Fault-line haiku

chile's quake experts
gone to help haiti
when chile rattles too

Onward and upward?

January 8, 2010. Blogging is living, or so they say. I'm just getting warmed up for both activities . .

Saluting Oscar W.

January 6, 2010.

"Every saint has a past and
every sinner has a future."

--Oscar Wilde


which means nobody's perfect and everybody's improvable. yes it's an illusion but 2010 does seem to be off to a good start, at least in this house. . i'm superstitious though . . .will stop right there. peace.

Too Much Happiness

Tuesday January 5, 2010.
"Too Much Happiness" by Alice Munro. Can't wait to read it, admire Munro and also sister Canadian Margaret Atwood.

If a blog falls in the forest and nobody reads it, was blogging actually committed?

Sunday Bloody Sunday

January 3, 2010. My car makes a new grinding noise after cold-morning startup. Online service bulletin says I need to replace power-steering pump's O-ring. If dealer refuses to do this for free, I'll attempt it myself. Then may add 'auto mechanic' to my resume.

Ate southern greens, limas, okra, chicken livers and bread pudding while reading "The Portable MFA in Creative Writing" seeking wisdom re: POV, my ongoing concern. Ragged first draft of the novel is taking shape.

2010 blog debut

January 2, 2010. Hope everyone's saying twenty-ten, not two thousand and ten. We're ready for a hard freeze after midnight here in North Florida. Sleeping under down comforter in a cold house. Moon and stars bright. That's fine with me and my Nordic blood. More later, still figuring out this blog layout.