Newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias

   Photo by Mike Hall

Happy New Year!

Howdy from Elias Tobias and Patty,
It’s time to change the calendars around the house and the office.  A new year is upon us.  Plans have been penciled on  the calendar dates, but there is time for those events to be changed.  The theme for this month will be a new year, with all its potential and uncertainty. 

People have lost jobs and other fear for loss of employment.  I will continue to teach at Ivy Tech in the Spring Semester and start to take classes to work toward requirements for continued employment.  The good news is the college will pay for the classes, eventually.  I just have to pass the classes first.  Learning is a good thing. Patty is comfortable with her job, the reason we can back to Indiana.  The cold weather has been a significant adjustment compared to Laredo, Texas.  I just buy more coats and sweaters.
As far as the the World of Words by Elias Tobias goes, I will continue the things that seem to work, including the Spanish poems, Palabras de Inspracioñ, and add new things, like Mike’s Book Cafe, and the Trivia Quiz. Older features, such as the Open Poetry Forum, the International Poetry Link Exchange, free posters and videos on You Tube will continue to complete the web blog.

Reading in Fun-damental

The gift of reading is a gift that keeps on giving, long after the Christmas presents have been opened.  The best presents are free and there are hundred of books online for no cost from a variety of sources.  So when it’s cold outisde, and you have time on your hands, fix yourself a cup of coffee and then pick up a book or anthology of poems and relax.   Click on the Mike’s Book Cafe and go to the links on the Internet to start reading.

World of Words has first Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge and skill of the World Of Words by Elias Tobias web blog, and take the blog’s Trivia Quiz for fun.  No prizes are involved, though. No points for merchandise are available since everything on this web site is already free. Use the search box to help find information from all posts.  Click on the logo to go to the quiz.

  Poem of the Month

Behind the Christmas card

There is a picture of a large house
and cars in front, all covered in snow,
and the multi-color lights on the house
 and in the lawn put on a  grand show,
but  there are secrets spoken that
only family members should know.
There was a child born there that
compared to the others, wasn’t the same.
Records hidden in the safe might reveal
that he was born under a different name.
For some people there might be a bad case
of guilt and a sprinkle of shame;
but it is never told who is really to blame.
The smiles are shared during the season,
and hiding the truth is a fun game as
parties are given and presents exchanged.
So have a merry Christmas, the inside of card
 says, and a have a happy new year.
Sing praises of auld lang syne, and have
another one of the imported beers.