hi!

this is all very familiar...

the crush of options all wanting to be done---now!
the mirage of vast pools of time stretching out in front of me
the feeling of having turned over onto a fresh, inviting blank page
the sense of happy obligation to make things better...to make myself better, especially
the certain knowledge that it will not all be done in the way(s) it seems possible right now

This is how I feel this and most Januarys. Even with that last one...that surety that the freshness of my… Continue

I can't get over having been a child in the south. April is a wonderful month where I grew up, in Texas. Even though where I live now, April arrives with only more of the same, I can't help but feel better just because it's April.

Today we are having snow. erk.

Oh well. Hope for Spring springs eternal.

I was so tired of it being March that I did a little mental leap. Did you notice how early I got out the April Showers email? You thought I was daft, right? I guess I was because I did the same… Continue

Okay...I can see that this was really difficult to use the B button on such a long list. I managed by copying and pasting, but if someone else has a better strategy, please share it with us!

Ratings:
1. I have no interest; complete lack of creativity in this area.
2. Would love to try it.
3. I have dabbled in it or used to do it.
4. I do this currently.
5. Love it! This is (one of) my favorite thing(s).

List:
5 * Writing Fiction
4 * Writing Non-Fiction
4 * Poetry
4… Continue

1. Three things I wish I knew more about.

- The Brain
- The Past
- The Future (not sure about this one)


2. Three things I got in trouble for OR recognition for (or both) and what the outcome was, please.


Trouble:

- Two gf's and I had a fist fight with three boys coming home from school in 6th Grade. The music teacher who lived in the neighborhood found us, made us quit and we got sent to the principal's office the next day. He only had one arm and was, thus, scary. Nothing happened to us a… Continue

In January, I did an article for The PCQ on Beth Felice who, as Annie Octavia, owns and operates a beautiful art gallery on Second Life called Gallerie Octaviana. In order to see for myself what it was about (she's be… Continue