Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast » Dawson, Fielding http://www.miettecast.com Lay yourself down to sleep with the soothing soporific of Miette's purr as she reads you the world's greatest short stories and delivers them podcasterly. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:19:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 ©Miette miette@miettecast.com (Miette) miette@miettecast.com(Miette) 1440 literature, short stories, fiction, reading, books Sweet dreams. Lay yourself down to sleep with the soothing soporific of Miette's purr as she reads you the world's greatest works of short fiction, in a style all her own and in a way only she can. World classics, known and unknown literary masterpieces, and modern experimental titles are all represented in what's quickly becoming the most comprehensive (and most saucy) short fiction anthology. Sweet dreams. Miette Miette miette@miettecast.com No no http://www.miettecast.com/wp-content/themes/cutline-miettehack/images/mbsp-small.jpg Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast http://www.miettecast.com 144 144 The Vertical Fields http://www.miettecast.com/2005/12/17/the-vertical-fields/ http://www.miettecast.com/2005/12/17/the-vertical-fields/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:48:24 +0000 miette http://www.miettecast.com/?p=90 There’s a common Yoruban idiom, “oruko lonro ni,” which means, more or less, that your name affects your actions, defines your character, determines your destiny. For instance, if you’re named Lady, you’re going to end up exceptionally feminine. If your parents were brazen enough to name you Klepto, you might find yourself in a spot of trouble. And if your name (or even your nom de guerrotype) is Miette, well, you end up very crumbly. Which is better than crumby, by just about all accounts, if nothing else.

And if your name is Fielding Dawson? Who can say? Just one wad of spare triviatum, delivered your way.


Comments]]> http://www.miettecast.com/2005/12/17/the-vertical-fields/feed/ 0 6:03 There's a common Yoruban idiom, "oruko lonro ni," which means, more or less, that your name affects your actions, defines your character, determines your destiny. ... There's a common Yoruban idiom, "oruko lonro ni," which means, more or less, that your name affects your actions, defines your character, determines your destiny. For instance, if you're named Lady, you're going to end up exceptionally feminine. If your parents were brazen enough to name you Klepto, you might find yourself in a spot of trouble. And if your name (or even your nom de guerrotype) is Miette, well, you end up very crumbly. Which is better than crumby, by just about all accounts, if nothing else. And if your name is Fielding Dawson? Who can say? Just one wad of spare triviatum, delivered your way. Dawson,,Fielding Miette no No