BEFORE COVID-19, 2 HURRICANES, AN ICE STORM, and A FLOOD

 Some of you might be wondering how Lake Charles looked before the 4 HORSEMEN savaged our city:

Sadly, it no longer looks like this.

YET AGAIN FOR THE 4TH TIME IN 9 MONTHS!

 

Just yesterday, I got my internet repaired. 

That is why you have not heard from me. 

You can imagine how fun these last few days 

as a blood courier has been!

Say a prayer will you?

To end with a smile

and

a bit of reflection: 

THOUGHT FOR TONIGHT

 

ANOTHER THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I just learned I lost a good friend last year while I was homeless for eight months and ill with Covid-19.

I will write more of that loss later when I have the time to do her justice.

But this poem came to mind as I prayed for her ...

May life be kinder to

all of us this year.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

 

You Can Find Me In Australia ... Soon if not Now!

 

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I'M HERE BUT I'M NOT ALL THERE_IWSG Post

 

The title to this post is the title to the 7th chapter 

to my Amazon Vella submission.

Are you reluctant to try Amazon Vella

or to enter the writing world at all

after this Covid hiatus?

Could the title to this post

apply to how you feel

about trying to write again?

A century ago, Sigmund Freud

called it "reiseangst"

what psychologists now call

"Re-entry Fear."

How about succeeding by

THINKING SMALL?

Try writing Haiku's.

Haiku's are written sparse word

by sparse word.

Thinking small for your Haiku

keeps you in the moment.

You find you can conjure

a mood with only a few words.

Shrink your writing universe

to a population of one:

You

Amazon Vella

has helped 

by leading me to break

my novel

into riveting chapters

each with their own arcs.

What helps you?