August
and the living is easy. Easy that is if
you’re not a teacher getting ready for school to begin or parents and students
preparing for the same. Can you tell I
once was a teacher? And a teacher long
before air-conditioning was prevalent in schools. Heat and sunflowers come to
mind when I think of August. I’ve always
loved sunflowers and have various items from trips and other instances above my
sewing desk. I especially love the
sunflower doily plate made especially for me by the Elk Falls Pottery using a
sunflower doily which I designed the pattern and crocheted. I don’t have a clay impression art work by
Inga Bow (only her wheat art and a gorgeous woman and child with wildflowers--do
check out her sample gallery) I do recall her saying during a tour years ago of her studio in Abilene how
difficult it was getting to find wild sunflowers for pressing into clay.
1. You want to grow wild sunflowers. First pick seeds from the roadside or where
ever you are lucky enough to find them.
2. Use a rake (not the leaf
variety) and score the ground where you wish to plant them. Scatter the seeds and then use the hoe to
cover them
3. Water occasionally--wild
sunflowers are accustomed to dry conditions.
After they bloom pick more seeds or let them reseed themselves.
These
steps will allow you to enjoy sunflowers for years to come.
The
same steps may be followed to “grow” your writing.
1. Pick one tale from the story
ideas that present themselves from wherever and whatever
2. Use research and
outlining--whatever tools you are most comfortable with to develop the tale
3. “Water” frequently --while
used to “drought” in writing we are not like sunflowers--with encouragement and
interchanges with other writers --WARA being a prime example.
Follow
these steps and sprinkle in persistent BICHOK and the stories will “bloom” for
you!
As I
sat on my deck this morning eating breakfast I studied the sunflowers blooming
on the berm just beyond our property.
Nature planted them and they are marvelously presenting the most
gorgeous vista with help from no one.
Writers aren’t the same. We need
all the encouragement we can get. With
that in mind I ask for some caring from you.
Later this month I am undergoing some very serious back surgery in the hope
of getting rid of constant pain and being able to once again walk without aids
of any sort. In the meantime may your
writing bloom just like the sunflowers I see from my deck.
2 comments:
Great words of wisdom and I love the pictures - why didn't I think of doing that???
Have a great writing month and look forward to your next post.
Afraid I won't be doing much writing--surgery next week. Glad you enjoyed the photos.
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