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I'm slowly getting my loins girded to dig into my work space. Wow,
what a mess. A friend needs me to help her make a quick quilt for a friend of hers who she just learned is dying of cancer. Soon. Sigh ... why does it seem we find the time to make those quilts for our friends when we hear they no longer have time to enjoy it? I think that's how we humans work...deadlines. I am also working hard on lessons in life. Some of you wanted to see the titles of books recommended by Dr. B at the pain clinic. Here they a http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055...ef=oss_product http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157...ef=oss_product The third one is personal and I'm not feeling like sharing right now. For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Now, some of you have wanted to know where I got the gorgeous hand- dyed threads I use sometimes in my embroidery. Some of it I get off the rack at Dee's Country Quilts in Leavenworth, WA and I don't really know the name right now. Some comes from a local source that didn't want me to talk about her. Okay. The rest (and I think the most luminous) comes from http://yarnplayer.etsy.com and I really like both the threads and the service. She is wonderful, generous and delightful. Enough for one day. I may be fairly absent for a long stretch here. I leave for Phoenix in little more than a week. Eeeeek! yeah, I'm ready. (not) Before then I have much, much to do. So much it makes me ache. So hug each other, hug yourselves, love yourselves (one of my affirmations I must repeat every day over and over is 'I love myself') and generally everybody else in the world, because if we quilters don't love those cold, shivering and lost souls out there, who will? Love, God keep you all till we meet again, Sunny |
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'Writer's block' is such a strange animal. Sunny wrote, in part,
For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Mr. Esther and I have two grands that are far, far from home. I like to send them just 'something' from home in the mail every week. For no reason that I understand, I find myself with just nothing to say. Methinks it's a good thing that Sunny and I are not needing to pay the car note by producing a best seller. How do you deal with this cold, stony block? Polly "Sunny" wrote in message ... I'm slowly getting my loins girded to dig into my work space. Wow, what a mess. A friend needs me to help her make a quick quilt for a friend of hers who she just learned is dying of cancer. Soon. Sigh ... why does it seem we find the time to make those quilts for our friends when we hear they no longer have time to enjoy it? I think that's how we humans work...deadlines. I am also working hard on lessons in life. Some of you wanted to see the titles of books recommended by Dr. B at the pain clinic. Here they a http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055...ef=oss_product http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157...ef=oss_product The third one is personal and I'm not feeling like sharing right now. For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Now, some of you have wanted to know where I got the gorgeous hand- dyed threads I use sometimes in my embroidery. Some of it I get off the rack at Dee's Country Quilts in Leavenworth, WA and I don't really know the name right now. Some comes from a local source that didn't want me to talk about her. Okay. The rest (and I think the most luminous) comes from http://yarnplayer.etsy.com and I really like both the threads and the service. She is wonderful, generous and delightful. Enough for one day. I may be fairly absent for a long stretch here. I leave for Phoenix in little more than a week. Eeeeek! yeah, I'm ready. (not) Before then I have much, much to do. So much it makes me ache. So hug each other, hug yourselves, love yourselves (one of my affirmations I must repeat every day over and over is 'I love myself') and generally everybody else in the world, because if we quilters don't love those cold, shivering and lost souls out there, who will? Love, God keep you all till we meet again, Sunny |
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I am a list maker from waaaayyyy back. In my kitchen are running grocery
and errand and To Do lists (and a list of when and what meds I take thru out the day- plus any meds for my dogs if they are taking anything)- all on pages in a spiral notebook. When my sons were in college they budgeted better if I sent them a check each week for their spending money. I included a note and some homemade goodies for them and their roommates. Back then I added a list about things we were doing, what the dogs and other animals had done that week, amusing stories or jokes, etc. It made writing the notes much easier when I could refer to my list. I still tend to jot down a few things to tell my mom when she calls, too. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... 'Writer's block' is such a strange animal. Sunny wrote, in part, For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Mr. Esther and I have two grands that are far, far from home. I like to send them just 'something' from home in the mail every week. For no reason that I understand, I find myself with just nothing to say. Methinks it's a good thing that Sunny and I are not needing to pay the car note by producing a best seller. How do you deal with this cold, stony block? Polly "Sunny" wrote in message ... I'm slowly getting my loins girded to dig into my work space. Wow, what a mess. A friend needs me to help her make a quick quilt for a friend of hers who she just learned is dying of cancer. Soon. Sigh ... why does it seem we find the time to make those quilts for our friends when we hear they no longer have time to enjoy it? I think that's how we humans work...deadlines. I am also working hard on lessons in life. Some of you wanted to see the titles of books recommended by Dr. B at the pain clinic. Here they a http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055...ef=oss_product http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157...ef=oss_product The third one is personal and I'm not feeling like sharing right now. For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Now, some of you have wanted to know where I got the gorgeous hand- dyed threads I use sometimes in my embroidery. Some of it I get off the rack at Dee's Country Quilts in Leavenworth, WA and I don't really know the name right now. Some comes from a local source that didn't want me to talk about her. Okay. The rest (and I think the most luminous) comes from http://yarnplayer.etsy.com and I really like both the threads and the service. She is wonderful, generous and delightful. Enough for one day. I may be fairly absent for a long stretch here. I leave for Phoenix in little more than a week. Eeeeek! yeah, I'm ready. (not) Before then I have much, much to do. So much it makes me ache. So hug each other, hug yourselves, love yourselves (one of my affirmations I must repeat every day over and over is 'I love myself') and generally everybody else in the world, because if we quilters don't love those cold, shivering and lost souls out there, who will? Love, God keep you all till we meet again, Sunny |
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When I email ds he often does not read the whole thing. I have started
making comments like "if you are still reading we won the lotto". He is going to miss something good and real some day but he doesn't mind missing the furry pet stories for now. On the other hand dd is like a mother hen. Go figure. Taria "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message ... I am a list maker from waaaayyyy back. In my kitchen are running grocery and errand and To Do lists (and a list of when and what meds I take thru out the day- plus any meds for my dogs if they are taking anything)- all on pages in a spiral notebook. When my sons were in college they budgeted better if I sent them a check each week for their spending money. I included a note and some homemade goodies for them and their roommates. Back then I added a list about things we were doing, what the dogs and other animals had done that week, amusing stories or jokes, etc. It made writing the notes much easier when I could refer to my list. I still tend to jot down a few things to tell my mom when she calls, too. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... 'Writer's block' is such a strange animal. Sunny wrote, in part, For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Mr. Esther and I have two grands that are far, far from home. I like to send them just 'something' from home in the mail every week. For no reason that I understand, I find myself with just nothing to say. Methinks it's a good thing that Sunny and I are not needing to pay the car note by producing a best seller. How do you deal with this cold, stony block? Polly "Sunny" wrote in message ... I'm slowly getting my loins girded to dig into my work space. Wow, what a mess. A friend needs me to help her make a quick quilt for a friend of hers who she just learned is dying of cancer. Soon. Sigh ... why does it seem we find the time to make those quilts for our friends when we hear they no longer have time to enjoy it? I think that's how we humans work...deadlines. I am also working hard on lessons in life. Some of you wanted to see the titles of books recommended by Dr. B at the pain clinic. Here they a http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055...ef=oss_product http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157...ef=oss_product The third one is personal and I'm not feeling like sharing right now. For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Now, some of you have wanted to know where I got the gorgeous hand- dyed threads I use sometimes in my embroidery. Some of it I get off the rack at Dee's Country Quilts in Leavenworth, WA and I don't really know the name right now. Some comes from a local source that didn't want me to talk about her. Okay. The rest (and I think the most luminous) comes from http://yarnplayer.etsy.com and I really like both the threads and the service. She is wonderful, generous and delightful. Enough for one day. I may be fairly absent for a long stretch here. I leave for Phoenix in little more than a week. Eeeeek! yeah, I'm ready. (not) Before then I have much, much to do. So much it makes me ache. So hug each other, hug yourselves, love yourselves (one of my affirmations I must repeat every day over and over is 'I love myself') and generally everybody else in the world, because if we quilters don't love those cold, shivering and lost souls out there, who will? Love, God keep you all till we meet again, Sunny |
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HOoooeee, do I ever remember that type. I worked for a couple of decades
for a Bumper Sticker Brain. If you couldn't condense down to 5 words or less, you'd lost the opportunity. Okay. So I write our loved young far away what Yogi did today. What do we have to say to Sunny who's got to write journals? Polly "Taria" wrote in message ... When I email ds he often does not read the whole thing. I have started making comments like "if you are still reading we won the lotto". He is going to miss something good and real some day but he doesn't mind missing the furry pet stories for now. On the other hand dd is like a mother hen. Go figure. Taria "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message ... I am a list maker from waaaayyyy back. In my kitchen are running grocery and errand and To Do lists (and a list of when and what meds I take thru out the day- plus any meds for my dogs if they are taking anything)- all on pages in a spiral notebook. When my sons were in college they budgeted better if I sent them a check each week for their spending money. I included a note and some homemade goodies for them and their roommates. Back then I added a list about things we were doing, what the dogs and other animals had done that week, amusing stories or jokes, etc. It made writing the notes much easier when I could refer to my list. I still tend to jot down a few things to tell my mom when she calls, too. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... 'Writer's block' is such a strange animal. Sunny wrote, in part, For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Mr. Esther and I have two grands that are far, far from home. I like to send them just 'something' from home in the mail every week. For no reason that I understand, I find myself with just nothing to say. Methinks it's a good thing that Sunny and I are not needing to pay the car note by producing a best seller. How do you deal with this cold, stony block? Polly "Sunny" wrote in message ... I'm slowly getting my loins girded to dig into my work space. Wow, what a mess. A friend needs me to help her make a quick quilt for a friend of hers who she just learned is dying of cancer. Soon. Sigh ... why does it seem we find the time to make those quilts for our friends when we hear they no longer have time to enjoy it? I think that's how we humans work...deadlines. I am also working hard on lessons in life. Some of you wanted to see the titles of books recommended by Dr. B at the pain clinic. Here they a http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055...ef=oss_product http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157...ef=oss_product The third one is personal and I'm not feeling like sharing right now. For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Now, some of you have wanted to know where I got the gorgeous hand- dyed threads I use sometimes in my embroidery. Some of it I get off the rack at Dee's Country Quilts in Leavenworth, WA and I don't really know the name right now. Some comes from a local source that didn't want me to talk about her. Okay. The rest (and I think the most luminous) comes from http://yarnplayer.etsy.com and I really like both the threads and the service. She is wonderful, generous and delightful. Enough for one day. I may be fairly absent for a long stretch here. I leave for Phoenix in little more than a week. Eeeeek! yeah, I'm ready. (not) Before then I have much, much to do. So much it makes me ache. So hug each other, hug yourselves, love yourselves (one of my affirmations I must repeat every day over and over is 'I love myself') and generally everybody else in the world, because if we quilters don't love those cold, shivering and lost souls out there, who will? Love, God keep you all till we meet again, Sunny |
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IMO many people edit mentally before the words hit the paper (or
screen). So stop your automatic editor. Just let it all burble. Maybe do it via dictating machine, to separate it from the chore of typing. Roberta in D On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:38:15 -0600, "Polly Esther" wrote: HOoooeee, do I ever remember that type. I worked for a couple of decades for a Bumper Sticker Brain. If you couldn't condense down to 5 words or less, you'd lost the opportunity. Okay. So I write our loved young far away what Yogi did today. What do we have to say to Sunny who's got to write journals? Polly "Taria" wrote in message ... When I email ds he often does not read the whole thing. I have started making comments like "if you are still reading we won the lotto". He is going to miss something good and real some day but he doesn't mind missing the furry pet stories for now. On the other hand dd is like a mother hen. Go figure. Taria "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message ... I am a list maker from waaaayyyy back. In my kitchen are running grocery and errand and To Do lists (and a list of when and what meds I take thru out the day- plus any meds for my dogs if they are taking anything)- all on pages in a spiral notebook. When my sons were in college they budgeted better if I sent them a check each week for their spending money. I included a note and some homemade goodies for them and their roommates. Back then I added a list about things we were doing, what the dogs and other animals had done that week, amusing stories or jokes, etc. It made writing the notes much easier when I could refer to my list. I still tend to jot down a few things to tell my mom when she calls, too. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... 'Writer's block' is such a strange animal. Sunny wrote, in part, For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Mr. Esther and I have two grands that are far, far from home. I like to send them just 'something' from home in the mail every week. For no reason that I understand, I find myself with just nothing to say. Methinks it's a good thing that Sunny and I are not needing to pay the car note by producing a best seller. How do you deal with this cold, stony block? Polly "Sunny" wrote in message ... I'm slowly getting my loins girded to dig into my work space. Wow, what a mess. A friend needs me to help her make a quick quilt for a friend of hers who she just learned is dying of cancer. Soon. Sigh ... why does it seem we find the time to make those quilts for our friends when we hear they no longer have time to enjoy it? I think that's how we humans work...deadlines. I am also working hard on lessons in life. Some of you wanted to see the titles of books recommended by Dr. B at the pain clinic. Here they a http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055...ef=oss_product http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157...ef=oss_product The third one is personal and I'm not feeling like sharing right now. For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Now, some of you have wanted to know where I got the gorgeous hand- dyed threads I use sometimes in my embroidery. Some of it I get off the rack at Dee's Country Quilts in Leavenworth, WA and I don't really know the name right now. Some comes from a local source that didn't want me to talk about her. Okay. The rest (and I think the most luminous) comes from http://yarnplayer.etsy.com and I really like both the threads and the service. She is wonderful, generous and delightful. Enough for one day. I may be fairly absent for a long stretch here. I leave for Phoenix in little more than a week. Eeeeek! yeah, I'm ready. (not) Before then I have much, much to do. So much it makes me ache. So hug each other, hug yourselves, love yourselves (one of my affirmations I must repeat every day over and over is 'I love myself') and generally everybody else in the world, because if we quilters don't love those cold, shivering and lost souls out there, who will? Love, God keep you all till we meet again, Sunny |
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Here is a journal someone on a blog I follow is trying out:
http://www.journalsunlimited.com/sto...sonal-journal/ Prompts every day so it kind of gets you going. HTH, Taria "Roberta" Roberta@Home wrote in message ... IMO many people edit mentally before the words hit the paper (or screen). So stop your automatic editor. Just let it all burble. Maybe do it via dictating machine, to separate it from the chore of typing. Roberta in D On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:38:15 -0600, "Polly Esther" wrote: HOoooeee, do I ever remember that type. I worked for a couple of decades for a Bumper Sticker Brain. If you couldn't condense down to 5 words or less, you'd lost the opportunity. Okay. So I write our loved young far away what Yogi did today. What do we have to say to Sunny who's got to write journals? Polly "Taria" wrote in message ... When I email ds he often does not read the whole thing. I have started making comments like "if you are still reading we won the lotto". He is going to miss something good and real some day but he doesn't mind missing the furry pet stories for now. On the other hand dd is like a mother hen. Go figure. Taria "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message ... I am a list maker from waaaayyyy back. In my kitchen are running grocery and errand and To Do lists (and a list of when and what meds I take thru out the day- plus any meds for my dogs if they are taking anything)- all on pages in a spiral notebook. When my sons were in college they budgeted better if I sent them a check each week for their spending money. I included a note and some homemade goodies for them and their roommates. Back then I added a list about things we were doing, what the dogs and other animals had done that week, amusing stories or jokes, etc. It made writing the notes much easier when I could refer to my list. I still tend to jot down a few things to tell my mom when she calls, too. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... 'Writer's block' is such a strange animal. Sunny wrote, in part, For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Mr. Esther and I have two grands that are far, far from home. I like to send them just 'something' from home in the mail every week. For no reason that I understand, I find myself with just nothing to say. Methinks it's a good thing that Sunny and I are not needing to pay the car note by producing a best seller. How do you deal with this cold, stony block? Polly "Sunny" wrote in message ... I'm slowly getting my loins girded to dig into my work space. Wow, what a mess. A friend needs me to help her make a quick quilt for a friend of hers who she just learned is dying of cancer. Soon. Sigh ... why does it seem we find the time to make those quilts for our friends when we hear they no longer have time to enjoy it? I think that's how we humans work...deadlines. I am also working hard on lessons in life. Some of you wanted to see the titles of books recommended by Dr. B at the pain clinic. Here they a http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055...ef=oss_product http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157...ef=oss_product The third one is personal and I'm not feeling like sharing right now. For a person who wrote for a living, I find it absurdly hard to maintain a journal. I'm working on it. Three journals to keep. Now, some of you have wanted to know where I got the gorgeous hand- dyed threads I use sometimes in my embroidery. Some of it I get off the rack at Dee's Country Quilts in Leavenworth, WA and I don't really know the name right now. Some comes from a local source that didn't want me to talk about her. Okay. The rest (and I think the most luminous) comes from http://yarnplayer.etsy.com and I really like both the threads and the service. She is wonderful, generous and delightful. Enough for one day. I may be fairly absent for a long stretch here. I leave for Phoenix in little more than a week. Eeeeek! yeah, I'm ready. (not) Before then I have much, much to do. So much it makes me ache. So hug each other, hug yourselves, love yourselves (one of my affirmations I must repeat every day over and over is 'I love myself') and generally everybody else in the world, because if we quilters don't love those cold, shivering and lost souls out there, who will? Love, God keep you all till we meet again, Sunny |
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