tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38939010221427352122024-02-20T08:27:38.260-08:00Michael J Metcalf WordsMichael J Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05228590994975897645noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893901022142735212.post-51700672877594682782012-06-14T11:12:00.001-07:002012-06-14T11:12:45.557-07:00Martin Cid explains how to write a book<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Martin Cid, novelist. Proud ( and excessive) pipe smoker, virulent talker, quasi-abstemious, his spacious presence has had the bad taste to fill the nights in Madrid with puffs for more than ten years. Writer and author of three novels and an essay, it stays admirer of Jack Daniel’s. ‘Ariza’, his first published novel, written with Isabel del Rio, it tells the Medina family history and its two realities: one metaphoric travel through the time and a real travel by train through the Central Plateau of Spain. ‘Ariza’ is magic and time, and symmetry in this eternal search for truth. Prodigious drinker of absinthe. ‘A Century of Ashes’, author’s first novel published in solitary, it goes back of the Old South of the United States and tells a story of hatred and violence, of mixed feelings, of arrogant men and ruthless women. Told with humor, however it brings us to the darker side of the human being: from the greatness to utter pettiness. Magnanimous brandy...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Now, he has a new section on Yareah magazine (<a href="http://www.yareah.com/">http://www.yareah.com</a>) and today he explains some of his work as a novelist </span><a href="http://yareah.com/?p=4465">http://yareah.com/?p=4465</a>Michael J Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05228590994975897645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893901022142735212.post-41170035150777982422012-04-28T10:18:00.002-07:002012-04-28T10:19:10.714-07:00Jasper Johns, my favorite painter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Read my last article about Jasper Johns<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">Born in 1930, he spent his earlier life between Georgia and South Carolina with different relatives. No art in those places, no artists working near him, no questions about abstract thoughts. He painted at home, alone, only a hobby to mark some difference, because he wanted to be different, to change his fate... </span><a href="http://yareah.com/?p=3063">http://yareah.com/?p=3063</a><br />
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Yareah magazine has just opened a new section about food. If you would like to join. Send your recipes now. We will publish together with your photo and little bio.<br />
Are you a great cook? A creative person? A fantastic professional?<br />
Join us now!<br />
<a href="http://yareah.com/?cat=910">http://yareah.com/?cat=910</a>Michael J Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05228590994975897645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893901022142735212.post-43635336990124231502012-04-24T12:16:00.001-07:002012-04-24T12:19:47.185-07:00What's Love?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This issue of Yareah magazine is dedicated to Love. Very many authors speak about Love but I like this article by Ann Timmermans <a href="http://yareah.com/?p=2974">http://yareah.com/?p=2974</a><br />
That's Love (she said) The Mate to your Soul.<br />
Beautiful! Really beautiful!Michael J Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05228590994975897645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893901022142735212.post-42488123365359622402012-04-24T12:13:00.002-07:002012-04-24T12:20:47.480-07:00Jack the Labrador, Yareah magazine petJack the Labrador, Yareah magazine pet <a href="http://www.yareah.com/">http://www.yareah.com</a><br />
See his page on facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/JackTheLabrador">http://www.facebook.com/JackTheLabrador</a><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qryXG8LwRX0" width="420"></iframe>Michael J Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05228590994975897645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893901022142735212.post-33049987646462844342012-04-22T11:39:00.001-07:002012-04-22T11:39:27.913-07:00Mother Nature in different culturesRead my post in Yareah magazine: Greek, Roman, China, Indian, Africa....<br />
<a href="http://yareah.com/?p=2917">http://yareah.com/?p=2917</a>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/64cmSDwG4cU" width="420"></iframe>Michael J Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05228590994975897645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893901022142735212.post-76524386528781325912011-12-23T07:56:00.000-08:002011-12-23T07:56:52.056-08:00Martin Cid, my friend<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>I have been reading Martin Cid's novels from years (well, not many, we are not so old!). High literature, in my opinion, sometimes funny and with close characters (I identified with them and their miseries or joys) but with complex structures and an innovate sense of time.<br />
This is what he seeks: 'Literature is time, the last taboo of people', he used to say.<br />
Martin Cid is a really talkative person, very friendly and active. He has always new ideas and he likes to share them with friends. From Yareah magazine to lectures and exhibitions, he has been involving us at his interesting projects, nobody has never refused, he has always excited us.<br />
He likes talking, eating, smoking and drinking. He often jokes that all writers have been drunk. Not him, I've never seen him drunk. He is physically huge, no bottle of whisky would knock down.<br />
Now he is preparing a new serial novel to publish in Yareah magazine. He has been thinking about it the last months:<br />
'You will read it soon, Michael. It will be different, I dislike repetition'.<br />
'First post, will be at the beginning of 2012, to start the year with a new emotion!.<br />
Happy Cristmas, Martin.<br />
I am waiting for the novel!!Michael J Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05228590994975897645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893901022142735212.post-56870509319703925032011-12-23T07:33:00.000-08:002011-12-23T07:33:48.859-08:00My caricature in YareahIsabel del Rio has painted some full color caricatures of Yareah magazine team. I like the mine, it is better than my own face.<br />
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The novelist Martin Cid is the editor of Yareah magazine. Recently, I have interviewed him.<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Q.- Yareah magazine has been several months “sleeping” but now you have published a new issue (19) titled “Seven to Seven”. Why that break?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Martin Cid.- It is hard to maintain a free magazine. Of course, the good part is that you can publish what you like, without thinking in the economic benefit of this or that article. However, people have to work only for the pleasure of working and sometimes, everybody needs a rest.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Q.- What have you been doing during this time?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">M.C.- Writing, as always. I wrote a book of short stories...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read the complete interview:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://yareah.com/?p=329">http://yareah.com/?p=329</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Michael J Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05228590994975897645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893901022142735212.post-28272140035361992532011-12-10T09:14:00.000-08:002011-12-10T09:14:16.586-08:00About Mark Twain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxT09SsGXw-tL9Ci3e8B-7m70imsrxvt8gmmn8XNCopO3zSfo0yIE2DlTsL4KFaGSLYby_T8TbTRr4R_GJJyfLlb0ZEtYVXD5qVaXg1v922hnIWbc8w1jMj7JE-M8yrJzjl89dB7bbnXm/s1600/mark-twain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxT09SsGXw-tL9Ci3e8B-7m70imsrxvt8gmmn8XNCopO3zSfo0yIE2DlTsL4KFaGSLYby_T8TbTRr4R_GJJyfLlb0ZEtYVXD5qVaXg1v922hnIWbc8w1jMj7JE-M8yrJzjl89dB7bbnXm/s200/mark-twain.jpg" width="167" /></a></div><br />
I like this author and I have written about him in Yareah magazine issue 20. <br />
Mark Twain (1835-1919)<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better the pen name!), an American author, humorist and speaker, who grew up in Hannibal (Missouri), which would later provide the setting for “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn”, his two most famous novels.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read my complete article at: <a href="http://yareah.com/?p=288">http://yareah.com/?p=288</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Michael J Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05228590994975897645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893901022142735212.post-57150057646886224692011-12-10T08:52:00.000-08:002011-12-10T08:52:56.080-08:00Asher Brown Durand in Yareah magazine<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU210QpZxL1yM1UlKf2Essz9pRTuPomBuKrZaom8eY-XAKrffQm-4_FO-cyWPa36b3M3iepOqzvuu3-SOS74Zzv7iJdl73CJkJGF4euIbIaKoDWeYpH4KlWAz8U-Yn8Pgmlj8fbUhpYllP/s1600/Asher_B_Durand_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU210QpZxL1yM1UlKf2Essz9pRTuPomBuKrZaom8eY-XAKrffQm-4_FO-cyWPa36b3M3iepOqzvuu3-SOS74Zzv7iJdl73CJkJGF4euIbIaKoDWeYpH4KlWAz8U-Yn8Pgmlj8fbUhpYllP/s320/Asher_B_Durand_5.jpg" width="261" /></a></div>This was my opinion about the American painter Asher B Durand in Yareah magazine: <br />
He is a fine painter, very accurate and technical. His father was a watchmaker and a silversmith and I think this tradition of working with tiny things has greatly influenced Durand. Furthermore, he was a famous engraver in his youth(from 1812 to 1817) helping the starts of the New York Drawing Association and engraving Declaration of Independence for John Trumbull. This precision work, similar to a miniaturist of the Middle Ages, is evident in his manner of painting nature: leaf by leaf, no detail escapes.<br />
See other opinions:<br />
<a href="http://yareah.com/?p=256">http://yareah.com/?p=256</a>Michael J Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05228590994975897645noreply@blogger.com0