Darlings
We are Packed and Ready for the Road…..

Off to Ojai with George. S. Snyder from 1904 blog and novelist of two published tomes and one more on the way.
Perhaps a plot shall unfold in his mind as teamgloria drives the black (alas no tinted windows) sporty’ish car up the 101N.
A moment of lyricism for you now:
We had tea with a chum from University, now living here in Los Angeles, this week. And he (TE) gave us a most lovely gift of Verse (assorted).


Until Ojai, dear friends……
About teamgloria
I used to make my living from writing. And then it all stopped and so I went and did something else, part of which entailed a whole new look from Brooks Brothers (it wasn’t really me, but it was necessary). But a decade later I started to write again (during nights and weekends and frustrated lunch-times and long haul business travel) and one of the things I wrote (or came to me – as I do believe in the whole Muse concept) was a character called Gloria.
Gloria was a trainee angel and sat “up there” waiting for her first assignment. To occupy the hours she should have been studying humans and their foibles, she spent her time enjoying the new celestial movies-on-demand channel and became obsessed by Doris Day. So you can imagine the drama that unfolded when she came to Earth. Quite a shock to the system. But Gloria was determined to see Manhattan through the eyes of a vintage Doris Day movie and something magical started to happen – to me too.
Because I started to do the same thing and life became easier (and then I got Tobias the tumor which changed the trajectory, for now).
There are a lot of glorious people, places & things that help me get through my day – they make my life great – and so I call them “team gloria” (although they don’t usually know that). So I thought I’d start documenting them, and looking out for new people, places & things on a daily basis, and sharing them with you (whomever you are – do say hello. Oh, and tell me who your team gloria is :-)
Wishing you a glorious journey (specifically and generally!), and as we are waxing poetic for fin d’année, may I share one of my favorites, from Pablo Neruda – good words for everything.
http://dailyplateofcrazy.com/other-stuff/emerging-by-pablo-neruda/
Here’s to a delectable 2012!
Beautiful.
Merci, D.
TG xx
My dearest Darling,
What a smart and stylish photo! And what exquisite verse. The “Love’s feeling is more soft…” transported me for a moment.
What a lovely gift to discover today!
Miss you,
ABM XOX
George sends his best too!
Happy new year dear man.