tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post2894891287018349479..comments2023-10-11T05:53:41.041-04:00Comments on Prill Boyle's Defying Gravity: Quote of the Day: "The Road to Self-Renewal"Prill Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-63841508440736412292008-11-04T20:38:00.000-05:002008-11-04T20:38:00.000-05:00Thanks Barbara & Carolyn. I hesitated to post...Thanks Barbara & Carolyn. I hesitated to post the entire speech. Knowing how busy everyone is these days and how much more tedious it is to read on-line text versus print, I try to keep my postings short. But I wasn't able to find an authoritative, on-line version of the speech. I discovered a PDF file of it, but no easy way to link there. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I know it's a long readPrill Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-91827970011174723552008-11-04T17:28:00.000-05:002008-11-04T17:28:00.000-05:00What a lovely surprise, Prill. Gardner's book was ...What a lovely surprise, Prill. Gardner's book was the first book on creative writing I ever read. I can't remember the title but it was full of secrets for writing short stories and before I read him, I had only written news stories. In that sense, I credit him with the wonderful creative outlet that creative writing has afforded me. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for the memories.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>Carolyn Howard-Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041591136206289558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-11546132495017502502008-11-04T17:09:00.000-05:002008-11-04T17:09:00.000-05:00I am so, so glad I took the time to read through t...I am so, so glad I took the time to read through this entire speech. Wow. I cried reading the paragraph the young woman kept in her wallet. I just love, "meaning is something you build into your life." And that meaning is defined by you and only you... that is so powerful. I will be printing that out and keeping it... it struck me so deeply.<BR/>Thanks so much for sharing this.<BR/>Barbara<Barbara Techelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134325665864082572noreply@blogger.com