Our friend Doug lost his 80 year old dad yesterday. He was diagnosed with cancer just three weeks ago. We all agreed, it wasn't a bad way to go. Nancy's friend lost her husband this week. He dropped over from a massive heart attack at 56. Nancy was reliving her loss of two years ago. And I'm reminded again of each day's gifts, the wonder of golden leaves, sunlight glinting on a deep blue lake and the treasure of precious loved ones.
My friends at Penelope were delighted and impressed when I gave a progress report on the book. I've promised to share my new chapter on partner schools at the meeting in two weeks. Today I finished editing the expedition behavior chapter. I'm so delighted with how smoothly it's going.
Valerie is starting an autobiography and I recommended she use NANOWRIMO, like I did back in the fall of 2010. Write a thousand words a day and don't edit! It made all the difference for me. It provided the structure I needed. I kept a tally of my words on the calendar and was motivated by the increasing totals. Making a daily commitment and recording my progress was so helpful. It's the same strategy I used to reach my swimming goal.
I know there is so much more to do once the writing is done, but already new ideas for writing projects are filling my head. I'm going to resurrect a couple short stories I wrote back in the 1990s, starting with my hubcaps story. I got such great feedback from two publishers, but I never followed through with revisions and resubmission. Ahhh, but one thing at a time. FINISH THE BOOK!
Forest Place
From Risley St.
Our back yard
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