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Writer's Block

4/7/2015

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Just discovered this musing in the vault from last fall:

"Writer's block...I've never considered myself a writer. I write, sometime. I guess that makes it so.
It could be hours, days, months or years between my need to express. Never really paid attention.
Until now.

I wrote a lot during my recent breakup and 'breakdown'. Shared some with my son and got involved
with this blog.

Spring, summer, early fall; warm and mostly sunny. Bittersweetly happy and bittersweetly sad...musing
intact.

Gloomy, cooler, misty days; SAD anyone? (Seasonal Affective Disorder) Writer's block; cleaning
block; getting dressed block; taking shower block; phone block; happiness block. Never been diagnosed
except by me. I'm sure it's a mild case. Don't want to even imagine a severe case and the attending
debilitation experienced. This minor funk more than enough!

So, I guess I'll write, clean, shower, dress, phone and enjoy when I can and hibernate when I can't.
Winter is around the corner and I do love my cave. Milton will keep me company."
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Post Script

Interesting, reading how I felt last October. The winter hibernation had already begun in a way.  So glad cold and gloom over now. The winter did indeed affect my writing, my thoughts, my abilities, my productivity and my overall wellbeing.
A lot of hibernating and Milton did keep me company and didn't even mind when I wore sleep pants all day! 
I really do need a plan...
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April Fool

4/2/2015

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I think the cold and blue times were the joke, not this lovely spring beginning! It's a new me on this April
Fool's day. The SAD and dark days of winter are gone. The sky is blue with five army (I assume) helicopters
passing over in my air space. The shadows of the large, soaring birds (hawks or buzzards) mixing in.

Every year my mom did something to "fool" us.

One year she made jello in the bottom of paper cups. After it firmed, she poured juice over it and gave us
all drinks. We were very surprised when the "juice" wouldn't come out of the cup. My first of many jello shots!
Who knew?

Bologna used to come from the deli with freezer paper between the slices. Mom made my dad a sandwich
and left the paper between two slices of meat. Harmless but funny to us kids. 

I tried to continue the April fool tricks with my children, but never as clever as hers. And yes, I did provide
 them with their first jello-shots, too. TRADITION!

Been working a bit outside in my rock garden. Cutting the tall grasses to make way for the new growth. 
I read, somewhere, that leaving the grass through the winter creates interesting movement. Maybe so, but
 a big mess come spring!

This past season was SAD and March was a sad anniversary time for me, and I knew I'd feel better when it
was all over. I do, but it slightly worries me. Don't want a repeat of these feeling, thoughts, behaviors next 
year. Maybe being "forewarned is forearmed." I looked up the meaning of this 'idiom'.

1. If you know something beforehand, you can prepare for it.
2. Knowledge in advance enables one to be prepared. 
3. Paying attention to a warning allows you to prepare for trouble.

So... sounds like preparation is the key. My question is; how do I prepare for the possibility (probability) of a
bad reaction to cold and snow and winter and dreariness and sad anniversaries? I need a good plan-a winning
strategy. The great thing is, I have spring, summer and fall to develop my plan and to enjoy the moment-the 
many moments!
 
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    Kathy Brooks aka
    Mama Lee Rotten

    I am a writer living in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. I enjoy thrift shopping, working in the garden, singing karaoke and spending time with my children and grandchildren. I have only recently started writing, and one of my poems, "Song 4 You" has already been adapted to music by my son, David Lee Rotten (of Naked Highway), and will be released in early 2015 on his debut solo album/video project Bound.  

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