I'm doing 26 things
Just received notification
18 hours ago
re a contest I entered August 16. None of my five submissions placed.
Win some, lose some.
RuthG's Life List
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1. take care of myself physically
1 entry . 1 cheer4 people -
2. get to bed by 10:45 p.m. Sunday through Thursday
4 entries . 78 cheers3 people -
3. slim down again
1 entry . 18 cheers1 person -
4. publish a book of Colombia poems
12 entries . 47 cheers1 person -
5. poetry readings
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6. submit my poems to journals (monthly)
96 entries . 113 cheers27 people -
7. live like grass
14 entries . 131 cheers2 people -
8. practice convivial frugality
2 entries . 50 cheers2 people -
9. make my office area orderly & inviting
8 entries . 65 cheers1 person -
10. regularly do nothing
4 entries . 95 cheers2 people -
11. find an agent & publish my children's bedtime book
2 entries . 79 cheers1 person -
12. get promoted
6 entries . 54 cheers289 people -
13. learn to dance salsa
1 entry . 176 cheers228 people -
14. write and illustrate a children's book
2 team members . 35 entries . 185 cheers260 people -
15. finish writing my book
8 entries . 163 cheers456 people -
16. do some essential filing/sorting
12 entries . 117 cheers1 person -
17. have my piano restored
1 entry . 106 cheers1 person -
18. improve my swimming
1 entry . 126 cheers47 people -
19. Visit Alaska
2 team members . 2 entries . 155 cheers708 people -
20. travel through Central America, down the spine of the Andes to Tierra del Fuego
2 team members . 2 entries . 131 cheers8 people -
21. protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
8 entries . 152 cheers1 person -
22. give a damn
9 team members . 28 entries . 115 cheers21 people -
23. commission a work of art by Razz51
2 team members . 14 cheers2 people -
24. Zonino! Celebrate with LL and Fishboy as they live together finally!
5 cheers13 people -
25. Quote Shakespeare in Celebration of Bedhead2's Birthday November 12th
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26. Wish Dreamer a Birthday Filled with Love and Creativity November 17th
5 cheers4 people
Recent entries
Sigh.
18 hours ago
Last night I dreamed that I had agreed to take care of some friends’ dog during their extended trip . . . & then I promptly forgot. I suddenly remembered after more than a week. Hurrying to my friends’ home, I opened the basement door, & the poor emaciated doggie came slowly walking up the stairs; she had been shut in the dark all that time.
Then I woke up feeling terribly guilty & suffered insomnia for hours. Today I’m so tired I feel dizzy.
I don’t know if the dog symbolizes more than my body, but she does symbolize that at least. Over the past couple of months my exercise has mainly been PT. It is really helping; my injured shoulder is getting stronger & my arm has much better extension. But I need cardio exercise as well. I must make it a priority.
Here I am publicly committing myself to setting my home computer to TURN OFF automatically at 10:00 every night. I am not going to start any discussions with my husband after that time. I am going to get up in time for a brisk walk at least 6 mornings per week.
My husband & I both want to cut down our sugar consumption. We must be more consistent with that.
My other bodily-well-being-related goals, getting to bed by 10:45 & slimming down again, are part of this one. They will be the top cluster on my list now.
Poor doggie-body.
I reported on this contest here already,
3 days ago
because I checked the website awhile back & saw the winners listed there. However, today I received official notification:
Dear Poet,
Thank you for participating in the eighth annual Lois Cranston Memorial Prize. The selection process was very challenging—we received so much wonderful work. Your work was among the semi-finalists. . . . We are enclosing a recent copy of the Journal as thanks. We encourage you to send future work to CALYX Journal when we are next open (annually 10/1 to 12/31), and we include the guidelines. . . .
[The prize winner] Ms. Strever’s poem was selected from almost 700 poems submitted to the contest from all over the country and Canada . . .
I’m departing from my usual practice & posting the actual name of the journal, because it’s a well-known one (“a journal of art & literature by women”), beautifully produced, & I feel very happy to have been a semifinalist. Yay!
