I just came in from hooping on my patio.
It was warm and sunny, and I dressed accordingly.
No, not like this:
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However, I did enjoy myself greatly.
In a few hours, the temperature will drop about 40 degrees and
the snow will begin to fall on this part of Colorado.
Maybe I'll wear a pink wig and striped socks when I'm out shoveling.
As a result of the increased caloric intake due to Thanksgiving and my birthday,
I've felt a bit like this:
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No, I haven't turned green and bulgy-eyed.
I'm referring to the sensation of a bloated belly dragging on the ground.
Time to get those stick-legs moving!
I can't rock the swimsuits the way I could oh-so-many-years-ago,
but I'd like to think I've still got the attitude.
Happy Birthday to me.
AGNES by Tony Cochran
It's not just the long, skinny feet that make Agnes and me kindred spirits.
This was me in February 2009 as I embarked on Flexibility Quest:
This was me in January 2010 eleven months into Flexibility Quest:
This is me after neglecting regular yoga practice for the past eight months or so:
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Don't be a fool:
If you're doing something that makes you feel good
and is good for you, keep it up.
I'm here to tell you that rusty joints ain't no fun.
This second draft is giving me fits
and I'm suddenly the Queen of Procrastination
as I look for something, anything to do besides revise.
But my project is like this shark:
if I don't keep moving foward
there is a good chance the book will die.
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Must. Give. It. Oxygen.
The wealthy and powerful have laid waste to our environment and economy,
destroying people's lives via high-stakes gambling that carries no risk for the 1%.
So the 99% decide, finally, they've had enough.
How does the 1% respond to the peaceful, patriotic protests calling for social and
economic justice?
With militarized police forces wielding guns and nightsticks.
While Wall Street criminals are free to continue their pillaging,
the police are removing citizens from streets and parks in cities across the country.
Welcome to the United States of America in 2011.
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I am the 99%.
I stand with #OccupyWallStreet and every other occupation around the world.
1) I am ever so slowly making my way through the second draft of my middle-grade,
2) revising, rewording, reshaping, and re-visioning the story
3) that seemed so straight forward when it whispered in my ear, begging for attention,
4) but for some reason is now taunting me and laughing at my attempts to rein it in.
5) But the joke’s on my feisty muse because I WILL COMPLETE THIS SECOND DRAFT!
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May all you also prevail in your wrestling matches, literary or otherwise!
Have a grand weekend!
© Tracy Abell 2011
© Tracy Abell 2011
© Tracy Abell 2011
It's a whole new week filled with possibility.
I've got blue sky and sunshine outside, and a manuscript to revise.
Time to get to it.
How about you?
© Tracy Abell 2009
Wishing everyone a fabulous week!
Tracy Abell 