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Thoughts from the Treadmill

There is a perfect space for me to put the phone camera and I can start filming those weekly little author talk videos I want to do. Its about two feet in front of the treadmill and slightly up, so it would have that good down tilting angle. If I put myself out there on video while walking on the treadmill odds are I’ll get put in front of the wrong people who would leave all kinds of snarky comments. I should just flip them off right now before I even start– and yes while walking alone on the treadmill, I flipped off imaginary video comments.

Or I could start a random thoughts blog post series.
This would make good time of my dictation practice—yes it takes practice to dictate your writing, not a lot but some and I am falling out of practice. Or I could just get started. I can’t get to my phone to start dictating while I’m currently walking. I might mess up my step count, I don’t want to do that, I’m going for a medal here. I’ve signed up for those walking challenges that give out cool medals. My husband has simply walked to Mordor and back a couple of times. The medals are nifty.

Thinking while walking is like having your best thoughts while in the shower and you just can’t write them down, and you suffer from threshold memory issues, so the second that shower curtain swishes open and you step over the rim of the tub, all is forgotten.

Yes. I’m talking about me.

Hi, OMG its been like forever since I’ve blog-blogged.

In a nut shell, a couple of years ago my website server tanked, I loss my website just around xmas time, so I really really didn’t have the wherewithal to deal with it. I got a fabulous web guy from a recommendation, and he saved what he could. Between us, he revamped the site. And I let the blog go. I couldn’t see how I was going to save all those blog posts. And since most of them were time-sensitive release announcements, I didn’t see a reason why.

I have a good reason why to be back now. I want my website to be a place readers can find me, especially if they are part of the migration away from certain platforms. I don’t blame them, and I still want to connect.

So why am I on a treadmill all of a sudden? And what does this have to do with writing?

I need to walk, and I’m not a walker.

Why isn’t Lulu a walker?

Chronic plantar fasciitisToe joint replacement, when it gets swollen it hurtsChronic fatigue complicated with long covid issues= no energy

My energy levels are starting to come back, slowly, and so I want to regain some strength and stamina. This round of chronic fatigue has put a damper on my writing. Yes, I get brain fog, but its the being too tired to function thats been getting in the way. I have so many stories I want to write, so many I thought would be done by now (Hidden Gods). I need my energy levels to come back up so I can be more productive, and write more.

So, welcome back to my blog!