I'm Walking, Yes Indeed: So much has happened, both good and bad, since this summer began that I feel caught in a bit of a whirlwind of emotions. Not to belabor the point, but as a result of my friend's suicide (see my previous blogs) I felt compelled to take part in a charity walk to help prevent suicide by promoting awareness and to provide support to those left behind. The walk is this coming Sunday and I'm getting a bit nervous as I've never done one before--previously I was physically unable to even comprehend such a thing. I've been walking much more than usual on the treadmill to prepare, but during the walk on...

Romanze: I wrote that this afternoon at Borders, which is my favorite place to drink coffee and write. I had a guy on my mind, a writer, a sweetheart. Felt so good to move on that romantic impulse, something I don't usually do. As an artistic type individual I tend to fall to fast, too hard, too much and lose everything every time. Well, not this go around. But I wanted to write something for him.

New Month, same drive: Its a new month, tomorrow is my Bro's birthday (happy birthday!!) and I am trying to keep focused on my journey ahead. As I have mentioned before, I am getting a piece published by Broadbent&Dunn, Ltd. in England and since this is the first time I have ever gone through this process I did not know what to expect. It turns out, after a few emails, that it is a longer process than I had anticipated. The cool thing is that I made getting published a goal back in Jun and here it is happening! Also I learned that my piece will be sent to magazines and possibly get reviewed. That is a little sc...