Simple Things

     See!  I found this little fellow just sitting around in the Photobucket files, so I borrowed him to show you that there are real dragons.  If I found a picture, it just has to be true, right?  Sure, and I found a private island in the middle of Alabama that I’ll sell you, too.

     We’ve all got to believe in something!  I believe that (as Ann Landers once said) “There are really only three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who say “What happened?”

     I was a “what happened” person for years. Busy with a job, children and paying the bills, I let most of the world go by and didn’t try to get involved in anything other than a good book. Of course, my world was a little different in those days; I had a job that I loved, lots of energy, and most of my life ahead of me. 

     Geez, do things change!  I no longer have a job (by choice~ since I have someone who makes a living for me), my children are all grown up (and I managed to turn both of them into pretty good people ~ using the old fashioned “spanking” method).  I no longer have any energy (must have used it all up beating on my children!), but I’ve got quality time for myself ~ hopefully another 20 years or so.

     I’ve decided to use my quality time to: 1) Take care of my grandchildren when I’m needed.  2) Take care of myself by staying as active as I can (on the couch, off the couch, on the couch, off the couch, etc.)    3) Share my opinions, thoughts, imaginations, insights, hind-sights, quips, quotes, stories and just plain nonsense, with anyone who cares to read.

     I’m trying to be a “writer”. Wow! That word sounds so important!  Actually, I’ve been a writer all my life, just never tried to organize it into a form that might be worth publishing. Starting this blog was a step toward getting myself in the mood to write everyday, and I can truly say, it worked.  There are days when I can’t spend time at the keyboard (baby-sitting days) or days when the weather is bad and my “Wild Blue” has gone ~ well, into the wild blue.  Other than that, I sit down every morning, place my hands on the keyboard and say, “Okay, now what?”  Something usually comes to mind, and most of the time it’s legal to talk about.

     There are days when I rattle on, like the last nut in the nut house, and today must be one of those days.  If it were not raining (still) I would go out and look for another of the things I think still exist ~ fairies (the tiny ones with wings ~not sure what you were thinkin’).  That’s a story for another time!