I have a real treat in store for you today. The next contribution in our 2019 Authors Showcase is from Syd Blackwell, who has previously entered both prose and poetry in our travel writing competitions.
Syd's submission today contains six poetic images from his travels to Portugal in the hot summer of 1991. I became thoroughly absorbed reading his recollections and they reminded me of my own travels to this beautiful country. Enjoy Syd's images of this memorable life experience here.
Syd's submission today contains six poetic images from his travels to Portugal in the hot summer of 1991. I became thoroughly absorbed reading his recollections and they reminded me of my own travels to this beautiful country. Enjoy Syd's images of this memorable life experience here.
Syd Blackwell
I am pleased to have reached a time in my life when the answer to the question of what I do, is that I am a writer and an artist. It wasn´t always so as I worked through various roles in education and business during my sixty-one years in western Canada. But, in Uruguay, I am jubliado - retired. I do not have to make a living doing anything. I have actually earned some monies from my writing and my artwork, but that is not very important or necessary. I create for the pleasure it gives me and for the pleasure that others find from my creative efforts.
I have lived in Atlántida, on the coast of Uruguay, for a dozen years. My wife and I share our home, Casa Inspiración, with our five dogs, our family.
I am pleased to have reached a time in my life when the answer to the question of what I do, is that I am a writer and an artist. It wasn´t always so as I worked through various roles in education and business during my sixty-one years in western Canada. But, in Uruguay, I am jubliado - retired. I do not have to make a living doing anything. I have actually earned some monies from my writing and my artwork, but that is not very important or necessary. I create for the pleasure it gives me and for the pleasure that others find from my creative efforts.
I have lived in Atlántida, on the coast of Uruguay, for a dozen years. My wife and I share our home, Casa Inspiración, with our five dogs, our family.
