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Where’s the solace?

03/26/2013 By Ellen Beals 4 Comments

"Sometimes grief itself (what Jayant Kamicheril describes as 'that kaleidoscope of broken feelings') must be our source of solace. . . ." I wrote these words in the introduction to Solace in So Many Words mainly in reference to grief experienced after loss of a child or loved one. But recently I have been struggling to find the solace in the news relating to Steubenville, Ohio rape case. There is only grief. Usually in this blog I cite what I have been reading, and that's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Amanda Marcotte, Amy Davidson, Anna March, Anonymous, Anthology, Black Flag, CNN, Ellen Wade Beals, Gawker, HBO, Henry Rollins, Jaclyn Lyons, Jaclyn Writes, Kevin Johnson, Mallory Ortberg, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon, Slate, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Steubenville Rape Case, The Invisible War, The New Yorker, USA Today, Weighed Words

Gloomy solace

03/26/2013 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Gloomy solace

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Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Gloomy solace, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Family cottage

03/16/2013 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Family cottage

This is a photo of a photo taken in 1980 when I went to Ireland for my first time.  I was able to meet my mother's relatives and see the cottage where my grandfather lived.  This "ould sod" for me is in Gneeveguilla, Country Kerry. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: County Kerry, Ellen Wade Beals, Family Cottage, Gneeveguilla, Ireland, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Serenity Prayer

03/16/2013 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

  God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.   The Serenity Prayer is the common name for the first part of an originally untitled prayer by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Slice of Solace Tagged With: Ellen Wade Beals, Reinhold Neibuhr, Serenity Prayer, Solace, Solace in So Many Words

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day: Poetry Ireland, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and Yeats

03/16/2013 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day: Poetry Ireland, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and Yeats

Today's focus is on the Irish, so I have listed some of my favorite literary Irish things. If you're looking for contemporary Irish poetry, there is no better journal than Poetry Ireland Review (published quarterly). A subscription also includes a bi-monthly news letter, Poetry Ireland News. Though the overseas subscription rate is rather steep, the journal never disappoints and includes reviews and essays on craft as well as contemporary Irish and international … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Academy of American Poets, Annaghmakerrig, Ellen Wade Beals, Irish, Irish literature, Poetry, Poetry Ireland, ROPES, Saint Patrick's Day, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The Arts Office of Limerick City Council, The Countess Katleen and Various Legends and Lyrics, The Lake Isle of Innisfree, The Stony Thursday Book, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Weighed Words, William Butler Yeats

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