Ibiza Writing Challenge – Day 23
The main thing is making sure anything I do is just and right. Not to make as much money as possible, not to fuck people over… I want to make sure when I look back I’m not ashamed of anything I did....
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I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world for there I could best see the moonlight and mountains. ~Henry David Thoreau Talamanca, Ibiza
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It was always himself the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily. ~Cormac McCarthy Ses Salinas, Ibiza
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What is to give light must endure burning. ~Victor Frankl Sunset, Morna Valley, Ibiza
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The best piety is to enjoy – when you can. You are doing the most then to save the earth’s character as an agreeable planet. ~George Eliot Puerta de Cielo, Ibiza
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If you care enough about something it’s going to make you cry. But you have to use it. Use your tears. Use your pain. Use your fear. ~Sherman Alexie Fig tree, Ibiza
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Continue under all circumstances. Don’t be tossed away. Make positive effort for the good each and every day. ~Katagiri Roshi Sant Mateu valley, Ibiza
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There is only one thing for you to remember, that is the distinction between what is yours and what is not yours. ~Epictetus
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I was enraptured with my surroundings – contemptuous of all, envious of all, proud, courageous, scared to death. ~EB White Cala d’Albarca, Ibiza
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Blogging daily in August for my Ibiza Writing Challenge was incredibly rewarding. It was a pleasure to go through old photos, choose favourite quotes, and connect with new friends. Massive thanks to...
View ArticleHow To Be Creative: Vino y Co
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View ArticlePoem of the Month: O Me, O Life! by Walt Whitman
October flew – here I am on the 30th only just adding my poem of the month. Work. Moving. Family. Love. What good, amid these, o time taken to memorise poetry? Answer: that the enrichment outweighs the...
View ArticleCWI on Tour
I am delighted to be back on home turf for a few weeks, promoting Vine Lives: Oregon Wine Pioneers and hanging out with my family. Here’s a few snapshots from the journey so far..
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Bookshops… a great place to be. Cila Warncke Writer Vine Lives: Oregon Wine Pioneers is crossing continents and oceans! In addition to being available online at AMAZON.COM, AMAZON.CO.UK, and VineLiv.es...
View ArticleWrite and Shine
Writing advice doesn’t get better than Seymour’s note to brother Buddy in JD Salinger’s Seymour, An Introduction. I dread saying anything to you tonight, dear old Buddy, except the trite. Please follow...
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