September 2021 Blog
Unchanged Melody: A Haiku
As the day dawns, there’s
Nothing new under the sun;
It sets as it rose.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
Almost two straight years of deadly
pandemic, raging storms, endless fires, and angry people. Would love to see
something new (and good) as the coming year looms, but
I’m not holding my breath.
August
has not seen a down-turn in any of the above-mentioned areas. Not sure
September will either. But I’m back on track for getting the Sam Rock sequel
published by the end of the year. Just a few more tweaks to the final plot
points and then on to editing and preparing the manuscript for publication.
Then I can start wrapping up some of my other projects. Eldreth really wants his novel finished. He says he really needs to be about his dastardly deeds. He hasn’t woven an enemy or a feckless lover into a living tapestry in ages. He’s just itching to get back to in that dungeon.
Come
to think of it, I’m pretty much feeling like him down in that dungeon. I’m
really tired of not feeling like going out and doing things. Again, I
haven’t been out to a restaurant in
ages. Seems like the only time I get out now is for doctor’s appointments (when
a doctor is available) and shopping. Even there, I’m beginning to rely more and
more on Amazon. There’s not a lot you can’t get on Amazon these days – or
somewhere else on line. Whatever you want seems to be only a Google away.
I’m not sure if that’s good or bad these
days. It’s surely convenient. And the choices are vast. Sometimes I just feel
like throwing a dart and choosing that way. I’m sure I could get a good deal on
darts somewhere.
The weather here in Roswell has turned dry
again. After an unprecedented monsoon season, we are hardly seeing a cloud in
the sky. Our extended forecast day after day lately has been temperature in the
mid-nineties for the next ten days out and no chance of precipitation.
I’m
really looking forward to the Fall, assuming we actually have a Fall and don’t
go straight to Winter again.
Seems
we are having another year of unprecedented weather all over. Parts of the
Earth are being consumed by fire while other parts are being inundated with
raging waters. Unless of course,
you are California, which is running out of water and burning. There’s even
smoke at the North Pole for the first time ever (due to fires in Siberia).
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KWQ6SHK/
Then
there’s the melting ice caps with the release or long-frozen biological
entities capable of hatching here-to-fore unknown diseases that will probably
surpass Covid in deadliness.
So
far, I’ve seen little about the countries of the world coming together to
combat what is undeniable Climate Change rapidly becoming an undeniable Climate
Crisis. But then, the countries of the world don’t seem to come together much
anymore about anything.
At
the start of this year I thought things were going to get so much better, but
two-thirds into it, it just seems more of the same with a slightly different
cast. Also, I’ve really not seen any progress toward the next year being any
different.
I
guess I’ll just have to light a candle and hope for the best and do my part to
make my little corner of the world the best I can.
Come
to think of it, if we all do that, we will improve our little corners and
perhaps overlap to help improve more and more expanding corners of the world. At
least that is something to look forward to.
I
guess I can end this with a smile on my face and a slightly brighter outlook on
the near future. September may be better after all.
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