Memorial Day Musings

I started a new book last week! Writing the first few pages helped deteriorate the fear crippling me. I stalled and stalled knowing that what comes out on the page will never be what's in my head. It'll never be good enough.

I have to write anyway.

With that in mind, here's a peek into my life:

That's the bulletin board over my desk (which my husband would argue was his desk confiscated by a foreigner). Notice the fairy crown on the left. Needed for inspiration, of course. I don it when my imagination feels particularly unfairy-like. Lots of pics--my parents' prom picture, pics of my niece and my hubby at eight (I think), of the two of us, of my great-aunt teaching me piano basics when I was five. Some of my SPS cards from the Colossians study (week 3's card is in the works). Tickets of my favorites--Sweeney Todd and Rent. Prayer drawings (chalk) on the right--Brenda Gribbin led a group of us through that using images to pray. And smack in the middle, three of the characters from my new novel.

That's Veronica, or Morning Sea. She's the main character. I blurred out part of it because I'm not ready for you to know that yet, although I fear I may not have blurred it enough. Note that Veronica looks a lot like singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards with purple hair. Huh. Funny how that worked.

Meet Guy and Julianne, who will become Veronica's best friends. 

Lot of empty space. I'm still getting to know them.

Random musing #2--tomorrow, I'll talk about Jeremy Begbie's session at the Transforming Culture. It'll be the last in the long, drawn-out series. But the truth is, I love talking about art and theology and art and the Church, so my question is, what would you like to talk about in that space? Do you have questions that you'd like to see the community tackle? Have you been wondering about how to get some artsy stuff going at your church? My ears are open.

Random musing #3--today's the last day to win a $50 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble! Details here.

Random musing #4--yesterday's sermon on Matthew 6, listening to another section from Dark Night of the Soul (I'm working through the book v-e-r-y slowly), and spending most of the weekend reading Embrace Me by Lisa Samson (review up sometime this week) has me thinking about some things. Nothing new, really, but some things I needed to be reminded of. More on this later. Still working this out.