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1) I appreciate the wisdom, (amply illustrate in these pages, by ‘Our Miss Lewis‘ and the co-hostinae), that gratitude is a state of mind and, as such, is something I am allowed to accept the responsibility for finding or ignoring. And so, my semi-humorous subtitle, “100,382 Spam comments blocked by Kismet.” which is a true and real thing in my blog dashboard. (“We’re Number!! We’re Number 1!!”)
2) ok, I think I’ve got that out of my system. Big shoutout to my co-hostinae (and others) who are participating in the annual ‘Anaconda and Zeppelin Blog Challenge’!! Dyanne and Val and Kristi and a number of others are crushing that there alphabet. ( “Topic with Letter G in it??! See you in hell! plosive G!!”)
3) thankful this workweek is over? Well, I would certainly say so!
4) I’m cautiously and quietly grateful for my growing my self-confidence in writing these things (TToTs and Sixes and such) in whatever manner randomly walks into my head and takes over my typing hands… did you read that last Item?!? Number 4?!?! jeez… Higgins, did ‘ja forget something at hyper-gentility class this morning?? lol hell, I not only brought it on myself, I’ve been totally encouraging ‘what-the-hell-try-it!’ self ever since I pulled into Blogville, what, 5 years ago?
5) Back to Item 3 (SR 32.4 ch. 7.3: if a relatively high-risk Item is put forth, it is permissible to return to self-same Item, provided (said return) is for the exclusive intent to elaborate or explicate the [P]reviously Cited Item (op. cit. ‘go back to the Well’ Gambit) Tough work week. High Stress. I will, in fact, cite the (implied) and actual lessons that inform this bloghop, i.e. that the cultivate of the gratitude reflex has the very practical value of reinforcing the attitude that precedes the approaching crisis. Can’t go into much more detail, but, after the crisis passes, (and ‘game over! alright!’), to remind myself the how the situation resolved itself, despite misgivings, is a good thing.
6) Una and Phyllis, of course. (To the humanophiles out there, who might be all, ‘hey! how come you always mention the Canine first? Huh, whats up with that?! Well, that’s just the way we both think of the family unit, here at Casa de Una)
7) ‘Almira’ Chapter 1 is out (link here) The coolest thing about a new Serial is that, by definition, it’s only just starting, so you don’t have, like, 13 Chapters to read before you can get whats going on. Chapter 2 will be out this Sunday, and we’ll be learning a bit more about young Dorothy Gale. I, for one*, did not realize that, that after finishing High School the year after ‘the Storm of ’37’, she got early acceptance to Sarah Lawrence College! When we join Miss Gale, in Chapter 2, she’s back home in Circe, Kansas on summer vacation following her Freshman year. And, as all of us who have children returning from College after Freshman Year (or have been returning Freshman) know quite well, ‘Home is never quite what some inner, secret part of us want to remember it to be’. So, Dorothy has some adjustments to make. (Spoiler Alert!!! Only Hunk, (aka the Scarecrow), is still working on the Gale Farm. Hickory and Zeke have, in the intervening year, both moved on.) Find the ‘Follow’ button on the blog, you can get each new Chapter sent right to your metaphorical doorstep every Monday morning!
8) The Graviteers ( christine, val, joy and lisa and sarah and kristi ) at the Gravity Challenge. If you haven’t been following the Challenge, one of the cool things is, that, by virtue of being a group, what we face as individuals, at any given time varies…. one, (or more of us), might be in backslide mode, but others could be meeting with outstanding success and progress. The group shares the bad with the good and benefits together.
9) music… of late, these past few weekends, I’ve been posting music videos as an Item. (Having Friend of the Doctrine Kerry on her own music adventure doesn’t hurt, influentialistically-speaking), I’m so grateful for the vast and easy availability of music and such (new Readers!! see that?? that’s how it’s done….) here is a link to one of my all time favorite gospel guys, Fred Hammond. (the coolest thing? Fred’s singing about the Old Testament and the horn section are like going, like, total R&B, up in the back row (watch: 0:26)
10) SR: 1.3 ( hey… Abbie yo that is how the Secret Book of Rules (aka the Book of Secret Rules) gets used to make our collectively-imaginary lives a little simpler and easier.)
* this Serial story is being written, pretty much in the same manner as I wrote ‘Blogdominion’ which is to say, Chapter by Chapter. And, for you new Readers, I don’t mean to limit the implications of that description to the normal, ‘well, of course, Chapter 3 follows Chapter 2 and precedes Chapter 4!’ no, I mean, the story unfolds for me, as for you the Reader… Chapter to Chapter. Not only is Chapter 3 not yet typed out, as of this moment, I don’t have the slightest idea of what’s going to happen in Chapter 3. I’m sure it’s a common enough phenomenon in the writing biz (to which I’ve somehow managed to sneak in through a poorly secured fire door, back by the loading docks) that stories exist (‘out there’ wherever) and my only job is to discover it and write it down. I’m totally in whatever camp it is that maintains, ‘come to know the characters well enough and they’ll tell you the whole story.’
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Frist.
fa…rist!
and that’s some hand clapping, foot stomping music going on there. Thanks for the mention of the Alpha-Zulu. I’m looking forward to Almira, unfolding.
The horns section gave me a flashback to my newly purchased clarinet in 5th grade. Had I been so casual in my playing/dancing/artistically expressing myself in 5th grade band, my mom (who was writing each check that covered the monthly payment) would have expired right there on the bleachers of Hill City Elementary! She expected me to treat that thing as gingerly as if it might explode with any sudden or non-musical movement!
lol… visuals on the scene (“…and I brought some friends, they said they’d love to sit in!”)
*huge smile* Horn guys are not just into it….they are it lol cool.
Who know I needed some Fred to launch my day, yeah – at 12:21pm. Thanks, Clark!
Totally good post today.
in fact, if you watch the backup signer behind Fred, she’s like laughing and telling the other singers to check out ‘Mo Horns’ (actually their name, as Fred introduces the band at the end of the video)…I got a feeling their ‘stage presence’ came as a surprise to everyone. lol
btw, horns good but damn! listen to that bass!
So cool that you’re starting your second story. I fell behind and didn’t catch up with that one, but I fully intend to follow along with this new one and I am looking forward to it.
:-)
Music is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? Thanks for the mention. I am on to attempting lyrics for a second song my brother actually wrote, for the most part, last year. He is adding to it and I am moving on and hoping lightning might find a way to strike twice.
:-)
Thanks K. I’m making an effort to be sure everyone know about each Chapter as they come out (no! really!) ’cause it can be a bit…something to come into a story where you have to read 40k words to get the backstory.
Funny how we notice different things at different times. Music I’ve always enjoyed and would never not listen to (unless it was, say yodeling). At first it was the guitar player (that I would ‘listen to’) as that was the first instrument. Later (in life) I’d listen to other aspects of songs, most recently it’s been the lyrics. Of course, I’ve always listen to the lyrics, but now with the writing jones I’ve got, I listen very carefully to all lyrics cause they’re sorta (to me) a cross between poetry and story telling.
or something
Okay wait…you mean to tell me that you work a full time job AND regularly maintain a blog AND you continuously write serials!? Holy crap! I got some shoes to fill, man! Hmm…takes out her calendar and figures out where in the hell she’s going to make time to blog/draw/make videos/write more…
I’m thankful you’re an inspiration. :)
but….but! I spend a considerable amount of time driving my car (…thats where the serials get revealed*) and, being a real estate broker I’m around a lot of rogers (a lot of rogers… male rogers!!) and scottian women (so there‘s my Doctrine practice). lol no, seriously, the challenge (for me) between work and not-work is mindset. Whatever the mindset that exists to encourage the writing thing, it’s kinda not conducive to dealing with the real world problems and conflicts and such.
you’re totally welcome (and I return a similar sentiment, you have, since I met you, provided an example of the realization of the potential that all our people enjoy, in particular your balance of passions.
*not to get too ‘and what else are the voices telling you, clark’ but I meant what I wrote about believing the tales are already written, it’s just a matter of getting the characters to tell it to me.
Another gloriously wonderful TToT by Clark, and by this I am not shocked! You are such a joy to read, my friend. My favorite line from this post? “come to know the characters well enough and they’ll tell you the whole story.” I need to remember this when I reach that point where I feel ready to write a full length story of my own! I will be hitting that ‘follow by email’ button to make sure I can read this new story as it unfolds!
thank you Abbie! Lizzi has managed to create a very special place in this corner of the ‘sphere, and it’s you and the others who create the kind of atmosphere that encourages all manner of creative experiments.
thank you for the ‘heads up’ on the Follow button, hopefully I have it working properly now (have never been a fan of the technical side of blogging)
“gratitude is a state of mind and, as such, is something I am allowed to accept the responsibility for finding or ignoring”.
Nailed it.
(smiles)
Yup, what Christine said. Love it.
Great tune – good for a late Sunday evening. Kerry’s tune with her brother was also quite cool.
Graviteering…yes, I’ve fallen slack on that for sure. The daily photo send is just a bit tedious for me right now, especially with being sick. I’ll get back on the wagon, though. Every time I think about bailing, I remember my cool t-shirt and that keeps me honest!
I, too, fell far behind on your serial and must get caught up.
the coolest (ok, one of the cool) thing about the Gravity Challenge is that we are all here for ourselves and we are always there for each other.
great video, great song, a wonderful list have a great week :)
I will attempt to comply
What Christine and Lisa said.