Good Morning People!

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Hey Folks… I know it’s been more than a minute since I posted, but I’m back with great news!

After months–and I mean months of driving three members of a certain family nuts with persnickety changes–AIJAN has a new look, setup and will be heading to LSI’s (POD printer) digital catalog tonight! (God willing)

 

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There’s so much I want to accomplish in this life that my schedule is always overbooked, which at times results in feeling overwhelmed, a sense of frustration, a bit of self castigation and most of the time–self doubt.

One of my goals for this past year was to trust God more and live in the present. Looking at my improved sense of self-worth and mental stability, I believe I accomplished that goal.

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You might have noticed that there was no “Happy Thanksgiving” post from me.

As I sat in my chair early yesterday morning attempting to compose a cheerful, upbeat, gosh-darned-glad-to-be-alive post. It just wouldn’t come. Whilst I am glad to be alive and not unduly saddened, this year I seem to be undergoing a “what now” phase.

I didn’t want to run down the usual list (life, health, strength, family, job), yet I didn’t want to appear as though I wasn’t thankful, which I am. I then recalled a recent revelation I had while writing a portion of my book-in-progress, which for the purpose of this post I’ll title, “Thanks for My Memories” :

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I just read a post in one of my crit groups about a survey showing that the pressure of the literary world being such as it is, “more than one in three consumers in London and the south-east admit having bought a book “solely to look intelligent”, the YouGov survey says it finds one in every eight young people confessing to choosing a book ‘simply to be seen with the latest shortlisted title’ This herd instinct dwindles to affect only one in twenty over-50 year-olds.”

This article brought to mind my bus ride home on Friday night:

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TV SERIES SEEKING MOMS FOR AN AFRICAN ADVENTURE!

I’ve always wanted to visit Africa. After all, despite the opinion of the “real” Africans, I too, am African and it is part of my heritage. Initially, I was very excited about this. I don’t know why, because there’s no way I could drop everything to go. But were it possible for me to do so, I wonder if it would really be something I longed to do, or something that just sounded good to the ear, but never intended to be followed up?

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This is where I just ramble on about random thoughts and things that strike me as worthy of discussion.

I just came across this moving tribute to Luther and had to respond:

MY HOUSE IS STILL A HOME
by William Fredrick Cooper

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You know how sometimes you ask a question that you think is just out of the blue and the answer you receive speaks to something inside of you?

Well the following lyrics was the response I received to asking “What Song Are You Feeling?” to a friend.

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Today, no organized (and maybe even long-winded soliloquy)…just an over-riding thought that just bears expressing:

My post: I Received my Song Today brings up the issue of “firsties.”

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