Trying

Frances Farmer, tragic heroine of the silver screen.

This morning I woke up filled with energy. It's been awhile, folks. The wedding took A LOT, and the fall-out has ranged from sleepiness, to depression, to desperate homesickness for California, to out and out BURN OUT. We also just got back from going BACK to California for 36 hours for another wedding, which started the whole cycle again. The thing is, I didn't really have TIME for all this, but I took it anyway. Sometimes that's just the way it is. It can also be really HARD to even WANT to get back on that horse, but eventually all you can do is try. Trying has magic in it, I think.

I met with my newly (and still forming) writing group last night. I was resisting it, but knew that it was a situation that if I didn't put in the effort (or at least TRY) it would dissolve. So I went, and afterwards I had so much energy that I was actually EXCITED to get up this morning.

There is A LOT happening. As you may have noticed, my blog has yet to return to its full breathing capacity, but here's only a PARTIAL list of things I have going, that I need to accomplish in the next 4 weeks:

• 50 Thank You cards.
• Create & publish my annual Great Gals Calendar (26 pages of illustration and information!).
• Finish two chapters of a new book I am working on (with illustrations and words).
• 2 illustration gigs.
• Prepping for the next writing group.
• Working on a TOP SECRET long term project with my friend Jose.

Can you see why I might be a little LAGGING on the blog entries?

The above illustration is Miss September from my 2007 Great Gals Calendar. It's appearing currently in Skirt! Magazine, along with another illustration of mine on every day acts of power and daring! The only powerful and daring thing I can think of today is to GET UP AND TRY. Somehow, it has to be enough. Somehow, it is.