Oct 13, 2008

We had a weekend you dream about... getting away from the laundry and the dishes and the yard that needs cleaning, away from the "shoulds" and the "I gotta...".

I had hoped for a real vacation this last week but alas our government slipped in another tax season when I was not looking. SO the long hours that we put in during the spring is mirrored in October for all those folks who procrastinated and then believed they were the only ones....

But I got a weekend stolen... a three day weekend at that. It was a writing weekend complete with all the extras one would like...
  • total view of the vast ocean and the cold waves from our room
  • all the beach activity, from walkers to dogs, kites and bikes and sails and surfboards,
  • a lovely town to walk thru looking for a muse,
  • long beach to challenge the legs and hurt the knees
  • some movie watching which I rarely do at home
  • chicken noodle soup in the crock pot
  • Ben & Jerry's ice cream to cap off the day
  • 5 minute microwave cake to accompany the ice cream.

My friend, Connie and I got up and did our personal bible study, took a walk and then began writing. While the writing was different, the process is the same. She has a great book that she has been working on for kids. I actually got to help her brainstorm and research for it. I was just writing for the release of it. We started out with an exercise ... modeling a poem called "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyons. http://www.georgeellalyon.com/where.html. If you go to the site, listen to the poem in her voice. It is really great. It was fun pulling memories out of the hat. If we never think back, do we lose those memories?

My Mom jumped an 8 foot fence to try to catch a bird. What an image! We used to steal the neighbor lady roses so she would drop suckers down from her apartment window to pay us to stay away from her prized flowers. I was 5.

The next day was more serious writing and I demonstrated to myself that I could do Na-no-Wri-Mo http://www.nanowrimo.org/. However November seems to be so busy. I am leading a Beth Moore group and there is the book we are doing for Wednesday night, Gripped by the Greatness of God... not too willing to give that up. Sunday morning's book is less gripping (pun intended) but I still feel compelled to read it. And during the month I am hoping to catch my first Roller Derby Bout in the Central Coast of California. So I am not sure that I can commit and really make the goal of writing 50,000 words in one month.

Monday calls... but the weekend was wonderful. DKU

2 comments:

leslie said...

that does sound like a wonderful weekend.. the kind of weekends that fill the autobiographies of great writers.

DKU said...

I don't know about that but it is wierd that I live alone and have to get away to make space to get something done. The other thing is that I bonded with that notebook. IT is hard that we are so rigid. You write wonderfully...and it is no surprise that you are doing so well in school.