I like being
totally present in the task at hand. I'm not sure what that means exctly because I seldom experience it. But I think it means, figuratively speaking, not thinking of Sue while kissing Jane.
In my case, it means keeping my worlds of satire and serious fiction separate. In the world of serious fiction, I'm still at work on my heroine's journey novel
Sarabande. And, I'm still talking about heroine's journey resources at my
Sarabande's Journey web log. My most recent post focused on "The Light of Nature," the information we learn directly from nature.
During the past few days, though, I've been multitasking. Vanilla Heart Publisling has just released three
"Jock Talks" e-books. Available at 99 cents on Kindle and in multiple formats at Smashwords, these collections feature the more insane, bothered and bewildered of the posts on my Morning Satirical News weblog from the last several years. I've had fun working on them even though I can still hear Sarabande's voice inside my head saying, "Hey, you left me stranded on a mountain top and I'm getting cold and hungry."
Meanwhile, I've been doing a little more volunteer work at the
Crawford W. Long Museum as the April 15th opening day of the Civil War Medicine exhibit approaches. Last night, we were carefully removing the fabrics and weaving exhibit from two display cases in the general store building to make room for the new exhibit.
I feel like a juggler with 20 swords in the air. Does this happen to you?
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Malcolm
Published on April 09, 2011 10:24
The volunteer work sounds really interesting - best of luck on opening day.