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Quote of the Day:
“I have at last come to a momentous decision. I am going to give up my press-clipping agency. I find that even a favorable notice makes me feel sick nowadays, while an unfavorable one, even from a small provincial paper, puts me off my work for days.”
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Good afternoon. I thought I would have been writing before now but I overslept.
I have not made a momentous decision other than to attempt to write at least five days during the week. I did pretty well.
I don’t have a press-clipping agency but I do have the comments my readers leave when an entry resonates with them. I suppose I could stop reading the comments. Only it is fun to check in with my friends, to know how they and their families are doing. So far I’ve not had a nasty comment. I believe I had one once over on D-land and I left it. I felt everyone is entitled to their opinion and who am I to deny that?
Okay, I’m back now. I needed to take out our trash since tomorrow is trash day. The cats came next: clean litter boxes, area around the boxes, food and water bowls cleaned and added to, brush the kitties, Bailey has his medication and Max has his chin washed. I’m not sure what I washing off but I have a feeling it was ice cream with his licking out the remnants from our bowl.
My other aha with the kitties was the hairball treatment in a tube. Bailey liked it immediately but Max put up a fight. This week I put a dab in the palm of my hand and Bailey licked away. The surprise was Max, normally I would have to chase him through the house and when caught, rub the remedy onto his paw. He would have to lick it off and he ran around the house. Well, I put another dollop in my palm and he began licking it just like he takes his treats. I hope it is always this easy.
Okay, back to what keeps me from writing:
- I don’t have a topic
- I don’t feel I have anything interesting to write about
- My inner critic telling me I have nothing to give my readers
- I wait too late in the day and then I’m tired with no energy
- Not making time to write; this includes my hard cover journal too
I fine what brings me back to writing is when I read other’s blogs and I’m inspired to jot down a few words and then the rest of the words seem to fall in line.
So to you who have kept up with me through thick and thin of words. I thank you for keeping in touch with me.
mz. em
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Currently Reading:
“The NEW diary” by Tristine Rainer
“Walking on Alligators” by Susan Shaughnessy
“New American Standard Bible” – The Book of Psalms
“Hope for Today” by A-Anon
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‘What keeps me from writing’ … points 1 to 3 inclusive. Snap! In fact I’m feeling very uninspired both yesterday and today so I just posted a photo today, more or less as a ‘place holder’. I think we all have days or even longer periods when we are feeling uncommunicative.
I have those days too. So many of those days. Sometimes, I warm up by leaving comments in other people’s journals. Gets my wheels spinning. I made it my goal to get something down every day – regardless. Most of what I write is pure crap, but I do it. You don’t write crap. You write beautiful things. I encourage you to just do it.
I have all but given up writing my blog. For lots of reasons. Maybe once I’m retired from this non-stop work, I’ll do it more. Maybe not. But I want to thank YOU for coming back even though you take time off. I think of you in the “off times” and really did mean to write to you recently, but then here you were! So thanks. I feel I am there with you visiting when I read your blog.