No, we haven't left town, decided to no longer post, or gotten lost on the way to spring! We are in the midst of a little remodeling - and all the rest of life have been pushed to the edges. In the meantime, we are down to a microwave and washing dishes in the laundry room. A bit like camping out!
After living with a narrow corridor kitchen for almost 14 years, we decided it was time to make some changes. By pushing part of the kitchen wall that separates the kitchen from the living room back just 10 inches and the other half of the wall 14 inches, we will have a far more usable kitchen.
A mere matter of inches. After beginning the project, both of us wondered in our innermost heart if we were being foolish. But when the project was far enough along to actually envision the endproduct, The change was even greater than we had hoped. A mere matter of inches.
A bit like the rest of life (which is pushed to the edges). How many times have any of us hesitated to make some small change in our lives -because we thought such a little change would not make a difference? The opportunity slips by and we live with the inconvenience. Realtors call it being house-blind. We work about our idiosyncratic life-styles, when just a "matter of inches" could make such a difference. And our dreams pass us by.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
It Was a Good Run!
Ten years ago, Pilgrim Press published the book Jill Geoffrion and I wrote, The Labyrinth and the Enneagram. It has sold steadily since that time. The book was the result of three years of teaching at Wisdom Ways Spirituality Center.
However, ten years is a long time in the publishing world. This spring, Pilgrim Press decided it was time to stop printing it.
A decade is a good number - and time to reflect on the changes in my writing life over that period of time. As with most major events in life, its publication seems both like just yesterday and and so long ago, I don't remember even where I was in life at the time.
What I do know is how I have moved from part-time to full-time writing. I teach poetry at The Loft Literary Center, something I never could have imagined ten years ago. I have published a book of poetry, Waiting For the Heat to Pass, and just yesterday picked up boxes of my newest book, There is no Future in the Past: A Travel Memoir. And another book of poetry is in process, this one a collaborative effort with Clem, my beloved colleague. And we still dream of putting together a book of his poetry and my photography from the work we have exhibited.
Some of these events in my life are the fulfilment of dreams, but a lot of it is the willingness to follow those dreams into unknown territory. To live out dreams I never knew I had!
However, ten years is a long time in the publishing world. This spring, Pilgrim Press decided it was time to stop printing it.
A decade is a good number - and time to reflect on the changes in my writing life over that period of time. As with most major events in life, its publication seems both like just yesterday and and so long ago, I don't remember even where I was in life at the time.
What I do know is how I have moved from part-time to full-time writing. I teach poetry at The Loft Literary Center, something I never could have imagined ten years ago. I have published a book of poetry, Waiting For the Heat to Pass, and just yesterday picked up boxes of my newest book, There is no Future in the Past: A Travel Memoir. And another book of poetry is in process, this one a collaborative effort with Clem, my beloved colleague. And we still dream of putting together a book of his poetry and my photography from the work we have exhibited.
Some of these events in my life are the fulfilment of dreams, but a lot of it is the willingness to follow those dreams into unknown territory. To live out dreams I never knew I had!
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