Should find something worthy of being written here.
Should do some more thinking about the realization I’ve had yesterday while commenting on another one of your posts.
Should stop avoiding doing what I need to do to get ready for the trip to Taos.
Should stop worrying about being the one who doesn’t fit in at the retreat.

Not sure where they came from, really. Am I fooling myself when I think that I’m usually pretty good at not should-ing on me all that much? Seems so. Ugh. So much stuck.
Oh, a new one just appeared: Should find a way to write faster so that I could post more often on my blog and, thus, work more stuff/stuck out. Oh well. Sigh.

Josianes last blog post..Traveling Muffins

Andreas last blog post..Fascinated: *openmouthagape*

These recommendations are terrific. I am scribbling away like a maniac. So great!

@Sally – I’m DEFINITELY going to have to check this out. Thank you!

@ilikered – that is the coolest thing I’ve read in ages. Wow. And I also lurk on blogs. Especially the ones I like.

And thank you so so so much for sharing what you wrote because it is really touching and I feel happy and honored.

And yay, having you as a fellow shivanaut would be completely fabulous. :)

@Andi – I remember The Long Secret! And having eyes dilated is awful. (I always get disoriented and cry a lot).

@Sandy – ooh. I LOVED The Yiddish Policeman’s Union. What a great book! Will look for Haven Kimmel (funny how someone mentioned knowing someone named Haven in today’s post too). Thank you!

And I don’t really have a demographic or anything. So no worries there!

Instead there are people who like being around me and my duck (those are the ones who are here, including the ones who never say anything) and people who don’t get it (who tend to avoid coming here).

The marketing guru-ey people have a problem with this, but no one else does so I tend not to worry about it. :)

And yay, Arrested Development. Man, that is the best thing ever. My gentleman friend and I also have entire conversations that are really just quote-fests.

@Erika – you rock, my wonderful powerful says-what-she-thinks friend. Thanks for the suggestion – I’m going to take a look!

I listened to that podcast you suggested a while back, Decoder Ring Theater. I have no idea if this is your kind of thing, but there is a New York NPR show called “Radio Lab” that is one of the most amazing things ever produced. It is available as a podcast.

I’ve been a fan of hers for (literally) decades and now? Now she’s encouraging folks to write down their stories. Precisely what I’ve been doing in workshops using a slightly different method.

She’s fascinated with the question: “Where do memories come from?” Not unlike this post of Havi’s .

So. Onward to the reading recommendations!

(1) Writing the Unthinkable (workshops)
http://www.myspace.com/writingtheunthinkable

Lynda’s summary of her workshops does a better job than I ever could to describe where she’s coming from.

(2) What It Is (book)

Here’s the amazon summary. I think it’s actually a quote from salon, but it’s hard to tell:

“How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? What It Is demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or to remember.”

“The ordinary is extraordinary.”

Here’s my summary: I’ve never seen anything like this book. Visually stunning, crazy-cool collages that’s really memories crashing onto yellow legal paper via paintbrush. And through it all Lynda asks you (yes, you!) WHAT IS MEMORY? WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? HOW CAN WE CAPTURE MEMORIES?

Pure. Delight.

“Barry is not just a storyteller, she’s an evangelist who urges people to pick up a pen — or a brush…and look at their own lives with fresh, forgiving eyes.”

–San Francisco Chronicle

Q: Who does that?

A: A Rosey Pirate Queen with a seriously Big Heart.

How renewing… to have someone you think highly of hold space for you and your thoughts. “Hold space.” Yeah, I know. But I’m gonna let the cheese stand :-)

Okay, so that was my thought-stream.

Here’s my reading recommendation: Grace Kerina’s Blog!
http://www.highlysensitivepower.com/blog/

She’s a highly sensitive writer (fellow innies, you’ll love her) in Canada, and her stuff gives you new eyes AND new vistas.

Much like this blog.

Thanks, Havi.

Erika Harriss last blog post..“The RIDE is going to be worth it.”

And I’ve been thinking about how terrified I am to move back to North America (American, from Seattle, and I’ve lived in the UK for the last seven years – which is a quarter of my life) and if I actually want to or not!

As for things to read, I’d recommend ‘The Map of Love’ by Ahdaf Soueif if you haven’t read it yet. I read a lot, and very quickly, and this book made me stop and pour over the words in order to draw out each and every page.

Brookes last blog post..Personal ad

Pauline Essons last blog post..I live for….this

Yes, last time I checked this was doing really well in the competition for The Worst Title Ever Conceived.

BUT – this book is wonderful. It is a great presentation of the Myers-Briggs personality stuff, tied together with the overall theme of: “No, the fact that someone is different from you really does NOT indicate that he/she is a jerk! And what it might actually indicate can be quite fascinating and even might make you like them…”