The Rocking Horse by D. H. Lawrence – English story of the month – May

The Rocking Horse

by D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)

There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to dust. She had bonny children, yet she felt they had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them. They looked at her coldly, as if they were finding fault with her. And hurriedly she felt she must cover up some fault in herself. Yet what it was that she must cover up she never knew. Nevertheless, when her children were present, she always felt the centre of her heart go hard. This troubled her, and in her manner she was all the more gentle and anxious for her children, as if she loved them very much. Only she herself knew that at the centre of her heart was a hard little place that could not feel love, no, not for anybody. Everybody else said of her: “She is such a good mother. She adores her children.” Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew it was not so. They read it in each other’s eyes.

Mayday! – May’s English Song Lyrics

MayDay!

featuring Cee-Lo & DJ Craze

It’s just the same shit different day
We pretend to work while they pretend to pay.
Daydreamin’ all day after day,
Every minute, every hour, that I’m spending awake.
Same old. Same old.
(Repeat)

May Morning – May’s Poem of the Month

Photo by ndrwfgg

Photo of the Month – May

Every month I choose a photograph from one of my Flickr groups to appear here.  Hopefully something interesting and informative. This month’s photo is from Judo Dad.  It’s called “Lover’s Sunset” and was taken in Quebec.  It shows a couple sitting under a tree by a river admiring the sunset. By Judo Dad   The […]

English Joke of the Month – May

May’s English Joke of the Month

A man sits down in a restaurant and looks at the menu. He says to the waiter “I think I will have the turtle soup”.