A great love

A great love

Hard not to love someone who is known, and even mocked, for his great love of trees and grass.   Gorky met many unusual characters in his childhood and thanks to his memoirs, they have not vanished without trace, but can be liked and admired by succeeding generations...
Singing her words

Singing her words

A magnificent description of those most ephemeral of physical traits, a person’s way of speaking and the expression of their eyes.  Gorky’s grandmother was a wonderful character and I hereby nominate her for a Nuannaarpoq Award.  (Soon I will line up a...
Gathering roses and sprinkling petals

Gathering roses and sprinkling petals

A beautiful, bright image. Mary is one of the finest characters in Middlemarch, with a sure touch and a strong inner light that outshines her outward lack of beauty. She gains and retains the love of a man who needs her steadying strength to right himself. Here he...
Keen and buoyant

Keen and buoyant

A short, fine description of a complex, quirky, interested and interesting character.  How many people do you know whom you could describe thus? Wishing you plenty of time with keen, buoyant natures, with varying passions for flowers, metaphysics, or whatever else...

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