It’s Thursday. And by Thursday, I have likely thought about my blog post earlier in the week. But on Thursday, if I still haven’t decided what to write about or haven’t yet written a word, I begin to worry. My blog post is automatically sent out on Saturday mornings about 11 a.m. EST. If it isn’t done, whatever is last there is sent out by my mailing service. So, that would be the same post as last week. Not satisfactory!
I like to have my post completed on Thursday, so I don’t feel under the gun on Friday, especially if I have plans for Friday. I had planned to write about manifestation (one of my current fascinations), but I don’t have enough brainpower to deal with that this week. But soon…
Grammar is still part of my life (and always has been in some form), but it has taken a back burner to some other things at this point in my life. Twelve grammar books — or however many it is — is probably enough for one person to write, although I do have ideas for more. And fiction, well, is hard to sell, and I don’t think it comes very naturally to me. I thought my first attempt at a novel (Birds of a Feather) was pretty good. But my romance novel lingers on the shelf. Who knows if I will ever finish it? Frankly, I am spoiled because grammar books (good ones like mine 🙂 ) sell with hardly any effort.
My life right now consists of mostly reading (and coffee), music, studying and practicing manifestation, and hanging out with a very select group of people: one or two close friends and my daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter (and I really don’t hang out with then all that much). I have a fair number of friends and acquaintances in Massachusetts, California, and elsewhere in Florida, so there is a little travel included too. Add to this some political activity including three clubs. And I still belong to two publishing groups, one of which has a monthly Zoom meeting I really enjoy attending.
I will definitely write at least one post about manifestation soon. And I already write a book post every couple of months. I won’t get into politics here (unless you really want me to) because every time I post anything political, someone tells me to “stick to grammar.”
Music is very exciting right now. I wrote a bunch of songs when I was a teenager, mostly lyrics. Last year I found them and scanned them all into my computer. They were obviously decades old and typed on a manual typewriter. A few had melodies.
I love music people. My son played percussion and guitar in the school band. My daughter skated and danced and played drums for a while. My son-in-law plays guitar, writes songs, and does some gigs. My best friend’s husband and son-in-law are both guitarists. When I lived in California, I had jams at my house. I have three friends there who are guitarists, and I also know a fiddler and band director.
I have not managed to find a music community here in Florida. But I have amassed many musician friends on social media. Some I have met and some I have not. Some are in Florida; others are not. Some are very well known; others are not. The most significant synchronicity was running across someone who is a real pro with a very impressive resume. He has worked with everyone (well, almost), has written songs, and mostly been an arranger and musical director. I told him I had always wanted to be a songwriter. He knew I wrote books, so he told me I could probably write lyrics. I told him I had, and I sent him a few of my songs. He loved one of them and wrote music for it, so we are now collaborating on that one. He is making a demo. It has taken me decades, but I am finally doing what I have always wanted to do. I recently wrote both songs and lyrics for a song I wrote for a special someone and sent it to him. It was low tech, but I love the song.
Technology is my issue. I am a novice. I cannot even figure out how to work my piano keyboard! And I want to be able to use music software. Right now I am working on two songs I wrote long ago. One has only music and no words. The other has both, but needs work.
I spend (“waste,” I was going to say) a lot of time reading and listening to manifestation videos on YouTube! And I still run my book business: tracking sales, doing some advertising, keeping the books, writing daily grammar social media posts, and writing weekly blog posts.
Sorry if this post is a little disjointed….but yes, there will be lots more grammar posts!
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