Happy St. Nicholas Day. I had to add that since this is so late. May you get oranges instead of coal in your shoes.
November was so busy, I didn’t have enough time to get a second post done. Things aren’t slowing down much either but I wanted to share a little of what’s been going on.
First off, I’m way behind on projects. Things seem to keep creeping in ahead of what I want to do. This week will have four medical appointments. Talk about a time waste. My sewing room is finally a bit more organized and cleaner. It helps if you have no time to use it.
The next weekend after the quilt show, my son and I took a trip to Flagstaff with my sewing machine to learn some basics of the embroidery function. I was afraid of it. We had a commission from a friend to put a name on a baby toy.
The trip was made even more of an adventure by taking it in his new, used electric loaner car. Since the whole family is having vision shortcomings, he felt the need for some added assistance to stay safe. The trip to Flagstaff was a loaner until the one he purchased was brought to the area and readied. There were so many things to test out and see how well they worked that we barely had time to listen to the audible book. We even tested out how to charge up in Flagstaff. His new car is a much older version and not as many functions as the loaner but it was good practice. We had a lovely day learning the sewing machine as well. We both used a lot of brain cells that day.
Just after Thanksgiving the new anthology came out and I ordered my kindle version hoping to get a chance to read other stories by other writers of these fairy tales. When first asked to write a story for this book, I told my friend, Sharyn that I was not a fairy tale kind of person and at that moment was in the throes of dealing with the breast cancer which I hope to never hear from again. Sharyn managed to cajole a story out of me anyway.
The Anthology is beautiful with short chapters that will be easily consumed. So many great writers there and then my story about a moment in time when life felt safe and hilarious. You know I’m always looking for the funny. I think my story shows that I was looking for that so many years ago and managed to find it occasionally in everyday life.
I might be ready for Christmas in January or maybe even February. Life is going as fast as my son’s new car. I love the fact I don’t have to smell gasoline. My daughter bought his old car about 3 or 4 years ago and the beast I gave him a couple of years ago is a great mover of objects like a truck but not fuel efficient. It’s going to have square wheels soon.
Do you see life as an adventure or a problem-solving game?
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”
~Hunter S. Thompson,
From my heart to yours
Marlene Herself