August 2017 Blog
Heatwave
Still Goin' Strong
I'm still melting and about to go down the rabbit
hole. Before I do, I need to accomplish something, so I've set a concrete goal:
Writer's Prayer: A Haiku
As words may fail me
At the hour of my death, let
Them speak for me now.
I will publish my second
collection of Haiku (Life's Lemons and Lemonade: Volume Two: The Write Life) on
September 1st.
That will be followed
hard upon by the third volume – Global Warning (not a typo).
I will be spending a lot
of time in front of the fan working on the formatting for the print version.
Also this time, the Kindle edition will be properly formatted to retain line
breaks and actually look like poetry. (I believe form is as important in poetry
as content.)
At the same time, I'm
still finishing the Sam Rock sequel manuscript, and I'll be editing the 2nd
Black Oak novella.
Hopefully, the weather
and my heatlh will cooperate.
It somehow always amazes
me at the end of the month, that I have not reached my goals. It's time for
that to stop.
Actually, I'm posting
this late on the 1st of August because I almost forgot to write it.
So I guess I'm going to
have to make lists and then actually look at them. There's just so much I want
to accomplish before I can't accomplish anything anymore.
I frequently lose sight
of the fact that I'm on the waning end of my life. The majority of my days are
behind me and what days I have left are rushing past me at an alarming rate.
Another problem I face is
that I'm not the sharpest tack in the box anymore. Technological advances are
impossible for me to keep up with. So I guess I better get things done before I
lose any more brain cells or social media passes me by completely.
I love my Facebook
friends but I hardly know how to connect with them anymore. I spend way too
much time on Twitter, but it is a little easier to work with (although they
make changes and upgrades frequently).
I've got Instagram,
Pinterest and other social media accounts also, but I have no idea what to do
with them.
In addition, I spend any more time on the
computer, I won't have enough time to write. And my computer is already on life
support. I have an external fan blowing on it this summer (don't tell me it
isn't getting hotter out there).
As I write this, I'm
listening to Al Gore on CNN talk about The Climate Crisis. He's much
more intelligent and knowledgeable about this stuff than I ever realized.
I write many of my Haiku
about climate change. I'm a firm believer, and I'd like to get my third Haiku
collection about Global Warming out before the end of the year. I'd love to be
able to change some reluctant minds with it. I'll be satisfied to persuade a
few more people to entertain the idea that we need to do something about
climate change now, before we reach the point of no return.
Haven't written much
about the nuts and bolts of writing this month and for that I apologize. My mind has been wandering in the heat.
Hopefully the temperatures will subside so I can feel more like doing things
and spend more time outside writing which is my very favorite thing to do in the
whole world – that and watch the squirrels and the birds cavort in the trees.
Amazing what you can learn about their habits. Squirrels do actually play. Some
of them are braver than others. They build nest in trees, too. Almost grown
boat-tailed grackles chirp their little heads off and wait to be fed by their
daddies, even when they are grown enough to fend for themselves.
What a shame it would be
to lose all this nature to climate change disaster.
Better type this up now
and get it posted before my midnight. Next month, I plan to post my September
blog and announce in it that my new Haiku book has been published.
Until then, I welcome
your reactions and responses to my current rantings. I love to hear from my
readers. Also, here are links to my Twitter and Facebook accounts, if you care
to share your thoughts with me there:
