Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Light, Bright, and Sparkling

I am calling my blog Light, Bright, and Sparkling, a quote from Jane Austen. She wrote about her novel, Pride and Prejudice: "The work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling; it wants shade; it wants to be stretched out here and there with a long chapter of sense, if it could be had; if not, of solemn specious nonsense, about something unconnected with the story: an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonaparté, or anything that would form a contrast and bring the reader with increased delight to the playfulness and general epigrammatism of the general style."

I intend the Light part of my blog to represent my writing, which certainly wants shade, if not sense. The quotation to represent this section is from Mansfield Park: "To give way to gaiety, to speak with lightness, and to you!"

Bright...would be a smattering of book reviews and book talk, about other people's books and the ones I write. My Mrs. Darcy's Dilemma has just been published, and Mrs. Elton in America and Onoto Watanna are still available. And the Jane Austen quote is: "The same books, the same passages were idolised by each; or if any difference appeared, any objection arose, it lasted no longer than till the force of her arguments and the brightness of her eyes could be displayed." This is from Sense and Sensibility.

And Sparkling...would be pictures and musings about Venice and the Venetian glass beads that I like to design. "The balmy air, the sparkling sea..." a quotation from Mansfield Park.

As to who and what I am, that remains to be discovered; but the reader is directed to the solid information that can be found on my website: http://www.dianabirchall.net/

I shall now probably not write another post for a fortnight; but at least a technical beginning has been made. Now how do I link things? And put pictures on? Oh, help. All very well to be light, bright, and sparkling if you can't use a bloody computer.

Diana Birchall

9 comments:

Debbie Cusick said...

Diana, I love the look. What a nice bright and sparkling start to your blog.

Ellen said...

I like the use of purple -- and it's appropriate as you like to make jewelry.

You've begun well -- flexibly :).

Ellen

BJ said...

What a very nice start.

I look forward to reading more....and I'm sure you'll figure out the links and pictures and the like (my dad and his sister did, so anyone can!). Once you do, well, that's the fun part ;-)

Britt-Arnhild said...

Good luck Diane.

I look forward to read your blog more closely when I am back from Italy.

StuckInABook said...

Be sure your blog will find you out!
Hello there, Diana...
Simon

StuckInABook said...

Just realised - in the link to my blog you kindly put at the side, you forgot the hyphens, and thus are linking to someone else's blog who stopped writing it quite a long time ago!

Anonymous said...

Diana - I am going to link your blog to mine. How lovely it is ti see you are now One of Us!!

Max.Vega.Ritter said...

Diana
what a fine opportunity to be back in touch with what you think and write. As always it is warm, stimulating and fresh.
Max V-R

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