I finished NaNo just in time for Thanksgiving. I am excited to begin the rewrite process. However, before doing that, I am catching up on cleaning house, ignored correspondence, reading all of your wonderful blogs and myriad other things I let slide for the month.
I hope you all have a beautiful Thanksgiving Day! I am thankful for each and every one of you and cherish the friendship you offer.
Here is a little poem for your Turkey Day enjoyment!
All of This I am
Who am I?
I asked the wind.
It blew and blew and blew...
and then
on a cloudless day I asked the sky -
please, please tell me
Who am I?
The sun set and
day melted to night
I looked up to ask the stars
Who am I?
I asked the trees, I asked the earth.
Surely, somewhere I could find my worth.
I listened to the snow softly kissing the ground.
I listened to wild animals all around.
Then one day in a lake mirror smooth,
I saw my reflection and somehow I knew...
I am the wind, I am the sky
I am the stars, the trees am I
I am the snow softly kissing the ground
I am the wild animals all around.
There exists no boundary where I end
and where everything else begins.
I take a deep breath flinging my arms wide
so thankful to know -
All of This am I.
9 comments:
You finished!? You must be participating under a different name from last year because that one says 0 words!
I'm trying to catch up. I finally reached 42,000. With luck I will get to at least 43,500 before getting to bed in a few hours!
You finished! That's so totally awesome! I am at 48,429 - and remember my goal was 20,000!!!
Happy Thanksgiving, my friend! I hope you had a great day!
Congrats for finishing Nano! You're a whirlwind.
Corina - I could not figure out what I signed up under last year and so signed up as TC Staples this year. I finished a couple of days ago. I put a real push on to be done before Thanksgiving. Good luck to you and I hope the writing flows easily. You are SO close!
WC - You are doing great! Way to go! Isn't writing fiction fun??
Drifter - Thank you so much. Maybe I can get back to visiting blogs again! ;-) Hope you are doing well.
Great poem. Great success in finishing your goal! Happy Thanksgiving my friend!
You were TamaraC last year. I looked for you under TC Staples but couldn't find you until I typed it with no space (TCStaples).
I validated my word count today. I'm not done but I just decided to get it over with since I seem to have little energy these days.
Susan - I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Thank you for stopping by. I am just about caught up since NaNo. I can't believe how much I just let go for the entire month of November. LOL! I will stop by your blog tomorrow and catch up with you. I feel like I have barely talked to you in weeks.
Corina - Good for you! I am about to begin the rewrite process. I am actually quite excited about it. I think it was smart of you to go ahead and validate your word count to take the stress off. Now you can just enjoy writing your novel. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Did you spend it with your daughter?
Congrats on your Nano win, and thanks for the poem.
Eileen,
Thanks for stopping by! I love your photo. You look so cherry in your pink sweater!
Hugs,
Tamara
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