Word Pictures March 22, 2014 By DiVoran Lites Skylight from Couch White clouds against blue sky Squirrel on roof peeking down. Night bird Chuck-will’s-widow, whippoorwill, cheering the night. Cosmos Bright yellow cosmos growing everywhere, add purples and whites. Sandhill Cranes Four sandhill cranes come to dance for us on Thanksgiving Day The … [Read more...]
Do You Keep a Diary?
I’m reading a thick book called, A Diary of the Century by Edward Robb Ellis. He started keeping a diary in 1927 when he was seventeen and had boxes full of his writings when he died at 83. I’m just to the part where he got his first full-time job for Associated Press in New Orleans when Huey Long was trying to become the dictator of Louisiana. Eddie speaks of The … [Read more...]
High Hopes
Last week I started two new projects. One is a new novel, called, Roxy, and the other is my spring 2014 herb garden. I’ve really changed my approach to doing things. At one time, I read everything I could get on a subject and talked to people about how they did things. I tried to follow steps and instructions as closely as possible. I was anxious and uptight about … [Read more...]
Journaling
It is a good thing to get things off your chest, journaling or talking to a trusted friend are the best ways. However, if something is ultra private, and secret, the best thing to do is to write it out, rip it out, shred it, and dispose of it. That way you have the benefit of the writing and the insight, which will immediately or eventually come to you, and privacy. You have … [Read more...]
