Betsy Horvath's Blog, page 29
May 1, 2012
A Fateful Decision
I have a pack of papers my mother gave me of things I wrote and drew in elementary school. It’s nice. Not only does reading them make me laugh, but reconnecting with little Betsy has helped me understand things I didn’t know before. For example, I thought I remembered when I decided to be a [...]
April 26, 2012
Love Sonnets and Coffee
*stir, stir, stir* *sip* Hello, coffee. Hi. How are you? I’m feeling a little light. Hey, you don’t have a French accent today. You sound kind of…midwestern. No more French Roast. I’m the store brand. Oh. *sip* Did you know that today is the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s baptism? No. Do you care? No. I’m [...]
April 24, 2012
Happy Birthday, Mr. Shakespeare
My friends, I am a total Shakespeare geek. There. I’ve said it. Laugh at me if you will, but I love that little bard. And lovin’ him ain’t hard. Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better. (Twelfth Night) We don’t really know when Shakespeare was born. His baptism date was April 26, 1564. [...]
April 22, 2012
The Thing About First Drafts
When I think about first drafts, I still think of the opening of the movie, “Romancing the Stone”. Joan Wilder, the heroine, types the final sentence of her romance novel and, sobbing, boxes it up to give to her agent. The impression I got when I first saw the movie was that she had dashed [...]
April 19, 2012
Blooming In Time
As I’ve matured, I’ve tried to learn to be gentler with myself. I’ve tried not to beat myself up for decisions that I’ve made or didn’t make. I’ve tried to accept that those decisions had consequences and those consequences have brought me to where I am today. Some days I’m better about that than others. [...]
April 10, 2012
Writing And Sanity
It may shock you to hear this, but I can be a screwed up mess of a girl. In all fairness, I must say that sometimes my messes do not actually originate with me. Sometimes other people are messing and the mess just oozes out and covers me like slime because I'm not quick enough [...]
April 8, 2012
I Felt Tall
We're going to get a little philosophical here on the blog today, but I hope you will indulge me. I had a strange experience as I was walking around the trail this past week. I was walking along, minding my own business, and I suddenly realized that I felt tall. Literally. My legs seemed longer, [...]
April 5, 2012
The Benefits Of Blogging
Don't take this the wrong way, but blogging can be a real pain in the a$$. Sometimes the very last thing I want to do is sit down and try to come up with something relatively entertaining to put on my blog. Like today, for instance. Just kidding. But, as with all good things, blogging [...]
April 3, 2012
Nothing To Say
As soon as I wrote my post last Thursday celebrating the anniversary of my blog and stating, with great conviction, that I would keep on writing, darn it, I found myself with nothing to say. Seriously. I sat down on Sunday to write my normally scheduled blog post, and my mind was a complete blank. [...]
March 29, 2012
The Anniversary Post
*music plays softly in background* *candles flicker* Come here, Blogosphere! *No answer* Oh, Blogosphere! *Still no answer* Ohhh baaabbyyy…my sweet baaabbbbyyy….you're the one… What!?! Sweet God, stop singing! Hello, Blogosphere. What do you want? And why are you wearing cropped pants that are way too tight? Well, love is strange. *swishes side to side* Do [...]
