The Tearoom

*My exasperated blog-persona nags me in the middle of the night, in the morning, and all day long to publish that post *  Me: Alright, then. Okay. Fine. I'm going, I'm doing it right now. This post has been sitting in my queue for almost a month, and I haven't posted it. It has been finished, all I've had to do is click the "publish" button. Well anyway, here it is now. ❦  The world doesn't tell you very often to be yourself, except in that wonderfully insincere, cliché way on posters. Society never really means it. You have to read for the subtext: "Be yourself (but not in any way that contradicts the accepted norms)". Even the people we love sometimes don't accept us for who we are. I get tired of it, and I get tired of fighting it every waking moment.  I believe that I am the way I am. I believe that I should be able to be comfortable in the way I am. I believe that the world shouldn't bother itself about how different I am.  But somet

Hello all, I know it has been an awfully long time since I last posted, but this month I intend {ed} to parse out some time for blogging as a sort of birthday present to myself {she says more than half way through the month} .  Anyway, when I saw this tag I just couldn't pass it up, being named for a medieval queen myself.  I found this tag in a post by Livia Rose @ Rosepetalsandfairydust Also, some of the prompts require me to reveal elements of the books, and others require my opinion: please read with caution.  I try to avoid details, but I don't want to spoil any part of the story for anyone. Empress Matilda (1102-1167) After her father, Henry I, died naming her his heir, Matilda’s cousin, Stephen, subsequently took the throne for himself. Matilda never stopped fighting for what was rightfully hers. Though she would never be named Queen of England in her own right, she was able to convince Stephen to name her son, the future Henry II, his successor over his own children. C

Hello, Today I am posting my answers to my Shakespeare Tag ! I've loved reading the posts done so far, and I look forward to reading more! Some of the answers I've seen have made me want to change mine, but I've tried to mostly resist the urge. When I started answering these I realized how hard they are! If I do another tag sometime will someone remind me to make it a little easier? Nevertheless, I wanted to answer my own questions, I promised to do so in my initial tag post, and I now have the excuse that I was thoughtfully tagged by Megan Chappie at  The Pen and the Cross .  Anyway, "March on, join bravely, let us to 't pell-mell!" a quote which here means: stop stalling and let everyone read your elongated answers to the questions. The Rules: 1. Answer truthfully, "Thou canst not then be false to any man." {I just put that as a rule because I wanted to use the quote . hee hee! } 2. Tag at least three people and let them know that they'

Gi'e ye good day fellow bloggers, As this is the month of poetry, and as this be The Bard's birthday, I thought it would be fun to try a tag. Now, since I've never created a tag before there are sure to be some flaws, frankly I don't even know if this is what you do, "But be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." {that quote is only appropriate for me if you know the context.} The Rules: 1. Answer truthfully, "Thou canst not then be false to any man." {I just put that as a rule because I wanted to use the quote . hee hee! } 2. Tag at least three people and let them know that they've been tagged. "For he today who does this tag with me shall be my brother..." 3.Link back to the person who tagged you and post a link to your post in the comments, because I want to read your answers and "There never was yet philosopher who could endure the t

Salutations! I hope that in spite of everything you've had a beautiful month of April so far, and that you've been able to get outside and see the poetry of spring in everything. I've been spending considerable time in various secret gardens on my family's property, and have been attempting to celebrate National Poetry Month as best I can. Right now I think we could all use something to celebrate, not in a huge way, but something to keep us inspired. On that note, here are some fun things to celebrate for the rest of the month: April 15th {today} - World Art Day April 16th - National Librarian Day April 17th - International Haiku Poetry Day April 18th - Newspaper Columnists Day April 22nd - Earth Day April 23rd - Shakespeare's Birth Day April 24th - Arbor Day April 26th - Shakespeare's Death Day & Baptism {possible birth date} April 27th - Tell A Story Day April 28th - Great Poetry Reading Day April 30th - Poem in Your Pocket Day &

Hello all, It's March, but where I live it's really still winter and I have begun to feel the midwinter blues, as I'm sure many of us have, so I must needs do something to put the magic back into winter. ''Magic,'' you say, "why magic, what magic?" Well, you have to admit that the first frost and the first snowfall draping delicate tendrils of cold lace over the tree boughs has some magic in it. Or this time of year, melting, dripping icicles and shimmering, crystalline ice formations in the damp snow {I still think they must be fairy palaces} are certainly magic. Therefore, that magic must still be there, it just gets hidden under layers of despair, colds, and cabin fever. "So," you say, "what can we do about it?" Have tea of course! But not just any tea, something floral and lovely to lift the dullness. There's almost nothing better than a story to lift the darkness, especially a story with magic in it.