John’s Substack
John OughtonReflections, suggestions & discoveries from a long life of writing, editing, and reviewing; posts should interest both writers (published and aspiring) and those rare beasts, people who simply love reading, and thinking about what they read.
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Fun with Verbs
If you’re a regular reader of my offerings here, I’m going to make a few assumptions about you.
1. You like to read and (quite possibly) write.
2. You have no trouble understanding verb tenses in English, as well as active and passi...
Post-Modern Flight Safety Announcement
Alternative Airline Safety Announcement
Please check all baggage from previous flights and relationships in the “Caring” carousel, before you enter the plane. The airline cannot be held responsible for lost baguettes, bagatelles, or bagpip...
Alpha-textual
An alpha-text (term I invented) can be formatted as poetry or prose. The only rule is that the first word begins with A and each succeeding word takes the next letter of the alphabet.
Alpha 1
Abstemious baboons climbed down Everest.
Forb...
Camera Obscura
I recently posted a photo on Instagram/Facebook of a Nova Scotia camera obscura built by Dalhousie University architecture students in 2013. It’s an interesting place that is part of a hiking trail through the Cheverie salt marshes. This po...
Adverbs: Dying Out Quick?
If my title sounds wrong to you, your language ear is much like mine. Adverbs are perhaps the most versatile part of speech in English. They can modify verbs (“The engine ran well”); adjectives (“I felt very sorry for her”); and even other...
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Retired college professor, poet (six books),novelist, photographer, guitar player.
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