They say time flies...

     ACK!

     Well..... I really hadn't intended to be gone sooooo long.   A year ago... gee... what was I doing a year ago? 

    After -- no "after" isn't the right word -- IN the midst of -- (that's more accurate) -- a lot of grieving about my sister, and my grandmother, and personal losses, I have spent the past year writing, developing or continuing writing projects, and....jumping around from one thing to another.

     Sometimes I feel like I have a plate of peas, and I'm always trying to keep the peas from falling off of the plate which dips and twists around like a carnival ride!  Half the peas though are things I put there myself, so... I shouldn't complain when I feel I have "too much" going on.  LOL

     I'm embarrassed to say that I have not pursued publishing of my articles.  I need a shot of confidence I guess - a BIG shot.  But, that goal is still on my plate.  One day, I'm just going to have to take the plunge and start sending items out --- and deal with the rejection.  (Oh no!  not rejection, oh please!)

     Some of the things I've written or worked on the past year --

1. Finishing (and I mean "finishing") a genealogy book.  I'm in the process of indexing the first 2/3rds of it, while writing and editing the last 1/3.  With so many names in the book, the index will probably be a mini-book! 

2. When I get burned out on the genealogy book, I research on other lines.  Have learned a lot of new info on my other families!

3. I started a novel about being chronically ill and what life is like when your body doesn't allow much freedom.

4. I took a short story I wrote about Judas and started making it into a short novel.  That got bogged down so I put the work aside.

5. Poetry.  I'm surprised I can still write those; I'd stopped writing poems a long time ago.

6. I'm collecting info about coal miners for a possible book.

    And more... but 6 is enough to list here!