Rant & Rave: Vintage Lifestyle Loving

So, I’m so proud of myself I can hardly contain it.

I, upon the advice of a very dear friend, approached an online magazine and asked if I could contribute an article to their magazine and they agreed. The magazine’s editor Nicole Carr, was the loveliest person I’ve dealt with in a while, not only did she grant me (an unknown little aspirant) the opportunity to write for her magazine but she actually seemed to really like my writing, which by the way is always a shock to me because I think it has the tendency to come across as a tad formal and rigid.
So anyway, I wrote and submitted my article with a skeptic frame of mind. I wondered if she would like it, if it would fit the magazine and what they do and write about and to my surprise she emailed me telling me how good my article was. After this I had to wait for the publication to come out, still I was a bit doubtful of my abilities,  I thought that maybe by some chance my write-up would end up being put on the back burner, for lack of space or some other little thing, but it didn't  They published it and I know it may not seem like that big a deal to a lot of you, but it meant the world to me.

Thanks, to Lulu for the push, to Zizi for her input and to the Vintage Lifestyle Magazine team for considering me worthy. I hope the opportunity presents itself once more for me to once again work with them.

Here’s the link to the magazine, my article is on page 77; http://vintagelifestylemag.co.za/the-magazine/

Upward and onward!

The Word: Replete

Dictionary definition: abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with  ): a speech replete with sentimentality.
Stuffed or gorged with food and drink.
Complete

Origins: 1350–1400; Middle English repleet  < Middle French replet  < Latin replētus  past participle of replēre  to fill up ( re- re- + plē ( re ) to fill, akin to plēnus full1  + -tus  past participle suffix)

Use in a sentence: a speech replete with sentimentality

Synonyms: complete, crowded, abundant

Angelou Corner: They Went Home

I like this piece; it's another one that i can totally relate to.

It's simple and concise yet clear and straight to the point. No lengthy explanations needed for this piece.

They went home and told their wives,
that never once in all their lives,
had they known a girl like me,
But… They went home.

They said my house was licking clean,
no word I spoke was ever mean,
I had an air of mystery,
But… They went home.

My praises were on all men’s lips,
they liked my smile, my wit, my hips,
they’d spend one night, or two or three.
but…