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[names used to represent real people]
Maggie Turner: That would be me, the protagonist of my own life story.
Attila: My treasured friend, keeper of my heart, partner and husband.
Luna, Janus, Imp, Elf, Benny, Bim and Soot: Luna my eldest daughter, Janus
her husband, Imp and Elf their twin daughter and son, Benny and Bim their
trusted four legged canine friends and housemates and last but not least
Soot the forbearing feline of the family
Terra, Lares, Cheech and Chong: Terra, my youngest daughter, Lares her husband.
and Cheech and Chong their four legged feline friends and housemates.
Annie and Frank: Annie, a good friend who moved to England to share a life
with the estimable Frank
Em and Henry: Em and Henry, friends in the "North" who welcome
our visits into their world of family and community. Henry knew my grandfather
Auntie Mame and Mike: Auntie Mame, a longstanding and dear friend who understands
and Mike, her best friend
Carpe Diem and Hoover: Carpe Diem, a fellow ex-academic and her partner
Hoover, gamers for life.
Dolittle and Mrs. Beeslee: Neighbours across the road when we lived in "the
city". Dolittle loves animals, Mrs. Beeslee indulges his eccentricities
with dry wit and humour.
Magarac: Neighbour across the road when we lived in "the city".
Generous, hard-working, the survivor of WWII concentration camps, although
not Jewish. An elderly man with a twinkle in his eye, skip in his step and
an impish smile.
I refer to many people by their actual names, not by nicknames. If I have
used nicknames somewhere and forgotten to list them here please let me know
and I'll update the list.
"Canadian Maggie Turner writes and publishes poetry,
photography, and a personal journal online. Her work reflects the current
way of life in Canada, embracing Canada's past, present, future in a unique
portrayal everyday life. Maggie's voice is one many writers artists, actively
depicting rich diversity culture.
Photography: "a term which comes from the Greek words photos (light)
and graphos (drawing). A photograph is made with a camera by exposing film
to light in order to create a negative. The negative is then used in the
darkroom to print a photograph (positive) onto light-sensitive paper.
Source: University of Arizona Glossary
Poetry: "a form of speech or writing that harmonizes the music of its
language with its subject. To read a great poem is to bring out the perfect
marriage of its sound and thought in a silent or voiced performance. At
least from the time of Aristotle's Poetics, drama was conceived of as a
species of poetry."
Source: Creative Studios
Journal: " "Though a journal may be many things - a treasury,
a storehouse, a jewelry box, a laboratory, a drafting board, a collector's
cabinet, a snapshot album, a history, a travelogue..., a letter to oneself
- it has some definable characteristics. It is a record, an entry-book,
kept regularly, though not necessarily daily.... Some (entries) will be
nearly illegible, written in the dark in the middle of the night.... Not
only is it a record for oneself, but of oneself. Every memorable journal,
any successful journal, is honest. Nothing sham, phony, false...." (Dorothy
Lambert from Ken Macrorie's book, Writing to be Read )
A journal is a way to keep track of your thoughts about what you read...
as well as what you did on any given day."
Source: Journal Writing
