Saturay morning stream of consciousness
Sophie: It's a beautiful, clear, crisp Saturday morning in Seattle. Sophie has found a genuine, bright patch of sun conveniently located on the top of her tree. She's using her perch to look out the window at the newly-demossed roof, upon which squirrels are doing squirrel stuff.
I have found a comfy chair in which to sit while I cruise the internet and watch my cat watch the squirrels. The washing machine and dryer are humming in the background.
House art: Last night I hung two small pieces of art on the walls that had been awaiting such treatment. As I look around, I realize that it may be time to rotate some of the art here in the house. I've been here a long time and there are pieces in my closet that haven't seen the light of day in a while. And I oughtta frame that Wu dragon I purchased at Rustycon a couple of years back (or was it Radcon? I don't remember now). Same goes for that beautifully calligraphed "Shalom" I picked up at Letters of Joy last spring.
Writing: I know that story-writing comes with practice and study. I've done very little of either lately, so it really shouldn't be a surprise to me that I'm having a hard time with the thing I'm working on now. On my refrigerator, there's a quote about risking and how if you risk nothing then you have nothing. Practice means investment. Investment means risk. Risk could mean failure. I must regularly remind myself that it also could mean success. It's not like I don't have evidence that success is not only possible but well within my grasp.
Collecting, doing, and choosing: One must pick one's priorities when discretionary cash is at an absolute minimum. I have made plans to go on a writing retreat in late April with friends. I will not, however, be going to the antique post card show going on in Kent this weekend. Nor will I be going to pick up Disney pins fer cheap at the only-open-one-month-per-year Disney outlet at the Supermall. I'm way behind on sorting and storing my more recent smashed-penny acquisitions. I will need to pick up some supplies to do that--I've got smashies all over the house that need proper care and attention.
Blah blah. Blah blah blah. I'm going to stop thinking and go start doing now.
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Things I have been wanting to write about on LJ--but not for now:
I have found a comfy chair in which to sit while I cruise the internet and watch my cat watch the squirrels. The washing machine and dryer are humming in the background.
House art: Last night I hung two small pieces of art on the walls that had been awaiting such treatment. As I look around, I realize that it may be time to rotate some of the art here in the house. I've been here a long time and there are pieces in my closet that haven't seen the light of day in a while. And I oughtta frame that Wu dragon I purchased at Rustycon a couple of years back (or was it Radcon? I don't remember now). Same goes for that beautifully calligraphed "Shalom" I picked up at Letters of Joy last spring.
Writing: I know that story-writing comes with practice and study. I've done very little of either lately, so it really shouldn't be a surprise to me that I'm having a hard time with the thing I'm working on now. On my refrigerator, there's a quote about risking and how if you risk nothing then you have nothing. Practice means investment. Investment means risk. Risk could mean failure. I must regularly remind myself that it also could mean success. It's not like I don't have evidence that success is not only possible but well within my grasp.
Collecting, doing, and choosing: One must pick one's priorities when discretionary cash is at an absolute minimum. I have made plans to go on a writing retreat in late April with friends. I will not, however, be going to the antique post card show going on in Kent this weekend. Nor will I be going to pick up Disney pins fer cheap at the only-open-one-month-per-year Disney outlet at the Supermall. I'm way behind on sorting and storing my more recent smashed-penny acquisitions. I will need to pick up some supplies to do that--I've got smashies all over the house that need proper care and attention.
Blah blah. Blah blah blah. I'm going to stop thinking and go start doing now.
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Things I have been wanting to write about on LJ--but not for now:
- Taking theater in and out of its historical context.
- Other stuff I"m not remembering at the moment.