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Nicknames
[names used to represent real
people and real places]
Maggie Turner: That would be me, the protagonist of my own
life story.
Attila: My treasured friend, keeper of my heart, partner
and husband.
Country House: Maggie's Smile: The rural home Attila and I share, named
after my Great Great Great Grandmother Maggie Morrison (her
real name).
Luna, Janus, Imp, Elf, Tink, Benny, Bim and Soot: Luna my
eldest daughter, Janus her husband, Imp and Elf their twin
daughter and son, Tink is their youngest daughter, Benny
and Bim their trusted four legged canine friends and housemates
and last but not least Soot the forbearing feline of the
family
Terra, Lares, Cheech and Chong: Terra, my youngest daughter,
Lares her husband. and Cheech and Chong their four legged
feline friends and housemates.
Emmi, Otto, Lilt and Skipper: Attila's daughter, her husband Otto, and their daughter Lilt and son Skipper.
Caitrìona: An older woman of great fortitude, loyalty
and love. A guiding star in the celestial navigation of
life.
Robert: A quiet man with a quick wit, who has seen much
and endured.
Harriet & Hogan: Harriet, a woman of dreams and deep
loyalties; to be near her is to feel at peace and her husband
Hogan, a gentle giant.
Katharine: Harriet and Hogan's daughter.
Rymal: One of the healthiest guys I know, physically and
spiritually. Always open to new ideas and a real pleasure
to work with.
Wilson: A well read man who enjoys communication. Wonderful
to spend time with and a good companion on any project.
Helena: Helena is a woman who is quick to laugh and has
a way of brightening any situation by her mere presence.
A shining soul.
Annie and Frank: Annie, a good friend who moved to England
to share a life with the estimable Frank
Em and Henry: Em and Henry, friends in the "North" who
welcome our visits into their world of family and community.
Henry knew my grandfather
Auntie Mame and Mike: Auntie Mame, a longstanding and dear
friend who understands and Mike, her best friend
Carpe Diem and Hoover: Carpe Diem, a fellow ex-academic
and her partner Hoover, gamers for life.
Dolittle and Mrs. Beeslee: Neighbours across the road when
we lived in "the city". Dolittle loves animals,
Mrs. Beeslee indulges his eccentricities with dry wit and
humour.
Magarac: Neighbour across the road when we lived in "the
city". Generous, hard-working, the survivor of WWII
concentration camps, although not Jewish. An elderly man
with a twinkle in his eye, skip in his step and an impish
smile.
I refer to many people by their actual names, not by nicknames.
If I have used nicknames somewhere and forgotten to list
them here please let me know and I'll update the list.
Page by Page: A Woman's Journal
Photography
Poetry
by Maggie Turner
Canadian Maggie Turner writes and publishes
poetry, photography, and a personal journal online. Her work reflects the current
way of life in Canada, embracing Canada's past, present, and future in a unique
portrayal of everyday life. Maggie's voice is one of the many that
actively
depict the
rich diversity
of Canadian culture.
Photography: "a term which comes from the Greek words
photos (light) and graphos (drawing). A photograph is made
with a camera by exposing film to light
in order to create a negative. The negative is then used
in the darkroom to print a photograph (positive) onto light-sensitive
paper.
Source: University of Arizona Glossary
Poetry: "a form of speech or writing that harmonizes
the music of its language with its subject. To read a great
poem is to bring out the perfect marriage of
its
sound and thought in a silent or voiced performance. At
least from the time of Aristotle's Poetics, drama was conceived
of as a species of poetry."
Source: Creative Studios
Journal: " "Though a journal may be many things - a treasury, a storehouse,
a jewelry box, a laboratory, a drafting board, a collector's cabinet, a snapshot
album, a history, a travelogue..., a letter to oneself - it has some definable
characteristics. It is a record, an entry-book, kept regularly, though not necessarily
daily.... Some (entries) will be nearly illegible, written in the dark in the
middle of the night.... Not only is it a record for oneself, but of oneself.
Every memorable journal, any successful journal, is honest. Nothing sham, phony,
false...." (Dorothy Lambert from Ken Macrorie's book,
Writing to be Read )
A journal is a way to keep track of your thoughts about
what you read... as well as what you did on any given day."
Source: Journal Writing
A Blog is an online journal created by server side software, often hosted by a commercial interest.
"The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger[4]
on 17 December 1997. The short form, "blog," was
coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog
into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com
in April or May 1999.[5][6][7] Shortly thereafter, Evan
Williams at Pyra Labs used "blog" as both a noun
and verb ("to blog," meaning "to edit one's
weblog or to post to one's weblog") and devised the
term "blogger" in connection with Pyra Labs' Blogger
product, leading to the popularization of the terms."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_blogging
