As if moving was not enough to keep me from “the pencil” add another interesting twist. My grown son has been on a work hiatus and doing a bit of traveling (Africa for four months). He had been living in San Diego for the past five years and I haven’t gotten to see him as much as I’d like, so when he returned from Africa and invited me on a cross-country road trip, I couldn’t resist.
So, for most of September I have been “on the road” from Oregon to Maine, exploring places I’ve never been (Yellowstone, Theodore Roosevelt national Park, Springfield, IL, Maine) and sharing places I’ve previously experienced (Black Hills, Gettysburg, NJ, NYC, Walden Pond). It was a blast and the time I spent with my son was filled with unforgettable moments.
But, what of the writing? The bottom line is simply that there is more to life to putting words on paper. That said, experiences form the basis of writing so I have many, many bases for doing additional works. Some have presented themselves directly; others with take time to bubble to the front of my mind. Other experiences will remain as such. And happily so.
You don’t always have to be scratching a pencil across a piece of paper or pounding away at a keyboard to be writing. Those are a necessary part of the process, for sure, but there’s always the planning stage and even the composing in your mind stage. I did a whole lot of both, believe me. And, I was greatly inspired by visits to the Kurt Vonnegut Library and Museum in Indianapolis as well as Walden Pond in Concord, MA.
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