Weekend of Work

I only get Sundays off, so perhaps the word 'weekend' in my title is inaccurate, but I suppose I work at the shop on Saturdays so that also is work. Saturday began the divisional playoff cycle in American Football with two games on Saturday and two games on Sunday. We watched, both at the shop and at home. I've got to say - the games were good - really good. My Denver Broncos lost in double overtime, so it was a hard fought battle and I bow to the Baltimore Ravens for their win. The other three games were of less interest to me, but each one was hard fought and high scoring. What a great weekend of football.

My 'Slashy Valentine' story was sent off on Sunday after going through a final check-up on my main computer. This one was mostly written at the coffee shop in the mornings (nothing like writing edgy work in a public setting - LOL) and the program I use on my laptop has some issues. All stories I write on the portable have to be raked through similar programs on my desktop to correct spelling of unusual names and catch a few silly grammatical errors. I'm happy with the story, although as usual, all I did was write what the characters were showing me. But the visions were interesting...yup, quite interesting.

And I'm working on my LOTR Potluck story. I chose a musical theme this time - writing a story influenced by "Finlandia" by Sibelius. It's one of my favorite musical pieces and it's so incredibly evocative and just asking for words and themes. I'm enjoying this one, which means that it will be harder to write. Don't ask me why, I just have learned that a bit of angst helps my word and easy is a misnomer.

Finally, Sunday was the birthdate of the Man In Black - Johnny Cash. I'm not a great fan of country music, but he's an exception to the name in many ways. What I most admire about him, however, is that he was a fighter. His life was anything but easy but he kept fighting to make his music and kick his addictions. He said one of my favorite quotations that I am sharing with you today:

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space."