I completed 50,013 words on November 29, 2010

I completed 50,013 words on November 29, 2010 and won NaNoWriMo in 2010. I finished NaNoWriMo this year. Now I have to focus on rewriting.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving
From a chilly Las Vegas
The wind is blowing

It got down to about 35 degress in Las Vegas today. I am looking forward to summer, which is my favorite season. I may change my mind if it warms up and the wind stops blowing.

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It Snowed on Mount Charleston

White fluffy flakes fell
On Mount Charleston the week
Las Vegas winter

No snow predicted for the lower elevations; however, a cold front is moving in so I have to worry about freezing temperatures in the Las Vegas valley. If I want to see snow, all I have to do is look up at the Mountain and its white top. The sky is covered with clouds and the is a slight wind, if I go out I have to put on an extra sweater to deal with the wind chill factor. In addition, I have to check in my car to see if I left my hooded winter jacket in the back seat.

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Thanksgiving is Thursday I turned the heat on early

Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 25, and I turned the heat on in our house today. The weather in Las Vegas is chilly bordering on cold with intermittent winds. The outside temperature this morning was 45 degrees and the inside (in my house) got down to 60 degrees; time to turn the heat on.

I set the heat at 63 degrees, which is still a bit chilly. I cannot set it any higher because the power bill gets outrageous and that is a nice way of putting it. I just got the last power bill completely paid. I do not know what the power bill is going to be like because the power company reads the meter November 29.

I had to turn the heat on this morning because I could not stand it any more. It gets cold sitting at a computer typing a story. When I cannot concentrate on the story or poem I am composing because of the cold, then it is time to turn the heat on.

The central air sings
A warm melody scatters
Autumn’s morning chill

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The on the inside edge of modern coffee cans is a small rim. This tiny shelf or rim prevents a coffee drinker from getting all the fresh grounds out of the can. No matter how hard you try, there is always a small amount of unused grounds left in the can. I noticed this several years ago, but this morning it suddenly became wasteful.

I remember Grandpa Newland opening a can of coffee with a can opener. There was never a small rim left to hold any of the grounds in the can. When he could no longer use the coffee measuring scoop to get the ground coffee out of the can, he just tipped the can and the remaining ground came out onto a saucer.

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It rained in Las Vegas Today

No thunderous fanfare
Silent drop striking concrete
Left my driveway wet

I didn’t know it rained until I looked out my window. My car and my driveway were wet. It didn’t rain long enough or hard enough to wash my car or cause a flashflood. It rained just enough to make me want to wash my car next week.

My First Free Calendar for 2011

I received my first free calendar for 2011 yesterday. It was the 2011 Water Smart Calendar from the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA). It is a thirteen-month calendar beginning with December 2010 and ending with December 2011. The photography used is by Andrew Cattoir, a SNWA staff member.

Each month has a different photo showing examples of local landscape designs and desert plants. The photos are inspiring and good focuses for meditation. I enjoy looking at the calendar and I am looking forward to see what type of poems the photographs inspire. The photo on the front of the calendar inspired the following haiku.

Cactus flowers bloom
Pink yellow and white blossom
A year of beauty

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Night Noises

Strange noises echo
Sending shivers up my spine
The wind is blowing

The wind is not blowing hard, but it is blowing something around outside. In the morning, I have to check to see that the security sign is still standing. Sometimes the wind blows so hard that it blows the sign down.

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Worrying and Writing

I worry too much. The only time I do not worry is when I am writing. When I sit down at the computer to compose a poem or write a story, I stop worrying. I stop worrying because I have something occupying my mind.

I worry. I fret. I obsess. Most of the things I worry about never happen. If they do happen, it is never as bad as I imagine. One of the reasons I write is to keep from worrying. It works because when I write there is no room in my mind to worry, fret, or obsess.

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Hot coffee on an autumn morning

A hot cup of joe
Wakes me up and starts my day
Dawn transforms the sky

I opened a fresh can of coffee this morning. A rich dark blend that got my day started at dawn.

I owned a wall clock once

I owned a wall clock once. It hung beside the living room entrance. I could look up from my computer, whenever I wanted to know the time and easily read the time. The numbers were large enough for me to see the clock without my glasses.

I am not sure what happened to the clock. I remember we still had it in 2007 when I moved it from the living room into the dining room. It hung in the dining room for several months, but then the nail it was on fell out of the wall. I do not remember what happened to the clock. I do know the clock did not break when it fell off the wall, but I cannot remember where I put the clock.

I want another wall clock. In fact, I want three wall clocks. I want one to hang in the living room, another for the dining room, and the third for the kitchen. I do not think a person can have too many wall clocks because they add to the beauty of a room. They make it easy to see the time and they use batteries, so you do not have to worry about the electricity going off.

Autumn is here at last

Autumn in Las Vegas is a bit different from autumn in Oklahoma or Main. The season is not as colorful as it is in other parts of the country. Trees that usually change colors are still green because we have not had the first freeze yet.

I know it is autumn because the temperature has dropped. I looked at the thermostat this morning and it read 65 degrees. I did not look at the thermostat last night, but I am sure it did not drop below 64 or 65 degrees. I turned the central air unit off because it is too cold for the cool are and not cold enough for the heat.

Las Vegas autumn
Pleasant temperatures foretell
Approaching winter

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November and Gratitude

Think of November
Thanksgiving gratitude’s month
Remember Grandpa

My grandfather always said the blessing at our Thanksgiving Feast. November and Thanksgiving always bring back memories of Grandpa’s blessings.

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Wind in the Pine trees

Morning caresses
Chills the boughs of stone pine trees
Christmas is coming

The temperature in the house is about 68 degrees, which is cooler then an hour ago when it was 69. The wind is blowing and moving the limbs of the pine trees in my front yard. It is not even Thanksgiving yet, but the wind in the pine trees reminded me that Christmas and my birthday (Christmas Eve) is a little over a month away.

Did you set your clocks back this morning

Daylight savings time ended at 2:00 AM and time fell back. It will take me a couple of days to readjust my sense of time. I look at the clock on my computer and think it should be later in the day. Fortunately, I only had to set two clocks back because my cell phone and computer automatically adjust themselves. I wish all my clocks did that it would make the beginning and ending of daylight savings time so much easier.

Time fell back today
The alarm went off at four
It was really three

Welcome Friday

It’s Friday at last. It’s the first Friday in November. The past four days were a mix of good and bad, joy and sorrow, happiness and tears. I’m behind on my NaNoWriMo word count, but expect to catch up either today or tomorrow.

I had some good news this week, we qualified to have a walk in or roll in shower installed in one of the bathrooms. I’m not sure when they will do that, but I hope it occurs in November or December. Mom has difficulty getting up and down in the tub and I’m beginning to have problems.

My problem is osteoarthritis of the knee. Sometimes I have more difficultly and sometimes less. Mom is 89 years old and while she can walk without a walker, getting up and down in a tub is difficult. I suspect it may have something to do with arthritis, but I am not sure because Mom refuses to admit she has arthritis. A new shower will be nice because Mom will have an easier time taking a shower then a bath.

NaNoWriMo Day 4

I am about 405 words behind on my NaNoWriMo word count. I need to write at least 1,667 words a day to complete my 50,000 words by November 30. This is in addition to everything else I have to do. Nobody said the life of a writer was easy, it is sometimes interesting, exciting, and frustrating, but it is not easy.

True, I am not as far behind as I thought, I would be, but that is because I did not work the general election on November 2. Working the general election always puts me about 1,667 words behind on my NaNoWriMo word count. The reason I did not work the election this year had nothing to do with National Novel Writing Month.

The reason I did not work the election on November 2, concerned my mother and her medication. Mom has Alzheimer’s disease and forgets to take her medication. Whoever is her caregiver, has to make sure she takes the meds. I could not find anyone I could trust to give her the meds. Mom does not always want to take the meds, so one has to be gentle and persistent.

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National Author’s Day

In 1929, the General Federation of Women’s clubs, adopted November 1 as National Author’s Day. In 1949, the United States Department of Commerce placed it on its list of special day. This is a day to celebrate your favorite author. I you do not have a favorite author what better way to find one then to go to the library and read a book.

NaNoWriMo Day 1

Today the writing begins. This is November 1, the first day of National Novel Writing Month. The daily NaNoWriMo word count goal is 1,667. I created a document for the daily writing, which I am keeping open while I do household chores and deal with interruptions.

Interruptions are the biggest problem. I am my mother’s caregiver, so I am responsible for making sure she takes her medication. I am also responsible for helping Mom find the items she misplaces. Mom misplaces her glasses and gets upset when she cannot find them. Normally, I can find them without much difficulty because she takes them off and lays them on a table and then leaves the room.

If I keep a document open and waiting, I can return to writing after I deal with whatever situation confronts me. I know I can complete NaNoWriMo because I completed the writing.com October NaNoWriMoPrep Challenge. Completing the challenge was not easy, bud I did complete it.