re a contest I entered August 16. None of my five submissions placed.
Win some, lose some.
| 1. |
take care of myself physically
1 entry . 1 cheer |
4 people |
| 2. |
get to bed by 10:45 p.m. Sunday through Thursday
4 entries . 78 cheers |
3 people |
| 3. |
slim down again
1 entry . 18 cheers |
1 person |
| 4. |
publish a book of Colombia poems
12 entries . 47 cheers |
1 person |
| 5. |
poetry readings
14 entries . 33 cheers |
1 person |
| 6. |
submit my poems to journals (monthly)
96 entries . 113 cheers |
27 people |
| 7. |
live like grass
14 entries . 131 cheers |
2 people |
| 8. |
practice convivial frugality
2 entries . 50 cheers |
2 people |
| 9. |
make my office area orderly & inviting
8 entries . 65 cheers |
1 person |
| 10. |
regularly do nothing
4 entries . 95 cheers |
2 people |
| 11. |
find an agent & publish my children's bedtime book
2 entries . 79 cheers |
1 person |
| 12. |
get promoted
6 entries . 54 cheers |
289 people |
| 13. |
learn to dance salsa
1 entry . 176 cheers |
228 people |
| 14. |
write and illustrate a children's book
2 team members . 35 entries . 185 cheers |
260 people |
| 15. |
finish writing my book
8 entries . 163 cheers |
456 people |
| 16. |
do some essential filing/sorting
12 entries . 117 cheers |
1 person |
| 17. |
have my piano restored
1 entry . 106 cheers |
1 person |
| 18. |
improve my swimming
1 entry . 126 cheers |
47 people |
| 19. |
Visit Alaska
2 team members . 2 entries . 155 cheers |
708 people |
| 20. |
travel through Central America, down the spine of the Andes to Tierra del Fuego
2 team members . 2 entries . 131 cheers |
8 people |
| 21. |
protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
8 entries . 152 cheers |
1 person |
| 22. |
give a damn
9 team members . 28 entries . 115 cheers |
21 people |
| 23. |
commission a work of art by Razz51
2 team members . 14 cheers |
2 people |
| 24. |
Zonino! Celebrate with LL and Fishboy as they live together finally!
5 cheers |
13 people |
| 25. |
Quote Shakespeare in Celebration of Bedhead2's Birthday November 12th
2 cheers |
6 people |
| 26. |
Wish Dreamer a Birthday Filled with Love and Creativity November 17th
5 cheers |
4 people |
re a contest I entered August 16. None of my five submissions placed.
Win some, lose some.
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.
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!