Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Riding in a Convertible with the Top Down


Today I'm knitting 
an editor's cap.

I set the goal of
120 posts. January 1st.

Then I would
pursue the tangled
web of thoughts
therein.

Let me tell you
it's quite a maze.

In a synchronistic happenstance 
a friend sent me a helpful
article about journals
written by writing teacher,
essayist, and poet Sheila Bender.

As chance would also have it
I have in my possession a
book titled: 

_Writing in a New Convertible
With the Top Down: A Unique
Guide for Writers_ by
Sheila Bender and Christi Killien

Twice in my life I have owned convertibles.

In my youth the Irish crones would
counsel don't be putting the top down:
not good to be in a draft... you'll
be getting the pneumonia.

These days the nay-sayer
 is the dermatologist.
"Careful of those sun rays...
use #40 sun screen, wear a
wide brimmed hat..."

So today as I don my editor's cap
I long for the freedom of the
convertible's carefree wind stream...

I need to add youth to my perspective
playfulness to my attitude, confidence
in my choices.

I think I'll put the cap aside
and make a game of this reading.

Wave as I breeze past in the
convertible with the top down.

For today I am a teen
out on the joy ride.

Now don't be tellin'!




1 comments:

DianeSchuller.com said...

Pat, what a perfectly playful and careful, windblown attitude! You too are in the zone.

Diane
Sand to Glass
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