This has been a weekend to stay indoors! The sun is out but doing little to melt the snow. It is still very cold out there. This morning I took this picture of rabbit tracks going up to check out one of my yard rabbits…or maybe he decided to take a walk and just got back in place before I noticed.
Anyway, it was lovely to watch the transformation out back.
I am getting the manuscript ready for the book. It is about 140 pages. Struggling with laying out the cover but will get it sorted. I think on the back cover with all that blank space where quotes of high praise are shoved in to help market the book, I will give suggestions on how the book should be read. Mainly, it should be read aloud. Not to those who drop off with the mention of, “Once upon a time…”, but good listeners. Like bartenders on a slow day (they are used to listening) and must have withdrawal when no one is telling their story. Or those missing the sound of someone’s voice and have used up their friends spare time to talk. Or read a poem at the book club that wanted, and worse, expected, you to read the book that was a drudge to even start. Tell them it is an option to come in with a poem instead of getting in line to praise Eat, Pray, Love, or some knockoff of a writer’s character…you know the ones that could be titled, Ahab’s Ugly Sister Finds Love on the Docks. Let’s keep Melville and others like him turning in their graves.
Sorry about that…just a small rant on authors who use established characters from literature because they just can’t create their own. And readers are dying to know all about Ahab’s sister falling in love…good grief!
Because it is still so cold, I am going to make some Healing Soup. It is a chopped onion softened with garlic in oil. Salt and pepper with red pepper flakes to taste, then a chopped bundle of asparagus, bunch of broccoli cut up, and a couple cups of fresh spinach cooked in six cups of chicken broth. When all cooked, pulverize with a hand mixer til smooth and serve in a mug. If you don’ like the taste of “green” then make another soup.
Sadie is staying by the window and waiting for the sun to hit her back.
Last week’s sunny starts and ends to the day.
I might be spending too much time unoccupied between dinner and bed time. I am seeing things in the table…like this seal peeking out. There is also an emu, but I will save him for another time.
I need to get back to laying out the cover for the book…
Til later…