The prompt “Dark” coupled with a request from a dear friend for something by Edgar Allan Poe brings us this bit from “The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal.” In hindsight, I realized it needs a very different read, but part of the VOvember experience for me is putting things out there I’m not completely happy with — it’s about creating, not perfecting. (And that’s hard for me to let go of!) #VOvember #VOvember2019
November 25, 2019: “Tasty”
“Tasty” is today’s prompt from this year’s Inktober list, and it took me to “The Khedive’s Country” by George Manville Fenn (1904) for my VOvember time at the mic today. A little something for anyone with a green thumb. #VOvember #VOvember2019
November 20, 2019: “Tread”
A prompt of “Tread” took me on a little journey for my VOvember mic time today. This longer-than-my-usual bit from “Chimney-Pot Papers” by Charles S. Brooks is enchanting — an uncles’s wish for his young newphew’s imagination! #VOvember #VOvember2019
November 19, 2019: “Sling”
“Sling” is today’s prompt courtesy of Inktober’s list, and it flung me toward “The Scarlet Lake Mystery” by John Blaine for my time at the mic today. Yep, more sci-fi, but you’d never know it from this clip! #VOvember #VOvember2019
November 16, 2019: “Wild”
The prompt of “Wild” for my VOvember recording session today brought me to “The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories” by Edith Wharton. Hermits, satyrs … This may be another of those I want to record more of later! #VOvember #VOvember2019
November 15, 2019: “Legend”
Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (1820) is where the text I decided to record today is from, thanks to the prompt of “Legend” I borrowed from Inktober’s list. Halloween may be two weeks past, but ghost stories are evergreen! Enjoy. 🙂 #VOvember #VOvember2019
November 13, 2019: “Ash”
Today’s prompt of “Ash” brought Mark Twain’s “The Innocents Abroad” to my VOvember project. It seems I’ve been on the mic with many more audiobook reads for VOvember this year than last — perhaps it’s a sign of things to come! #VOvember #VOvember2019
November 12, 2019: “Dragon”
“Dragon” – Such a fun prompt borrowed from Inktober for today’s VOvember recording! Here’s the opening of the children’s story “My Father’s Dragon” by Ruth Stiles Gannett — an animated feature of which is coming to Netflix in 2021 (I’m not in it, just mentioning it :)) #VOvember #VOvember2019
November 11, 2019: “Snow”
“Snow” is today’s prompt for my VOvember fun, and with the help of my cousin Chris, it leads us to “The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury. From snow and ice to oven heat – just like the country’s weather today! #VOvember #VOvember2019
November 8, 2019: “Frail”
Today’s prompt of “Frail” led me straight to hell. Via Dante’s Inferno, that is – Canto XXXIV to be specific, in which we encounter Satan himself. So much for my hope this morning of recording something cheerful this evening! 😛 #VOvember #VOvember2019