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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
 
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Everyday Canvas #833038 added November 2, 2014 at 12:46pm
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Sunday Musings
Voting:
Yesterday I received a letter through the snail mail. It said, in gist, that this certain group was aware I didn’t miss a vote, and since my voting record was so complete, they would call and talk to me after the election about my voting experience. It is true. I never miss a vote. I think the only two times were when I was out of the country, way back when, and even though I could do the absentee vote thing then, my vote would be counted way after the election results. So I had given up. But this group wanting to talk to me? This somehow didn’t make sense. Why would I discuss my votes with anyone?
As to the experience, the worst experience I had was 2012 when a top official in our state cut the number of sites and days allowed for early voting. I still voted even if I waited 45 minutes on line. This year again, the same official (I am guessing) minimized it again to only two sites. I voted again. Early voting favors the elderly and erases the mix-up due to crowding or missing the voting due to long-lasting lines.
Surely those who fear losing will do everything in their power, so we won’t vote. They just don’t know that I hate people who try to manipulate me. When I sense their intent, I’ll bring heaven and earth together to oppose them.
My E-Books Bias:
“Your perspective on life comes from the cage you were held captive in.”-Shannon L. Alder
I know bias, prejudice, or being opinionated does not a fair person make. Still, in view of the middle education in US, when I am buying E-Books published by the author or even a publishing company, as not all publishing companies are equal, I check the author’s credentials, a sample of his writing, and if any one of the reviews in Amazon mentions language deficiencies in the writing. Although, I make the UK and Australian e-books go through the same routine, I feel better about those writers because their use of the language is usually much better, again due to their education processes.
I have to be careful with this because the mind is like a sponge and it is very likely mine may absorb someone else’s mistake and repeat it. For that reason, if I am reading a book, which is great in the sample and later on I find mistake after mistake, I delete that book without finishing it, and if a book appeals to me somehow, I try to let the author know, which doesn’t sit well with her or him some of the time.
I know this is my quirk, but as a reader I need to be careful, even if, in general, I enjoy e-books and understand how difficult it is to write any book.
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