The role of the writer is not to say what we all can say,
but what we are unable to say.
~Anaïs Nin
write what can’t be said November 26, 2011
reminding yourself of who you are November 25, 2011
“You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are.”
Richard Armitage.
When I’ve been involved in musical productions, it’s always been depressing the first day after the show closes to find yourself again. Those with romantic roles tend to find themselves a little in love with their show paramour for awhile. The rest of the cast tends to wander about dazedly wondering what they’re going to do to fill their days now.
I’ve written previously about this feeling when emerging out of a particularly in depth literary immersion. I think this is true when you are a writer, as well. When you are wrapped up tightly in your in your alternate world, it can be a difficult transition to return to the mundane realities.
What power has the imagination to fuel such alternate visions, and to put them all into our heads. We carry our own ‘holodecks’ of possibility. We can create our own world of romance, joy, and comedy. We can create our own horror drama. How important it is to make the best choice, to make our lives the best we can imagine them to be! If reality doesn’t suit, we can imagine a better life.
Echoes November 24, 2011
In my on-going delight over having discovered and devoured Diana Gabaldon last month, I have read the last book in the Outlander series twice this month (I read through most of the series twice since I discovered them. Just because.
I had a bunch of ponderings about Echo in the Bone, and was hoping to spend some quality time on the Outlander Book Club forum. Unfortunately, having Americans involved, they have closed the forum for the Thanksgiving holiday (imagine! shutting down the internet for a holiday!) NOT being an American, I’m not very impressed. I did a search for other discussions and came across this amusing review. I thought you might be entertained by it as much as I was.
Having shared that, and not being able to play on the forum, I shall have to listen to Voyager and cut out that linen tunic, I guess.
ironing hell November 20, 2011
I hate ironing. When I first got married, I told my husband that. I buy no-iron clothing. If he wants his clothes ironed, then he has to iron them. Luckily, one of his jobs as a kid was earning cash for ironing his father’s shirts. University professors wore ironed shirts back then. He irons his shirts in front of the TV.
I don’t iron. My clothes either are the kind that don’t wrinkle or they look slightly rumpled.
So what was I thinking when I took on a kilt for a sewing project? 31 pleats (in the final version. There were several more I’d put in that I had to iron out…)
iron, iron,iron, iron,iron, iron, steam, iron, iron,iron, iron,iron, iron, steam, iron, iron,iron, iron,iron, iron, steam, iron, iron,iron, iron,iron, iron, steam, iron, iron,iron, iron,iron, iron, steam, iron, iron,iron, iron,iron, iron, steam, iron, iron,iron, iron,iron, iron, steam, iron, iron,iron, iron,iron, iron, steam,
do November 18, 2011
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
~John Wooden
Worth some pondering, this one. So often we focus on the complications, that we forget to take advantage of the possible components of any problems
wanna be happy? November 15, 2011
“People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln
True isn’t it? It’s all in the state of mind. If you look for the blessings and good things in your life, that’s what you’re going to see. If your focus on the negative, that’s what you’ll see. Choose what to look at, and enjoy a happier life.
music & time November 12, 2011
“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.”
-Aaron Copland
I feel like I should be overflowing with thoughts on this one, but it’s just sitting here, resonance humming in my head.
Yes, Aaron.
healthy onion rings November 10, 2011
I have been asked for my onion ring recipe. I love onion rings. A&W’s are my favorite, but the fat quantity is too excessive for me to enjoy this treat more than once or twice a year.
I did not make up this recipe, but it is really wonderful, so I will provide the link to the original website. These are crisp and tasty, as well as very easy to make.
You can find the recipe HERE. They’re called “Simply the Best Onion Rings” and they really are fantastic. I didn’t bother making mine as rings- just sliced them. It was simple. Give them a try!
Shawn/Sean/Shaun for XX not XY November 6, 2011
I’ve be told all my life from the ill informed that “Shawn is a boy’s name!” My mother found the name in the girls’ section of her baby book, and according Wolfram Alpha data, 30,000 females in the US are named Shawn or Shaun. Sure, ten times that number are male, but so what? There are ten times more female Shawns than there are Aurelias and Rosalees for example. If those are girls’ names, Shawn is ten times moreso…
We may not be great in number, but there is some talent represented. So here are some well-known female Shawns or Seans or Shauns. If you have any to add, or you’re one yourself, please leave the information as a comment!
Sports:
Gymnast: Shawn Johnson
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Music:
bassist: Sean Yseult
Singer: Shawn Christopher
.
Actor/Model:
actess: Sean Young
Miss USA, Miss Universe (1980): Shawn Weatherly
Miss Tennessee State University (2010): Shawn Montgomery
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Writer:
Author: Shawn Lamb
Blogger: Shawn Allison
Blogger/columnist & artist: Shawn Dell Joyce
Author: Shawn Lane
Author: Shawn Kirsten Maravel
Author: Shawn MacKenzie
Shawn L. Bird 
what if what comes is worse than what is? November 27, 2011
Tags: Occupy, Padme, postaday2011, Star Wars
I wonder if this is kind of what the Occupy Movement is all about? Look at how it worked out in Star Wars. Someone could be pulling strings, and what is the result of over-turning the status quo could be worse than what there is.
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