This writeup is in part a response to Dennis Lehane by Bitriot. Because while I love his writing very much he could not be more wrong.

"Such, in brief, was the physical and mental nature of the third human species. In spite of innumerable distractions, the spirit of the Third Men kept on returning to follow up the thread through a thousand variegated cultures. Again and again folk after folk would clamber out of savagery

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It doesn't take much to make me smile

I found this today- mostly by accident.
This is from a site called:

http://www.howtoteachkids.info/

It is a short lesson on teaching kids to write their own sentences.

Pick one idea that is not a complete sentence such as "pretty and red."
Explain that a sentence is about someone or something. Ask, "What is it that is 'pretty and red?' Our sentence has to tell us."

This winter's afternoon, I sit
here in my third-floor, lacquer-washed
little glass box.

The boss is away, and there is
just enough work, if I forget
the filing, to fill
half
the time until five.

(I find, somehow, that I can
always forget the filing.)

And so, I write.

When I'm done, I will take
these shaped-and-crafted,
thoughtful words,
and print them…

Sugar to exfoliate the skin; oil to moisturize it; maybe a bit of scent to make you feel divine. It's the simplest thing in the world.

You've got two options. You can pay a fortune for this stuff at Lush or Bath & Body Works or some other bourge emporium, or you can make your own two-month supply for about a dollar. The homemade stuff is at least as good as you get in the store, particularly if you add a bit of your favourite scent. But perfume is scarcely necessary --…