by Maida Korte | Aug 30, 2022 | Memoir, Writing
Maida Korte “Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?””I’ve felt it all my life,” she said.” (Ayn Rand – Atlas Shrugged) ...
by Maida Korte | Jul 24, 2022 | Writing
by Maida Korte “Punctuality is the politeness of kings.” – Louis XVIII of France I used to be late all the time. I am now late less and moving toward never but I can’t promise. I come...
by Maida Korte | Sep 18, 2021 | Writing
By Maida Korte “Ho, for the Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee!He was as wicked as wicked could be.But oh, he was perfectly gorgeous to see!The Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee.” (Mildred Plew Miegs) Andy likes to do nice things...
by Maida Korte | Aug 19, 2021 | Writing
by Maida Korte “Poor Mole stood alone in the road, his heart torn asunder, and a big sob gathering, somewhere low down inside him, to leap up to the surface presently, he knew, in passionate...
by Maida Korte | Mar 4, 2021 | Writing
Maida Korte “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” Coco Chanel Two times in my life I have had a friend offer to do a make-over on me. Two times. And these...
by Maida Korte | Mar 3, 2021 | Writing
Maida Korte “Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers.” – John Wooden When I was in sixth grade, Janet Babb’s...