding - that is why we write as Dylan Thomas said, I labour by singing light Not for ambition or bread Or the strut and trade of charms On the ivory stages

Thank you, Reylyn

Thank you!

Thanks, Doug - I appreciate that :)

thanks :)

Thank you!

Actually, it's one and the same - I noticed that with my poetry and stories - I've had people on steemit react with surprise when i write a post that isn't literary - they say, "Oh, now I hear your

Thanks, Lydon - Glad to hear you and Creatr stay in touch - I guess we're all in limbo as Steemit seems to be slowly disintegrating - nobody's really minding the store - all kinds of things are happening

Thank you, Arthur - You always see the deeper aspects of things - I appreciate that - Her Thirties has a lot of autobiographical elements tied up in it - every time I re-read it I seem to relive some of

Thanks, Arthur - I think I had an account here last year but have lost the user name I used - I may try again :)

Ha ha...very creative, Arthur - you really have a flair, a fluency of style that is breezy and could be classed as sprezzatura - a studied ease whereby you can parody with little effort and just toss off

hmm...your patreon channel is down. Is that a harbinger of things to come? LOL

Sorry, lydon - I was faithfully checking for your posts but I guess I got out of the habit because of your prolonged absence - But good to see you back - a true leader who seeks the good of people and

Thanks, Arthur - I didn't know about these other sites - are you just using them as tags or are they separate sites? I mean, do you have to post on them like on steemit or Busy.org? If I had to post separately

Thanks, Alan - appreciate your encouragement

exactly ---I agree.

The sense of impotence and despair in this poem is palpable but I can see why the Greek poet saw the promise in it. It was your dark night of the soul, Arthur. Perhaps you view this as a watershed moment

Thanks!