Roland Yeomans's Blog, page 43

HOW OLD ARE YOU? IWSG Post

 Or rather -- how old is your blog?

How old is your blog? 

How has the world and you 

changed since your first post? 

T he memories for me refuse to stay locked away but climb out to urge me to stay fresh and young-at-heart.

Can you remember your first post?

Are you close to being the same

person you were then?

How many friends have 

you lost

along the years?

In your blog's comments

they live again.

What a happy surprise, right?

If you're wondering --

Here is my first post:

http://rolandyeomans.blogspot.com/2010/02/mardi-musings.html

Give congratulations to Damyanti Biswas 

for her 15 years of blogging!

Tell her I sent you.

https://www.damyantiwrites.com/blogiversary/

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

“Hope

Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,

Whispering 'it will be happier'...”

― Alfred Lord Tennyson

I've been driving all over the state bringing blood to hurting people.

WHEW!

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

 

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, 

learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. 

You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.

 

So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. 

Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. 

Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. 

Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

 

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

 

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”

― Neil Gaiman

"You know how I always dread the whole year? Well this time I’m only going to dread one day at a time." Charlie Brown

MAY CHRISTMAS STAY IN OUR HEARTS ALL YEAR LONG!

 

I  worked all through yesterday and am working all day today, 

(Ill and injured folks need blood every hour)

but I wanted to wish all my cyber friends the very best life has to offer!

DO YOU WRITE WHAT IS POPULAR OR WHAT YOU LOVE? IWSG Post

 

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html
Are you a weathervane in your writing?
Hoping to catch the prevailing wind of what is popular?
Or do you write what you love even if no one else is interested?
,
You are Lucas, survivor of the Long Dying, the 2nd War to End All Wars.
No winners, only losers.

Forgotten by your government,Betrayed by your commanding O.S.S. officer,
On a train through the Alpsto Viennato help film THE THIRD MAN,a film which sums up thedisillusionment of the Post Warworld ...too much like today's.

The chill of twilight,the taste of ashy despair,the hollow eyes of starved passers-by,the galling look of trust inthe eyes of your remaining companions.

You know you will not survive Vienna.Too many old enemies await you.
But you swear on the ghost ofMarcus Aurelius that your friends will.

No one is interested in myDARK HOLLYWOOD SAGA.

It seems only I am interested in the Golden Age of Hollywood.myths of New Orleans & post war Europe,and tales of love & intrigue.

Still, I feel that if you write what you love,the love will shine through.

By writing what you love, you will always write stories that are powerful and that mean something to you. 

Your energy and love will become  evident to readers. This is when an editor picks up your story and says, this must be the book of his/her heart.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

NEVER FORCE A CLEVER GIRL TO DO YOUR BIDDING

 

GIVING THANKS IS HEALING

 

The practice of gratitude can help retrain your brain to help reorient it out of despair. 

Gratitude helps us realize that our challenges are not the only things in our lives at any given moment 

and that, even in the most extreme situations, there are still things for which to be grateful.

LIFE IS WARFARE

 What do you think?

HAVE ANY OF YOUR CHARACTERS HELPED YOU?

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LGTN9GY

Lucas, my strange socially adapted sociopath, has spoken to me in how to recuperate from my massive heart attack. 

 

Have any of your fictional characters counseled you in the past?

Let me know. 

MIGHT I RECCOMEND THE PERIPHERAL?

 

As my world has taken a dive into the Rabbit Hole, I have discovered this intriguing show: 

Fun stuff that makes you think

It is a fun ride

MASSIVE HEART ATTACK! IWSG Post

 BEEN WONDERING WHERE I'VE BEEN?

I won the Trifecta no one wants to!

A massive heart attack.

(Heart at 35% efficiency)

Diabetes 

High blood pressure

I can afford six of the eight pills.

The other 2 cost $600 a month each!

When I told the doctor I could not

afford that much monthly,

he looked at me like he had

never heard those words in that order!

I go to see the doctor tomorrow.

Say a prayer and maybe buy an audio book

or two!

https://www.amazon.com/Roland-Yeomans/e/B0086O40BM

No complaints.

I've had a good run.

Thanks for being my friends.