Wiki says: "Writer's block is a condition in which an author loses the ability to produce new work. It can be trivial, a temporary difficulty in dealing with the task in hand. At the other extreme, some "blocked" writers have been unable to work for years on end. Writer's block may have many causes... A writer may run out of inspiration, or something more serious like physical illness or depression, financial pressures", etc.
Why did I write that for you, readers? Because someone pointed out to me that I haven't been writing as much as lately. And I asked myself "Why?" Well, part of it has to do with being busy with school, and work, and real life, too. School is back, but without as much vengeance or intensity as the math class I just completed. (That one pushed my limits, and I find I'm looking for that again!) While my current classes are interesting, they're a little slow paced. Or maybe I'm just the A-type who thrives on a million and one things going on. I know that I had an issue with changing my life after being on the go all the time when I had six kids to shuffle from activity to meeting to school to friends. It took a little while to adjust to it. I figured I'd adjust in August after math ended. So now, I tend to hunt for things to keep me busy!
Besides the actual busy things in life, I have a few other issues that I'm trying to deal with in my own way. Sometimes life takes funny paths and sometimes the little things keep nagging at you, until you do something about them. I'm still at the "being nagged" stage, and haven't done anything about the issues. Suffice it to say that "this too shall pass".
However, I am pushing through some of it, and making sure I get myself out and feed my need for taking pictures. Wednesday, I left work early and walked downtown Chandler and took a few shots, like these boots on display (link here to see more). It was a beautiful morning for taking photos.
I'll get the writing bug back soon, I'm sure; most days, I don't feel right if I'm not writing! Aren't you lucky? haha
HUGS to everyone!
We're well out of the starting gate and gearing up for the first stretch. So far, library sciences has been very interesting! I have two classes for this. One is about Libraries, including the history of libraries and a librarian's role in today's libraries. So far, we've had to visit library websites and compare and contrast them; there are four types of libraries: public, academic, special and K-12. While they each do the same thing, which is provide access to knowledge, they do it in different styles, depending on the patron they're serving. Did you know the Library of Congress has webcasts? I watched Stevie Wonder on Saturday :) And the historical photos section: I found some pix of old Dayton Ohio buildings, many of them I have taken pix of myself :) I also found pix entitled "Potato workers near East Grand Forks, MN" from 1937. On my mother's side, the family has been raising 'taters for over a century now! Talk about interesting stuff!!
The other is about information technology. There's a world of differences in how libraries run now, than they did 30 years ago - no more card catalogs! Everything is automated. Our first project was a scavenger hunt: visit a library and take pix of the different technologies .... right up my alley! Our second project is finding a library technology we haven't used, use it, and write a paper about how that went for us.
School sure isn't what it used to be, no studying and memorizing facts and figures, its more of a hands on approach. And I'm rather liking it :)
HUGS to everyone!
However, I am pushing through some of it, and making sure I get myself out and feed my need for taking pictures. Wednesday, I left work early and walked downtown Chandler and took a few shots, like these boots on display (link here to see more). It was a beautiful morning for taking photos.
