Writing mood

Full moon in the sky!

I have written over 400 postings on this blog. Some have been interesting and some have been boring. I have written about my cats, my job, my kids, my friends, and even my lousy days. Sometimes I get inspired and can't wait to sit down and write about something. Sometimes I just want to display my pictures and have to have something for people to read to draw them to the blog. I don't know how much I like to write, but sometimes I feel so overwhelmed with what I want to say that it spills out of my fingers. Sometimes I laugh that I even write this blog. An old friend, yesterday, asked me why I write this blog. I told her I originally started writing it for my grandkids.

I never know what I will write about next.

I started this blog on the weekend of a high school reunion. I originally tried to write every day then I realized that was more than I could do. I needed to be in the mood to write or I couldn't even think about what to write in the first sentence. To me writing is like my running. When I was younger I would do anything not to run. When I was in the Army I was often in staff jobs so I didn't run as much as others. I have tried over the years to start an exercise program, but I have never been able to sustain anything. When I was young I didn't like to write. I did my school work and wrote papers for college, but I rarely did more than the minimum because I couldn't find anything to write about.

You never know how deep the water is unless you go in.

I the years before I started writing this blog I wrote some short stories about things that had happened in my life. Some of these were cleverly written and some were very interesting things that happened to me. Many people that read them said I should write a book. They like my style of writing because I write like I'm talking to you. I am very straightforward and write from my passion not just from following a set rule of literature. Sometimes people have tried to find a deeper meaning in what I have written and that is silly. If there is a deeper meaning then I didn't think about it before I wrote. I write what I want to write and I don't really know who, or why, someone would read what I write.

Oakland graffiti

I found the way to keep running is to sign up for 5K races and pay for them then I have to practice before I run. Last year I ran 2 races a month and this year I have run one race a month. After I finish one I look for the next one to run. I keep it going and I know if I ever stop doing the races I will not stay in shape any more. That is another reason for my blog. I feel compelled to write something if I have a blog. At the beginning of the blog is a graph that says how many people have visited my blog and I like to keep that higher rather than lower. I will keep writing the same things. Sometimes just to write something, sometimes to have people see my pictures, and sometimes because I have something inside me that wants to spill out.

San Francisco City Hall

I am writing another book right now because a certain young lady inspired me. I write when I get passion for it and then I don't for a while. This book will take a while since I want to do it write. I started another blog because I have things I want to write about that are not for general reading. If anyone wants to read it they should ask. I will continue to writing this blog. I look at it as a long letter to my grandchildren. In 30 years from now when they ask what their grandfather was like they can find the blog and find out!

Me at 21 going to visit my big sister.