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This Blog's Focus, or lack there of

Edith Wharton said "There are two ways of spreading light ...To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it." That's what this blog is about, how the light of other people and the world around me have reflected off and in me. . .or other things when I need to write about other things, like walking, lizards, or fruit. There will be pictures of plants. All pictures are taken by me, unless noted.

I say what's on my mind, when it's there, and try to only upload posts that won't hurt or offend readers. However, readers may feel hurt or offended despite my good intentions. Blog-reading is a matter of free choice, that's what I have come to love about it, so if you are not pleased, surf on and/or leave a comment. I welcome any and all kind-hearted commentary.

It's 2012 and my current obsessions are writing and walking, sometimes at the same time. And books. I'm increasingly fascinated by how ebooks are transforming the physical book, forcing it to do more than provide printed words on a page.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Another Rejection

Okay, so I finally read through one of my old neglected emailboxes and found another rejection, for an article submission this time. I am 1 for 4 this year. Focus on the 1I tell myself, focus on the one, the one, a phrase I can't hear without thinking of Spock and Kirk's final conversation in the Wrath of Khan:

Spock: The needs of the many outweigh...
Kirk: ...the needs of the few...
Spock: ...Or the one..

That's what I tell myself no matter how strong the Spockian doctrine reminds me that the needs of the many rejections (self-pity, self-loathing, self-flagellation) outweigh the needs of the one acceptance (a few yee haws). And I even liked the 1 the most, a very short memoir piece (flash memoir?) for this cool online journal called Brevity. Look for it in the January 2011 issue.

And keep writing. Right?

Or go out into the garden and snap macro shots of a flower, my go-to way to sooth my mind.
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