My Space

After going through the grueling process of editing TWO new books over the summer, I’ve become an expert in wasting time.  I mean, a girl can only take so much.  That’s why I’m giving myself a some play time.

Part of this play time involves my longstanding fascination with gadgetry.  Last week, when Apple changed to OS 7, I found myself spending way too much time on the iPhone and iPad.  My favorite feature of OS7 is the capability to take panoramic photographs.  I’ve been using pano non-stop because love it’s weird distortion.

Which brings me to my pictures today.

The top picture is of my winter office.  The place where I write when cold weather chases me out of the unheated summer office.  I have a nice window view (distraction), a bed for napping (more distraction), and a hidden set of speakers for music.  I love peaceful surroundings, so I painted the walls a restful green then added a few orange accents, including a fabulous water color by the mother of a good friend of mine.

 

My summer office is an attic room above the garage.  The knotty pine on the walls gives it a ‘summer cabin by the lake’ feeling.  There’s a window overlooking the garbage cans (not a distraction), and one of those crazy  spiky clocks that everyone owned back in the 1970′s.  There’s also a fun bulletin board full of memorabilia from trips I’ve taken.  This space is quirkier than the other one, but no less comforting to me.

 

Distractions aren’t usually a problem since I love to write first thing in the morning before everyone else is out of bed.  And I especially love to write on rainy, dreary days (or snowy days) when I have a hot cup of coffee and a doughnut at my elbow and plenty of electronica playing in the background.

It’s a writer’s lonely life, but I wouldn’t change a thing.