Today (Sunday, August 6th) encourages us to "Smile and be friendly to the people you see today." Click on the calendar to enlarge it and see each day's suggested activity.
Yoga for Every Body ~ by Paul Harvey, 2001, exercise, 144 pages
Write Now! That's the title I put on a notebook I found on a top bookshelf since my move. The label on the spine shows this little yellow pencil wearing sunglasses. Inside the notebook are copies of stories I wrote and emails from the Daytime Writers group I was a part of in 2008. Fascinating, especially my notes for a story I entitled "Lilli's Letter" with 1,973 words. Read this first sentence and tell me if you'd keep reading:
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From the back: "Enhance your health! Discover how simple it is to make yoga part of your life and reap the rewards of better posture, good muscle tone, more flexibility, a calm and relaxed mind, increased energy levels, and improved sleep. And you won't need to buy special clothes or equipment. With this comprehensive guide you can start feeling better today."
I saw this book on the counter of the Crown Center library, so I checked it out. It's divided into eight parts:
- Yoga in your life
- Starting practice
- Moving further
- Growing in confidence
- Stronger in mind, body, and breath
- Yoga in your day
- Yoga for health, fitness, and wellness
- Taking yoga further
July 2023 was the hottest month in 120,000 years, according to THIS article. Records have been kept for only about 100 years, but things like ocean sediments, coral reefs, and air trapped in polar ice cores tell scientists the longer story. Most of us can vouch for the miserable heat this summer, that's for sure!
"When she ran the red light, Lilli was trying to remember what else was on her to-do list."
hosts The Sunday Salon.
I love that first line. Does Lilli hit another car? What on her list was so distracting that she ran the red light?
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Oh, yeah, Helen! By the time I saw your comment, my Monday post was already up. In it (see the next newer post) I shared this from the story's second paragraph: "I've become a scatterbrained old lady."
ReplyDeleteOn the third page I wrote: "Nothing is for always and forever, Lilli thought. Change is the only constant there is, so maybe I should think of my life in terms of liminality, of always being on the threshold of something else, something different and not necessarily what I would want."
I asked myself, "Would it have been a novel or a short story?" Since I never finished writing it, I don't know myself. Maybe I should pick it up again.
Oh my goodness! It's been the hottest it has been in 120,000 years?! Oh my!
ReplyDeleteI have been a little absent from visiting blogs due to excessive traveling lately. Hopefully, I will be at home for the rest of August. I like to see what you are up to!
Mae, I was part of a small writers group. We would meet regularly to offer suggestions about things each of us wrote, and what we wrote could change every week. Do you really expect me to remember details about a draft I shared with that group, when I never chose to follow up on their suggestions? Why would I remember one rough draft out of hundreds? Especially after 15 years? I had other ideas, some of which I completed. I reviewed books regularly for my city's Sunday newspaper and also wrote articles that made it into nationally published magazines. "Lilli's Letter" is an idea I never followed up on. Writers don't remember every single idea they ever had forever.
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