ONE Life LIVING

I love this picture.  I was looking through random tidbits in the basement of a thrift store when I stumbled upon this.  Why is it every time you're told not do something you really want to do it?  There was no one else in the basement except a friend of mine, and I really wanted to try to get that door open.  Even at 28 years old I was a "rebel."  What could be so private that I wasn't allowed in?  I never did try because my friend was afraid the owner would come down and catch us.  Therein lies the excitement, the thrill of being caught.  Alas, the moment was short lived; but the picture will always remind me of the thrill of anticipation.

 

 

I am a bit crazy, a bit psychotic; and that works for me most days.  This blog is a strange way of healing past pains, as well as coping with current insanities.  It's also my creative outlet.  I have been writing since elementary school.  Most of the time I only wrote in journals, but in fifth grade I began writing short stories.  These short stories were glimpses into how my mind worked, how I processed events.  I look back at these stories and journal entries and can't help but laugh, cry, or smiles as I am transported back to that time.  This is why we journal, isn't it?  It was for me. 

 

I still journal periodically, but now I mostly write essays and short stories.  I have been attempting to write a novel for a few years.  I tend to work on it feverously for a few months, and then drop it for about a year.  This has been the cycle for at least five years.  I'm not sure if I'll ever finish it, but maybe I'll post some of it here; I haven't decided yet.  In the meantime I have been writing in other various forms.  Most recently I have been playing around with poetry, although I'm not sure if I'm confident enough to share it here.  We shall both find out together.
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I've had a strange life, and that will be reflected in my writing here.  I am not entirely sure why I have decided to do this blog/website.  I enjoy sharing my work, and especially talking about it.  Conversations are often the reason I write.  I am not good at starting a conversation, but I love to talk.  I want to get to know others, and writing is a great way to do that.  Writing is a good way to start that conversation.  Even fiction and fantasy is reliant on the characters, the people who are living and telling the stories.  That is all I do.  I write to tell a story - most often my story.