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Writing 101 – Reflections

on September 28, 2015

Viva change! I chose my writing name in the midst of a season of life changes which afforded no end of inspiration and material for my posts. I would not have thought my stats had anything to contribute to the heart of my blog. I checked them out and discovered an objective view of exactly what I have been writing about. Touche!

Riches of aging, memoir, changing seasons, creative aging are the categories my readers like best. The most clicked tag is poetry. No surprises there. My stats reflect what flows from my muse. Being fallow is another chosen category high on my stats that gets to the root of my creative force.

“Once upon a time” as stories begin, I sat beside a brown fallow field. I was on the cusp of receiving Social Security when I spent a week in a resort by the Pacific Ocean in Carlsbad CA. My room had a balcony that overlooked a huge field where thousands of tulip bulbs bloom every Spring. It must have been a glorious sight but this was June and all I could see was acres of dirt. There were a few workers digging up the last of the tulip stems and bulbs in preparation for next season’s planting.

The fallow field called to me as a spiritual sister. I felt the energy of change – the life force unseen but pulsing. I knew this well within myself. Though I was entering a new phase of life and appeared as one aging, I deeply affirmed the possibility of wonders still ahead. I contemplated the field rich with everything necessary for life as it lay there doing nothing. It was nice to be entering my own fallow season where my creative gifts can bloom in good time.


9 responses to “Writing 101 – Reflections

  1. JoHanna Massey says:

    Excellent. Thank you for sharing this. PS Love Carlsbad. A great place to reflect and embrace change.

  2. vivachange77 says:

    Thanks. I’m glad you have encountered Carlsbad, too. It was good to me.

  3. J Lapis says:

    Oh, this is marvelously encouraging–I could see the field in my mind. Thank you for this gift today!

  4. rosemawrites says:

    So nicely done! Thank you for the encouraging words!

  5. Fallow Season for this SeasonedSistah is the most beautiful time of my life. Thank you for sharing.

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