notes by scribblerbean

Cut & Paste

Scribblerbean — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:50:34 +0000

I’ve spent the past few weeks immersed in silent dialogue with a few modernist and post-modernist poems. I tell myself it’s for fun (which it is, for the most part) but this is so I remain calm and collected in the few weeks before finals. The fun arises from stumbling on ordinary things with unexpected [...]

No Motion Poetry

Scribblerbean — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 02:17:08 +0000

Where are all the end stops? It is all enjambment and I am transitive all verbs with an object just within reach. Until it moves again. So I stop and stop some more. Poetry by Scribblerbean© All rights reserved. Filed under: Writing Tagged: grammar, poetry, syntax, TCK, transition

Awards Season

Scribblerbean — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:23:06 +0000

Being in transit over the holidays meant we had no tree in our flat. I wrapped a total of three presents (small ones). It’s quiet work, waiting for the holiday spirit to visit. But I came back after Christmas to find that fellow wanderer becomingmadame.wordpress.com had nominated Scribblerbean for two awards: the Beautiful Blogger Award [...]

The Value of Solitude

Scribblerbean — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 07:17:34 +0000

I’ve overturned a log in the forest and out scurried colorful little creatures that were hiding in the crevices. Not really, no. But it’s been a little like this, over the past 48 hours. Just the other day a friend of mine posted this infographic, about living with introverts. Putting it on my own wall, [...]

Fine Fall

Scribblerbean — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:37:21 +0000

Fall speaks loudly here. Filed under: Photography, Travel Tagged: autumn, campus, Carolinas, Chicago, travel

How To Choose A Place To Live

Scribblerbean — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:09:18 +0000

1. Open the newspaper and find the Classifieds. Feel overwhelmed, as you usually are when faced with too many choices. Temper passions with an eye on practical considerations, such as food preferences and limitations based upon budget. Once you find the Classifieds, pore over the many categories. Be distracted by ads selling antique typewriters, Labrador [...]

Invasive Procedures

Scribblerbean — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:05:25 +0000

Sometimes in my father’s house the doors of the upstairs bedrooms close on their own. My sister, before moving away to Omaha, used to say she saw things that weren’t there. Still, I never believed the house was haunted, so it didn’t bother me to take a nap in my sister’s old room (“the blue [...]

Mistress of Spices, in a way.

Scribblerbean — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:55:06 +0000

Having run out of coffee today I had to get my caffeine fix from another source. I rummaged and found a handful of essential spices (cinnamon, clove, cardamom) and brewed me some chai instead. The anise didn't go into the pot; it's just here because it's pretty. My course work in non-fiction is coming to a close so hopefully I can channel more energy back into this blog. It was a summer course, swift and rigorous, and stretched as I am, I am ever so grateful for the privilege of having taken it. Thanks all for your patience! I do hope to be back to scribbling very soon.

How To Make Muffins

Scribblerbean — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:52:52 +0000

On afternoons when the air crawls and my words get lost in a cloud in my head, I bake. As cupboards slam, the rattling of cake tins begins to dislodge ideas, shaking them loose like flour through a sifter. For all its demands of focus and precise amounts, baking draws me into a state of [...]

How do you know you’re for real?

Scribblerbean — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:31:05 +0000

This explains everything.