I have been volunteering at the Parkside Centre here in Sudbury ( www.theparksidecentre.ca ) and am on the Board of Directors. I have written the landing page for our new website, and will continue to update it.

I am also the Vice President of the Sudbury Astronomy Club and have just become responsible for the monthly newsletter.

More to come....

Here we go! I've spent the last few months joining groups and following a few different blogs. I have articles and instruction manuals piling up in my computer, and have put the novel on the back burner to move in a different direction----Freelance Writing!

My contact list is current and I can't wait to get my first query.

Homework for tonight is to re-write an exisitng blog or ad--I'll keep you posted.

Pete

July 19th already?? Where has the summer gone? I stopped writing after April and have had trouble getting back up to speed. Each day begins with a plan, yet each evening shows no writing results to speak of.

The only way out of the morass is to use my old sales training and set up appointments with myself specifically for writing. This week has been much better, and I have updated my twitter account and FB page as well.

It is hard to evaluate how the brain lets you walk away from something that truly stimulates you.

I thought that I was writing a SF novel. It turns out that my taste is quite eclectic. Can I insert humour into the novel? How about Paranormal or Fantasy?

Other forms of fiction raise their hands and shout my name throughout my day.

I am going to need  to keep up my weekly planner so that I keep on track. I also will record all of these other voices separately---you never know when one will stand up and raise it's hand at the same time!

Mother's Day is over for another year, and the kids and grand kids all paid homage to my bride. We've been married for 40 years, and I wrote this about her.

My Wife

It should come as no surprise. Really, everyone who has a spouse should feel that their spouse is the one person in the world that is a perfect partner.

I do not know if this is true but frankly I am interested in my own personal situation.

I know absolutely positively that this woman is my partner. She always has been and always will be. If you believe in reincarnation, or believe in past lives lived, then you will accept at face value the statement that she and I have met in a previous life.

We have a good family, and a strong family. We spend our days and nights in a tangle of arms and smiles. Our best times are those spent together. Even when we cannot be together due to business, there is at least on phone call per day that is needed equally by the dialer and the receiver of the call.

We plan for the future, but enjoy the present.

This girl has my heart, and I have met no one else in all my years with her qualities----I am blessed!

We are all captivated by this amazing ability to connect with others almost instantly. The Internet and social media marriage has allowed us to share our thoughts and dreams at a level that was not dreamed about 20 years ago. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and all the others will continue to grow and change--that is progress

Captain Kirk in the Star Trek franchises tapped his emblem to speak with the master computer. Our cell phones are almost that size now. We also have voice recognition software that allows us to speak to the computer and control it in that way.

Armed Forces personnel and people who work away from their homes frequently can stay in touch via Skype. Imagine during WWII or Vietnam having to rely on the postal service to get some sense of the safety of loved ones.

Do we worry that virtually all of our data is or will be available digitally? In online storage a problem?
How do you protect your data or do you worry about it? Is your data harmful to you?

I don't know the answers, but I can tell you that there is a Science Fiction short story in here somewhere.

Why am I agitated today? I finished (almost) the MNINB Challenge in April, and have gone away somewhere odd.

I know that the feeling of contribution that I had during April is simply a beginning. I also know that I get that feeling when I volunteer ( with my wife) at one of our three groups.

But I think I am short-changing myself. Life has gotten in the way again, and I find that it has been more than a week since I added anything to Twitter, FB, or this blog.

This morning was to start a new process. Up earlier than normal and into my exercises. Normal for me is 8:30 so I cannot say that I lack sleep. Even though I set the alarm and completed the first task of the day, I found that I was challenged about my choice of when to exercise. THAT burst the bubble of self- satisfaction right away!

After  30 days, the books that I had ordered arrived this morning, and have they changed my day? A little.

Stay tuned and see if the evil time-waster has the balls to show up again!