Category: Feature
One of us is really old
She’s crotchety and demanding
Forgets she’s had her dinner
And yells till we come to understanding
Her friends despair of her
And wish her voice was sweeter
But it’s no good complaining
’cause no one wants to beat her!
Instead we grumble to ourselves
As we fill her bowl again
She’ll do exactly what she wants
Our dear old feline friend.
by Kim Davis
by Kim Davis
A freelance writer interested in adventure travel wrote me to ask:
“Is there any room for professionals with these adventure jobs? Like you, I am a desktop publisher with an MA in Creative Writing and a BA in Technical Writing. Do these adventure jobs have openings for people who want to use their education while working and traveling instead of shifting gears to lead tours or bartend? Those jobs sound great, but I would feel guilty abandoning my years of education and experience.”
I belong to a local writers guild, which over the past few years has grown from a tiny fledgeling group. We met once a month and read stories to five or six fellow writers. Now it has become a dynamic organization with goals and resources. Our very busy and innovative president has us working through Ursula K. Le Guin’s “Steering the Craft” this year. Wow! It’s fun!
Here’s a part of the last exercise we did.
Hang tight loyal friends and relations. I’m starting 2010 off with some work on my own websites. You know what they say – “the cobbler’s children go barefooted”, and “the blacksmith eats with a wooden spoon”. I was shocked to see that it has been nearly four years since I worked on this website… I’ll do my best to get it all shifted over quickly…
