Today is Wear Pajamas to Work Day.
One of the benefits of being a full-time author (with no Day Job) is the ability to work in your pj’s. Or your sweats. To be comfortable. If an author is physically at ease, the brain can soar. It’s so much easier to get in the zone and stay there. It’s our equivalent of Runner’s High.
Yeah. I like hanging out in sloppy clothes on the weekend. It’s my writerly uniform.
Happy National Fast Food Day.
Terribly unhealthy, but fast food fulfills a need. How many nights did I pick up my children from their after school program and hit the drive through on the way to religious ed/dance/jazz ensemble/drama club rehearsal and so on? Fast food is a necessity in the crazy-paced world we live in.
I’ve tried to back off (altho’ I am addicted to breakfast items at the drive thru between my house and my Day Job), but hitting the drive through at lunch is just too convenient. And for a quick meal? No prep, no clean up. More time to write.
Can’t beat it!
Celebrating dictionaries!
All kinds of dictionaries!
And yes, I can look that up in my Funk & Wagnall.
But one thing I’ve never understood: when I used to ask how to spell something, teachers/parents would say, “Look it up in the dictionary.” Hello? How am I supposed to look up something I can’ spell?
Ever have one of those days where it feels like everything goes wrong? Too many to count, I’m sure.
Today is National Everything You Do is Right Day.
Isn’t that a wonderful concept? I’m going to embrace it.
Every sentence I write will be perfect. Each word is precise and strong. Emotion shall drip from every syllable.
Everything is going to be right.
Who wants to join me?
A few weeks ago I asked other authors if they could give the world any gift at all this holiday, what would that gift be. The response was so overwhelming, I had to split the responses into two blogs. Here’s what they had to say.
KERRY ADRIENNE (The Guardian of Blackbird Inn): Compassion and understanding for other people’s differences.
YOLANDA ASHTON (A Will for Love): A guaranteed Salary/Wage that will ensure the ability to take care of loved ones comfortably.
MARIE BOOTH (Dying for a Bite): An extra dose of compassion and an urge to help people and animals in need.
ANNE B. COLE (Souls Estranged): Hope.
CRYSTAL DAWN (Cassandra, White Wolf Matriarchs): Peace with a side of goodwill to all. Even for just the season it would be a beautiful thing.
ALINA K. FIELD (Rosalyn’s Ring): A peaceful world, peaceful communities, and peaceful homes, and for each man, woman, and child, I would give wisdom to see blessings, and a heart filled with gratitude, “not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others
REBECCA HEFLIN (Ship of Dreams): Tolerance.
KIRA HILLINS (Take You Away): Bringing superheroes to life. With all that’s wrong in the world, we need them. 😉
EMERALD LAVERE (The Wikomsette): Empathy–each person would have the ability to truly see and feel life from the perspective of others. I believe that would result in understanding, compassion, and the ultimate gift…peace. Hugs are good gifts too! 🙂
VIKI LYN (Lover’s Trill: A Magical Christmas): Universal inclusiveness and acceptance.
CAROLE ANN MOLETI (The Widow’s Walk): An end to terrorism in all its forms.
J. LYNN ROWAN (Better Than Chocolate):Lasting tolerance and understanding between peoples of all races and religions.
RYAN JO SUMMERS (Chasing the Painted Skies): Knowing the internal peace of knowing we are at the right time and place in our individual journey. Life is not always easy, especially for those who are really living it, but it should always feel right inside our hearts. I wish everyone could capture at least one of their dreams in their lifetime. I wish everyone could feel true love at least once, even if just for a short time. May all find time to enjoy the pleasantness around them, wherever they are, if by choice or design or fate.
CAROLINE WARFIELD (Dangerous Weakness): Eyes that could see people as God sees them, each be loved in his or her own way, all beloved no matter how different from one another.