My history in the photograph

Would you rather lose your blog or lose your photographs? 

See that sweet face?

My goodness, I'd almost have to laugh, 

I'll gladly retrace,

My history in the photograph.

I don't mean to scoff,

there are so many memorable blogs around,

this little blog just took off,

but hardly makes a sound.

To chose one over the other,

there would have to be no doubt.

For me,  photos of father and mother,

Children and friends, are what it's about.

He comes to me in my dreams

Would you rather have a video copy of your dreams or a datebook that contains the events of every day of your life?
To make a choice here requires little effort. I would definetly prefer a video copy of my dreams.
How annoying is it to wake up in the morning and not be able to remember your pleasant dreams.
Of course, if I were having nightmares, I'd not need a video copy.

When I dream, I have very pleasant dreams usually.
I often dream of my son who left this earth almost ten years ago.
He comes to me in my dreams. Or at least it seems that way.
The dreams always resemble a reunion with him.
When I wake, I usually have a memory of these dream visits.
It's almost as a gift, to see and interact with him again in my dreams.
I keep a journal of these dreams so that I can review them and not forget them.

Then there are those dreams that are pleasant, but silly. I enjoy them in a relaxing, restful way.
Sometimes upon waking I want to recall them, and can remember fragments.
I put them away to review later, and then when I try to recall them, they're gone.
The refreshing feeling that I experienced in the dream are still there, but the actual events are gone.

I currently contain a datebook that contains most of the events of my life. But to have one from every day of my life would create the effect of looking back into the past.
I've concentrated the last half of my life so far trying to stop focusing on the past and the future, and just live in the present.

I definetly would prefer that copy of my dreams. They are actually an escape from the events of the day.

My faithful "reader" Dixie Doo

Would you rather have more blog readers or more blog comments?
I think I would prefer more blog readers to more comments.
It would be similar to having secret admirers, wouldn't it? 
I'd like readers to leave my blog with a thought provoking idea.
Maybe go out and make a difference in some one's life. Change the world.
Or become interested in blogging.
Maybe participate more in the kitchen because of the inspiration received from the awesome food blogs out there.
Preferring blog readers over blog comments, could mean that I prefer one sided conversations.
This reminds me of my relationship with Dixie Doo. She's always so glad to see me and listens intently to whatever I say. She encourages me silently.
I appreciate the comments and encouragement I've gotten so far.
I often wonder why I'm participating in daily blogging. Is it for the comments, readers, to improve my writing and/or document part of my life?
I began with the idea I'd document interesting and memorable events in my life.
Then I got started with the daily writing prompts. Which leads to reading other's blogs.
 Reading other blogs leads to noticing how talented and popular many of the bloggers are. Then I notice all the other bloggers' readers and comments. And then I desire more comments too. Then I fear criticism. What a vicious cycle this could be.

I keep playing rock songs

Would you rather have invisibility or the ability to fly?


Fly like an eagle, of course!


I've already experienced invisibility in this lifetime.


Hasn't everyone had the experience of being invisible to someone in their life?


Soaring like an eagle could change your perspective.


What once was large, becomes very small when placed in a bird's eye view.


I often stand too close to my problems, and they look very large.


When I take a larger view of my problems, they often return to a manageable size.

Space songs

Would you rather travel to space or go deep into the ocean?

 I recently considered  what it would be like to be several hundred feet under the water. Since I've never learned to skin dive, I can only imagine. I have to admit that I love water and the ocean, but I'm not crazy about being submerged. I am a little too claustrophobic. Just the thought of being under something that large gives me a heavy feeling in my chest.

Then I began to think of music.

My first thought was Major Tom and David Bowie's "Space Oddity".

Then Elton John's "Rocket Man"....what are the lyrics to that song?

What about the powerful theme from Star Wars?

There is "way more cooler" music devoted to space than underwater.

When I googled 'songs about outer space', I came up with a long list of familiar titles and artists.

Googling 'songs about under water' gave me far less results.

I'm comfortable with my choice tonight. I'll go to sleep with Jiminey Crickett singing in my head:

When you wish upon a star

Makes no difference who you are

Anything your heart desires

Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream...

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Quiet, contemplative kitty

Here sits the beautiful, quiet kitty.

Not many people know that I have a cat.

She's shy and elusive.

I like the effect of this photo.

It reminds me of photos taken through a screen window.

This one is merely taken from behind my dirty glass door.

If you look above and to the left of Kitty, you can see my grandchildren's finger prints.

I like thier fingerprints on my glass, it reminds me that they have been here.

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Lauren Kate's book signing

I recently had the opportunity to attend a book signing  by Lauren Kate for her new book in the Fallen series. Though I've not read her books, I was interested in hearing what she had to say about writing. I remembered when her mother in law told me that she had written her first book that was to be published. And now she's about to release the fifth book in the series. Her books have been translated into 30 languages and the whole family took a world wide book signing tour last summer.

In a popular time of teen vampires and werewolves, she said that she is known as the 'angel writer'. The main character of the series is a fallen angel, who has chosen to give up everything for the love of a young woman on earth. Lauren took us through her thought process as she perceived the idea for the book and then the research process to gather the background information.

After extensive research, she began to wonder when she would be prepared to begin writing. There didn't seem to be an end to the research. Lauren suggested that once you start questioning if you're ready to write, then it's time to write. She suggested that you could possibly never feel adequately prepared to begin, but that if you were questioning yourself as when to start, then this was her encouragement, to start writing.

Another suggestion she offered was to plan out chapters with an outline. Her plan to avoid writer's block was to write every day. She said that she felt it was better to write seven pages of something she was not happy with than to have written zero pages. She stated that daily writing had worked out so much better for her than only writing a couple of days a week when she was 'inspired'.

The final suggestion reads like instructions from my mother, finish what you start. She said that is the difference between people who say they are writing a novel and those who have a finished novel sitting on the shelf. The published author finished what they had started, then had the courage to send it out into the world.

She said that she received 67 rejection letters before publishing her first novel. Her words of encouragement, were it only takes one person to say yes, then everything can change instantly.



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