My Turn...

Over the last few weeks, several writers submitted beautiful letters for the upcoming anthology (theme: letter to favorite fictional character). Now, I'm having fun designing the cover for the anthology. Tomorrow, I'll start working on the contents: first the selecting, then the editing, and finally the formatting and designing. I'm hoping to publish the book in October.

Rumi

“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?”
Rumi

 

Coming Soon...

a new anthology: 
https://gratigi.blogspot.com/2023/08/anthology.html

Languages & Life Lessons

a tiny announcement:

if you want a print format of Languages & Life Lessons (the hardcover makes a great gift, and it is only $15), get it now. 

I will unpublish the printed books soon but will keep the Kindle format on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Languages-Life-Lessons-Afarin-Rava/dp/B09TYZN5MY

Featuring...

 

Book Review

 

Book Review

 

A Journey of Transformation

 

Dear Twelve-Year-Old Me: Anthology

 

Book Review

 

Summer Samplings: Anthology

 

Book Review

 

Dennis Moss

 

Book Review

 

Summer Samplings: Anthology

The cover artwork of this tiny anthology was created
by Abira Bintliff, a thirteen-year-old who spends most
 of her time daydreaming and sketching.

 

Book Review

 

Three Months

It's been three months since my little girl, Koochooloo, left me. 
This Gratitude Checklist is from the book Dear Twelve-Year-Old Me: Anthology, now available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Twelve-Year-Old-Anthology-Afarin-Rava/dp/B0CC7D4Z4H/

 

Book Review

 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

Still...

#1 New Release

 

Summer Samplings

In a summer writing class, four writers and an illustrator choose to share samples of their works with the world in a tiny anthology titled Summer Samplings — “Samplings” because each piece of writing is a sample of a bigger project in the works.

https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Samplings-Anthology-Noosha-Ravaghi/dp/B0CF45D51V/

 

From Canada

 

Book Review

 

Book Review

 

Reflections

 

Angela N. Blount

“Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn't mean to take.”
Angela N. Blount

Book Review

 

One Year Ago Today

 

Hoppoo, Koochooloo, & Looloo
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
August 4, 2022

Eaton Krone

 

Book Review

 

Perquisite

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day is

perquisite

pronounced PER-kwuh-zut

a noun meaning something extra that someone receives in addition to regular pay for doing a job

or, as listed in the dictionary,

1 : a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages

 especially : one expected or promised

2 : GRATUITY, TIP

3 : something held or claimed as an exclusive right or possession

Perquisite comes from the Latin word perquirere  (the prefix per-, meaning “thoroughly” and the verb quaerere, meaning “to ask” or “to seek.”)  Instead of perquisite, most people use perk, as in job perks, a word which was formed by shortening and altering perquisite. 

(Taken from merriam-webster.com.) To see it in context or listen to the pronunciation, check the link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day (August 1, 2023).