People are always telling me that my work is too dark. So I've put up this sunnier story, but even it has a shadow, as its original publisher – a fine Atlantic Canadian literary magazine called the Gaspereau Review – is no longer in business. ---------------- It was a simple enough thing and that thing was simply this: Edmund Kelley was a gentleman. Of course his mom called him her 'little gentleman', as in 'Oh Edmund, you are my perfect little gentleman,' which did seem to hold to a certain logic that these type of things often follow, considering her affection for him and the fact that he was, after all, only ten years old. Still, Edmund himself was not particularly fond of the diminutive aspect of that title. Gentleman was enough; gentleman summed up the whole thing rather nicely, thank you. He was definitely a more refined version of your average child. He lived in a state of perpetual Sunday m
Draw things, paint things, write things, make things.
I didn't know you had it in you!
ReplyDeletei think it is just PRETTY.
ReplyDeletei think it's simply wonderful. yes, that sweet kind of wonderful.
ReplyDeletelove birds are the most beautiful thing to watch. i have two that played all summer long in the tree right before my balcony. and mornings, it would be me and my cup of coffee sitting outside simply watching... and maybe dreaming a bit.
smiles...
angela.
COMM Class 21 absolutely DIGGS your art!
ReplyDelete- COMM 21 (A.K.A Christina's Class)
As one of the recipients of the greeting card - we love it - and thank you, again. It was incredibly thoughtful of you to remember us and happy belated anniversary to you two!
ReplyDeleteLet's make a 2009 resolution to finally meet up somewhere and enjoy dinner and good company and other kinds of socialization. You guys can come over and see the greeting card in its new home (we haven't taken it down - even with all the Christmas cards that went around it).
MB/Mark