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English: William de Brailes (active c. 1230 — ...

English: William de Brailes (active c. 1230 — c. 1260) was an English 13th century scribe and Early Gothic manuscript illuminator, presumably born in Brailes, Warwickshire. He and Matthew Paris are the only two English 13th century manuscript illuminators about whom we have much personal information, since he signed two manuscripts, and his life is otherwise documented. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Daily Prompt: Ebb and Flow

by michelle w. on September 28, 2013

Our blogs morph over time, as interests shift and life happens. Write a post for your blog — but three years in the future.

Photographers, artists, poets: show us LIFE.

 

Hi folks!

When I look back three years

and reminisce

about what life was like then —

I smile

 

Back then I was very hopeful

and I really applied myself

A lot of my pursuits

have yielded success

Other things have worked out as well

 

Dave and I finally have our two households merged

and there is actually a place for everything

*downsizing feels great!*

 

My eating disorder has left the premises

and I am leading a full,  recovered life now

 

I am now a published author of a book —

Some manuscripts for other books I wrote

have been turned down

but there are still a few more on my list to tackle

Of course, who is to say I can’t try polishing my rejected manuscripts?

 

I now own and write for my own magazine

thankfully it’s online, so I can work it remotely

I am still editing and proofreading others’ manuscripts

(also remotely)

and I like reading and writing book reviews

 

I still have my day job

that I’ve had for 27 years

I like the benefits I get there

but at times I wish I could write full-time

I won’t be retiring for awhile

so it’s best I keep using time wisely

so I can write as much as possible

 

Best of all:

I am a seven-year cancer survivor

still as feisty and funny as before

although maybe a little bit stronger

 

I am playing tennis and swimming again

life is wonderful ~ ~

 

What has changed in the last three years of YOUR life?


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NaPoWriMo #30

English: The title page of Poems in two volume...

English: The title page of Poems in two volumes, the series of works by William Wordsworth. Original work was published before 1923 (US) and unknown authorship before 1939 (UK). It would be impractical, and I believe impossible, to find who originally held the copyright, and its status now. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Illustration of "The Trusting Child"...

Illustration of “The Trusting Child”, a poem by Lydia Sigourney which appeared in Poems for the Sea, Hartford: H.S. Parsons & Co., 1850. Page 41. See http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Poems_for_the_Sea.djvu (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Village Blacksmith Poem (Longfellow)

The Village Blacksmith Poem (Longfellow) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Title page, Poems Upon Several Occasions (1748...

Title page, Poems Upon Several Occasions (1748) by Mary Leapor (1722-1746) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Frontispiece to Phillis Wheatley's Po...

English: Frontispiece to Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects… Русский: Филлис Уитли, портрет из сборника её стихов. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Rossetti was interested in figures locked in e...

Rossetti was interested in figures locked in embrace; cf. the embracing figures at the bottom of the Mystical Nativity (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I did it!  I wrote 30 poems in 30 days!  Here is my last poem for NaPoWriMo 2013:

 

Here we are

at the end of the month already

and we’ve written so many poems

Feels good, doesn’t it?

 

All good things eventually end

but we can look forward to next April.

Shall we try the NaNoWriMo in November?

Maybe the adventurous will

(the jury is still out on whether I will be in that group or not).

 


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I Hope You….Love Yourself

three amigos (amigas?)

three amigos (amigas?) (Photo credit: harmonicagoldfish)

“How can anyone ever love you for who you are,

if you become someone else to be with them?”

–Stephen C. Paul,

Author of:  Illuminations: Visions for Change, Growth and Self-Acceptance

It seems like there are a lot of fakes out there, people who don’t think they’re good enough as they are.   I like this book because it confronts that issue and encourages us to be ourselves.

I had to learn that it’s alright to be Debb.  (I’m the only one that can be her, so why not accept it, right?)   In fact, it’s the only way I can be.   When I tried to be something other people wanted me to be, it never worked out well.   I always felt invisible and like I didn’t matter.   Actually, when people didn’t like me, they weren’t liking the impostor I had become.  Debb was invisible because she was portraying some other person.

So, I accepted that I am silly at times and sing a lot and am a morning person who bothers people with her cheerfulness when it’s too early.  Now I celebrate that I have a very good memory and remember phone numbers and birthdays of people from my childhood.   (Weird, huh?)

Are there things about yourself that you don’t like?  Well, I encourage you today to “seize the day” and know that you are loveable just the way you are.  After all, “God doesn’t make junk”!!