July 2021 Blog
Insurmountable: A Haiku
I have hit that wall
Over which I cannot climb,
Yet I keep trying.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
Does
that make me noble, hopeless or just plain stupid? As July starts on a rainy note (It’s actually
Monsoon Season), I’m vacillating between “hanging it up” or “hanging in there”.
I’m
suffering from a really bad case of Writer’s Block. Except for the blog and my
daily Haiku, I haven’t made any progress in more than two months.
Sam
Rock is not pleased. He wants his new adventures with Marie Delacroix to be
published and soon. The natives of Acqueria are anxious to get their early
story out there also. And there’s always Eldreth lurking in the shadows
wondering why his story isn’t finished.
My
muse sits and sulks. She wants us to go outside and write, but we can’t. It’s
been too hot (well over 100°F) for most of the month or (lately) raining day
and night. She says it’s no excuse, but she knows my inside voice is hampered
by the slightest distractions.
And
there are plenty of those: the computer, the TV and all the housework and
organizing that screams to be done.
It
would be so easy to just hang it up and not make the effort, but I’m not sure
the other stuff would get done anyway. And I certainly wouldn’t be any happier.
In
fact, I’m happiest when I’m writing , so I guess I owe it to myself to keep at
it. There’s always the chance my muse and I will connect, and the words will
flow.
My
not writing would not lead to a happy me.
This
will be the shortest blog I have ever posted, but it’s a compromise with my
muse. The alternative would be no blog at all this month, and I’ve posted
faithfully since January 1, 2017. I don’t want to break my streak, Hoping for
more and better news to report next month. Until then – keep the faith and keep
well. Try to stay cool. That’s been difficult in our neck of the woods where
the temperature having been north of 100 F° for a while now.
June
has been brutal. July promises to be no less. Let’s hope August cools down, but
I’m not holding my breath.
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