america
so so so, i realize i have not posted in here in quite some time, and i'm living in spain now and blah blah blah. so yeah, i'm in barcelona right now and it's cool and all. if you want to read some intermittent entries and see pictures, go to my blogger schmogger (www.joanlie.blogspot.com).
i spent this past weekend in aix-en-provence, france with johnazoni.com. i was sick most of the time with a fever and some kind of virus or something, so that sucked, but other than that it was really nice. i met people from all over the world in my hostel. i liked that. i got to use my french, which was really really fun for me. now that i'm back in spain, i am reminded that i know so little spanish, and it can be a bit frustrating at times.
so i'm frenchy and spanishy, but for goodness sake, i'm trying to write a magazine article about my hometown for creative writing class. i really do love northville. it's a lovely place. i'm trying to figure out how to write the paper though. i've decided the article will inevitably be better homes & gardens material, which i'm really ok with. i like reading bh&g. seriously. i think i'm going to be a mother one day and maybe even a home- and/or garden-owner. we'll see.
so how do i deliver five typed & double-spaced pages that encompass the essence of home? am i going to get philosophical? probably. am i going to stay focused? i must. but how? i'm listening to my country folk blues playlist and looking up pictures of the victorian festival and other nostalgic things and it's delightful, but how am i going to put this into words? it's got to be more specific than my vague feelings of driving through the countryside and sitting on the porch at The Store.
i need to find a writers' refuge (i.e. cafe) where i can sit for hours and slave over my computer and pound out this stuff.
c'est difficile.
smell ya later.
i spent this past weekend in aix-en-provence, france with johnazoni.com. i was sick most of the time with a fever and some kind of virus or something, so that sucked, but other than that it was really nice. i met people from all over the world in my hostel. i liked that. i got to use my french, which was really really fun for me. now that i'm back in spain, i am reminded that i know so little spanish, and it can be a bit frustrating at times.
so i'm frenchy and spanishy, but for goodness sake, i'm trying to write a magazine article about my hometown for creative writing class. i really do love northville. it's a lovely place. i'm trying to figure out how to write the paper though. i've decided the article will inevitably be better homes & gardens material, which i'm really ok with. i like reading bh&g. seriously. i think i'm going to be a mother one day and maybe even a home- and/or garden-owner. we'll see.
so how do i deliver five typed & double-spaced pages that encompass the essence of home? am i going to get philosophical? probably. am i going to stay focused? i must. but how? i'm listening to my country folk blues playlist and looking up pictures of the victorian festival and other nostalgic things and it's delightful, but how am i going to put this into words? it's got to be more specific than my vague feelings of driving through the countryside and sitting on the porch at The Store.
i need to find a writers' refuge (i.e. cafe) where i can sit for hours and slave over my computer and pound out this stuff.
c'est difficile.
smell ya later.