The inimitable Lucy Coats, storyteller extraordinaire, has bestowed upon me a lovely, glittery award. In fact, none other than the Unicorn Glitter Award. You may recall that I interviewed the lovely Lucy a few blog posts ago. If you didn't read said blog post, go and read it now! Forthwith!
This special Glitter Award is for bloggers who post in the spirit of the enchanted mists. So if your blog includes:
fantasy & science fiction (books, films, games),
fabulous artwork,
poetry,
spiritual stuff,
magic,
myths and legends,
enchanted creatures,
anything else mysterious, beautiful or otherworldly,
you might see one come your way!
As with all awards, there are rules and the rules of this award are...
1. Pass this award on to a maximum of five other blogs you think would make the horn glitter. If you only want to pass it on once, that's fine - but the magic dies if you keep it under your bed for too long! And don't forget to leave a comment on your chosen blog(s) to let them know about it.
2. Add the award to the sidebar of your blog with a link back to this blog/post.
3. Tell us your favourite:
Book
Film
Poem or song
Myth or legend
Enchanted creature
So, first off, let me pass on this award to five other lovely, glittery blogs. First up, is the amazing, remarkable and incredibly special and talented Tessa Edwards of Aerial Armadillo. Next is Val of Monkeys on the Roof who gives us stunning words and images of the beauty and mystery of wild Africa. Then there is the remarkable Candy Gourlay, a wonderful and talented storyteller, and Jon Mayhew, another wonderful teller of tales. And finally there is another magical storyteller and Chinese brush artist, Cindy Pon. May your horns glitter brightly!
And now - my favourite book... I think it must be Elizabeth Goudge's The Little White Horse, a children's classic.
My favourite film - Stealing Beauty because I can't resist the Tuscan landscape the wonderful coming of age story and romance.
My favourite poem - TS Eliot's Little Gidding V - you know the one...
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half heard, in the stillness
Between the two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always--
A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
And all shall be well and
All manner of things shall be well
When the tongues of flame are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half heard, in the stillness
Between the two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always--
A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
And all shall be well and
All manner of things shall be well
When the tongues of flame are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
Favourite myth or legend - I'm really not sure why, but it must probably be the story of MomotarÅ, the little Peach Boy from Japanese legend.
And finally my favourite enchanted creature - no prizes for guessing, for anyone who knows me - it's the Pegasus - and for all sorts of reasons which I'm not going to explain here!
17 comments:
thank you nicky for the shiny thing (and lucy for passing it on). i would wish more sparkle to your blog but it would be unnecessary since it already burns brightly!
Congratulations! You can upgrade your cave now. I didn't know that particular poem, and I'm going to copy it and post it in my cave, with your permission.
It is a bit sparkly around here, isn't it, Candy! ;-)
Thanks, Lakeviewer - and of course you can post Little Gidding in your cave - I don't think Mr Eliot would mind! ;-)
"And all shall be well and/All manner of things shall be well/When the tongues of flame are in-folded/Into the crowned knot of fire/And the fire and the rose are one." Do you know how much I love T S Elliot... ah well, yes of course you do. Because you just do, is all :-))
Funny innit, how you come across someone with whom you share so many interests and passions, pastimes and pleasures...and there is that special little sound, a kind of tickity-tockity and everything all slots in rather perfectly. Both born and raised in the same country, although thousands of miles apart now, I feel like I've known you, young Nicks, for a very long time!
I'm honoured to accept this shimmering award - and shall wear it and pass it on with pride. Thank you - my day shines even brighter now! xx
thanks so much, nicky! what an honor!! *beams*!!
Wonderful, and truly well deserved. Long live the glittery unicorn! (love T.S. Elliot, and Stealing Beauty).
xo
wow nicky - thanks so much - am hugely honoured! of course its the creatures round here that sparkle more than anything so on their behalf i gladly accept; and i shall enjoy visiting the other blogs you mention here; thanks always for your bright shiny sparkling creativity shared in blog land. its so true - you and Tessa have much in common!!xx
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Congratulation to this award.
You definitely deserve this award hon and I hope it sparkle never dims :-)
Love T S Elliot too but have never seen Stealing Beauty...must go and check it out!
C x
Oh I love Stealing Beauty! Who wouldn't want to be there?!?
Lovely sparkliness! gosh, I have been reading through lots and lots of your posts, having last read the one with Mauritian photos.. Hope you are coming along well with the manuscript, and I do enjoy all your author interviews, no matter how long they take to read through - nice procrastinating coffee breaks!
Tessa - I think we may have burst forth from the same star :-) xxx
Glad ya like it, Cindy!
Ah, Lori, another star-sister!
xxx
Aw, Val, putting me anywhere next the wonderfulness of Tessa is a huge honour, thank you! And as for the magical sparkliness, your words, dear friend, are every bit as magical as the creatures you write about xxx
Thanks, Ropi!
Ooh, I think you'll love Stealing Beauty, Carol - and Bread and Tulips if you've not seen it.
Well, exactly, Megan! :-)
The manuscript is "finished" and has been subbed to agents - I may have to do a blog post about that story though, Karen. Now I'm working on a new one. And er, sorry about the length of the author interviews... ;-)
Awww I fancy Pegasus myself but love the Arabian Nights. Give me 6 weeks and I'll be Stealing Beauty under the Tuscan sun . . hehehe
Excellent verses. Thanks. I wish you successes.
Hey Nicky! Can you publish your poem in our forum at www.guineas.com ? Thanks!
It's not my poem, Fly, so you're free to publish it yourself on your forum! I think it's out of copyright, otherwise just attribute it to T S Eliot - it gets quoted often enough!
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