Re: New Thread--Who Inspired You

**"* C* <d*@sympatico.ca>**

I'm game for this, Doreen, but nothing earth-shattering here. Have always 
written stuff 'cause I have to. Although I don't do diaries and journals.
As a young school boy, I was drawn to folks who could get my imagination 
going and then stand back out of the way.

Walter de la Mare, Carl Sandberg, Robert Service, John Donne, A. E. Van 
Vogt, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov, Gene Stratton-Porter, Ralph Conner.

First poetry attempt: I had a dog and his name was Shep. He was a German 
Shepherd. He was always full of pep. But he got run over by a car.  For some 
reason, my Mom kept this one.

In my mid teens, Steinbeck's and Hemmingway's command of the language 
impressed me to no end. (and Doreen, Doc in Cannery Row was the main 
character for an Eng. 101 essay.)
I would write up humorous accounts of events that friends shared and pass it 
on to them
Now, I'll read just about anything- fascinated with trying to learn new 
stuff; westerns and Sci-fi for mindless distractions.
btw most recently read newest western- Shadow Box Canyon by Tom Ogren.
These days, I write a little bit of poetry and haiku for fun.
btw(2), have had some very nice off-list conversations with other GWL 
poets/esses and writers (writeresses?)

Garden writing? A reporter friend said his newspaper needed a stringer for 
the local speedway- 1/3 mile clay oval, late models and the sprints- and I 
said "No".  So he asked if I would write a gardening column.
Why did he ask me? I had written a letter to the editor assaulting one of 
their opinions and they liked my style. As Kilgore Trout would say, "So it 
goes."

Dan

_______________________________________________
gardenwriters mailing list
gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/gardenwriters

GWL has searchable archives at:
http://www.hort.net/lists/gardenwriters

Send photos for GWL to gwlphotos@hort.net to be posted
at: http://www.hort.net/lists/gwlphotos

Post gardening questions/threads to
&quot;Gardenwriters on Gardening&quot; &lt;gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org&gt;

For GWL website and Wiki, go to
http://www.ibiblio.org/gardenwriters