Thursday Thoughts: Get Out of the House

This is the fourth Thursday in July 2015, which means there are eight days left in the month. I live, make that survive, on a fixed income (I think it should be called a broken income). The closer to the end of the month the better chance of running out of money for food. Fortunately, I do not have to worry about eating because there are food banks in Las Vegas. A couple of friends and myself spent the last three mornings waiting in line at three different food banks.

This means two things. First, I am in a better mood because I left the house and stood in the sunshine for a little while. This increased the vitamin D which always affects my mood and sense of humor. As a results my muse is more cooperative and discovers all sorts of subjects to write about. Second, I will be eating green salads for the next three or four days. Since I take medication that causes constipation, which causes me stomach pain. The green salads will prevent stomach pain and this means I can comfortably sit at the computer.

I do not know if I will be getting out of the house anymore this week. The only outing I have planned is to carry the trash to the dumpster in the alley. The short outing will have a slight impact on my mood, but I am not sure whether the impact will be good or bad because a trip to the alley does not always help my mood. This is because sometimes it is difficult for me to walk because of the osteoarthritis. Waiting in line at the food banks usually is not a problem because there are places I can sit down.

As a results of my outings, I have written one poem, started an essay and a short story. The short story I have to finish by July 31 while the deadline for the essay is August 14. I plan to finish both of them before the deadline so that I can edit if necessary. I have also increased the word count of my blog entries.

Reading about Chocolate Before Breakfast

I found the beginning of another essay that I began in 2002 or 2003 titled Yearning. I know a little more about the inspiration for this essay because I have two lists of words that I needed to use in the finished essay.

Word Lists

Chocolate: chocolate; brown; coffee; tan; russet; brunette, auburn.
Yearning: desire, longing, yen, hunger, thirst, ache, craving, nostalgia.

Yearning:

The Essay

"The yearning for you still wakes me up in the middle of the night starving for your aroma. I cannot live without the sweetness of your flavor. So I go through the day sleeping beauty waiting for your kiss to awaken me; a zombie waiting for your scent to command me. There is nothing or no one else like you in this world. Where are you my beloved? Answer me chocolate!"

After I finished that paragraph, I started a poem on the same subject. I think I will combine the two into into a prose poem. I also have to make sure the rewrite contains the words; maybe I will write a short story instead of an essay or prose poem.

Yearning:

The Poem

The thought of you
wakes me in the middle of the night
starving for your aroma.

I can't live live
without the sweetness of your savor,
without the taste of you on my tongue.

I go through the day
sleeping beauty
waiting for your kiss to rouse me.

All this reading and writing about chocolate before breakfast has made me hunger. Therefore, I think I will post it and then fix an egg or something else to eat.

Monday Matters: Thinking about the Obvious

I am going through boxes of writing  projects I moved into the apartment. In so doing, I discovered an essay I began in 2003 titled The Obvious. After rereading the paragraph (several  times), I began wondering what I was thinking when I wrote it. Since I cannot find any notes about the paragraph, I do not know what event in my life caused me to write it.

What am I going to do with this paragraph? Do I just tear up the essay and forget about it? Do I rewrite the paragraph and use it in a flash fiction or short story? Do I turn it into a poem? I am letting those questions slide for the moment and copying the paragraph into this blog entry.

The Obvious

"What is obvious is that the obvious sometimes needs to be stated; needs to be proclaimed from the highest rooftops; needs to be shouted through a megaphone; because the obvious is not always obvious to everyone. Or the obvious is ignored. Walked around, tiptoed over, and tunneled under. True you cannot ignore the obvious for long, especially if someone states it. So never be afraid to state the obvious. After all not everyone is looking in the same direction. Not everyone want to see the obvious."

Looking over this paragraph again, I think the first thing I have to do is look at the grammar before rewriting it. The second thing is to decide whether to continue it as an essay with examples from my life or use it in a short story or poem.

Writing Types on Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011

It is Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011, and I am sitting in front of my computer contemplating writing types. I did a search for writing types and came across an interesting resource for essays. The resource I discovered is Types of Writing, which discusses Traits of Effective Writing and Types of Writing. Under Types of Writing it list kinds of essays.

There are seven kinds of essays listed under Types of Writing. The essays listed are cause and effect, comparison and contrast, definition, description, narration, persuasive, and process analysis. It has been several years since I wrote an essay of any kind, so I could attempt any one of those essay types.

The celebration of Easter Sunday would make a good subject for a narrative essay. Since I no longer celebrate Easter, I would write about the way my family celebrated this holy day when I way a child. I have fond memories of the Easter and the way my family celebrated in Blackwell, Oklahoma. Then we attended Easter Sunday church services with my grandparents. Today, the only thing I do to commemorate Easter is to eat a chocolate Easter bunny with a cup of coffee. I could also write a comparison and contrast essay about the celebration of Easter.

I wrote a personal essay about Angels

I am attempting to expand my writing styles and genres, so yesterday I wrote a personal essay about angels. I completed the essay last night and submitted it to a contest on writing.com. The title of the essay is "I have seen angels".

The essay is located in my port on writing.com inside the Contest Submissions folder. To read this essay or any of my other creative efforts Visit My Portfolio @ Writing.Com