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the blah blah blah

Where did all of those words come from?

Isn’t the point of this to entertain, at least me? I know I was throwing some stuff up just to keep it up and now, going back and reading over some stuff, I see I was really throwing some stuff up.

Funny thing about this blog is that I am still trying to hide what I really want to say–or I am trying to figure out what I should be saying.

I’ve been listening to tapes of an interview with Julia Cameron and Natalie Goldberg lately, and they talk a lot about our inner critic. There’s also talk about morning pages, and that is what this blog reminds me of, in a shorter version. Putting something here to get the act and the practice in place. With that in mind I am going to cut myself some slack. There’s this idea of having to get it right which will keep me from doing it at all. To get it right, doing it regularly will probably help wind it all into place.

As far as what’s going on in my life lately, an old friend has been in town. With him here, I’ve also connected with others who I haven’t seen more than once in the past 25 to 30 years. It is so funny to see these people who haven’t changed. Even if they do look older, they are the same people and are so comfortable to be with.

A graduation party was held today for friends and family. I knew close to no one, and loved watching dozens of people get along and have a good time. The youngest person there will have his first birthday in 3 weeks, and there was a group of women sitting on the sofa. I don’t know the age of each, but one mentioned that she is 94. When I meet people like her these days I want to get closer, find out how they get to 94 while looking like someone 20 years younger. That looking younger is mostly about being present, and maybe that’s the point or the secret I’m looking for.  So many things are really so simple, you just have to remember that.