May 2019 Blog
Not
a good idea to leave until tomorrow that which should have been done yesterday.
Fleeting Opportunity: A
Haiku
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
Do it now – ‘ere a
Thing happens to
prevent its
Doing – as it will.
Don’t ask me how I know, I just know.
Life always seems to get in the way of the best laid plans
of mice and men. On the writing front, the audio book for “The Seasons of Sam
Rock” has been postponed again due to unforeseen circumstances. The new launch
date is May 31, 2019.
My newest Haiku chapbook: “Life’s Lemons and Lemonade,
Volume Three: Global Warning” will be published on or about August 27th
(National “Just Because” Day) Why? Just because I didn’t get it done by Earth
Day (April 22, 2019) and I can’t find another really appropriate day for the
release. Seems there is no “Climate Change Is Real” day.
Life itself has taken a back seat to the intrusion of life.
No details important enough to share. Just a bunch of little things and advancing
age (although the latter doesn’t seem to be the excuse to end all excuses like
I thought it would be).
I’m actually getting to the point of declaring “Now, before
it’s Never!” and really know the meaning of it.
I’m also becoming fond of the expressions “No time like the
present” and “Don’t put off until tomorrow, what you can do today”. Then
there’s the biblical, “Sufficient unto the day are the problems thereof”.
Another thing that’s given me impetus to get things done
lately is the new HBO limited series: “Gentleman Jack.” (The adaptation of the
real life diaries of the Anne Lister starring Suranne Jones)
Don’t know if it’s her “take charge attitude” or her
“decisiveness” or even just the great music they play when she walks. I love it
all, including the theme song done by “O'Hooley & Tidow”.
It doesn’t hurt that Anne Lister also wrote coded diaries of
over four million words during her lifetime. Had I faithfully kept journals the
last “hundred” or so years that is my lifetime, what a rich history I might
have left for posterity.
We don’t even have to get into Anne Lister’s unconventional
lifestyle for back then (although it will be mentioned in future blogs), we
only need to know that she went against the grain and survived. She was “true
to her nature” and lived her “authentic life”. I admire her for that.
I’m grateful to playwright and producer Sally Wainwright for
bringing this to all of us on HBO and I’ll be the first in line to buy the DVD when it comes
out.
I’ll be doing more research on Sally Wainwright for future
blogs as well as a previous video on Ann Lister and books concerning her life
and diaries. I’m also grateful to her descendants who found and decoded her
writings, and who didn’t throw them away.
This month, I’ll be working on “The Chronicles of Acqueria:
The Early Years” in addition to all my other projects. (I have way too many
“Works-In-Progress”.)
So my featured book
this month is the one that started it all, my first published novel “The
Chronicles of Acqueria: Blood Moon Treachery”.
(Insert pic and link) https://tinyurl.com/y96zzp9u
My featured poetry is both of “The Castleweaver’s Tales”
chapbooks. Eldreth insisted, as he is insisting on me completing his novel.
(Yep, one of those W.I.P.’s)
https://tinyurl.com/y9d8czj4
Until next time, keep the faith. Keep writing and keep
reading. Enjoy what other universes may make you happy. Perhaps someday, even
this one will match up to our ideals, but I’m still not holding my breath.
Until that time, I welcome your reactions and responses to
any of my blogs. I love to hear from my readers. Also, here are links to my
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