Memorial Day

Memorial Day means so many different things; everyone focuses on their own version of the holiday, so let me focus on my version. Of course I am grateful to all the veterans who gave their lives, but I am also grateful for all the people I have known in my life, some of whom I would like to mention here in my Memorial Day blog:

my parents, Ken Gardzinski, Mike Slowey, Ben Hill, Jacquie Fortner, Starr Hawk, my mom, my daughter, Geoff, and that's all I can think of for now....

Oh, to be young again! Memories of youth surround us on Memorial day. We don't just think of those who gave their lives, but of those who lives were given to us in the form of friendship and love. We must remember our past and pay homage to those who have influenced us, helped us, hurt us, been a part of our memories. On Memorial Day, we must practice remembrance.

I fly the flag of memory everyday but on this day it billows and flows in the wind of my mind.

rivertrip

For me, it was almost like going to the moon. The sounds, the water, the fish I caught. A very good time. The friends, the campfire, the hooks, the split-shots, just everything.

where have i been?

So much has been going on that I have been in a state of writing paralysis but today i make myself write no matter what. About an idea for a new writing called The Pill Hunter or something like that but its about a man who goes from society after a tragic life altering event to live from the river and woods. And I need to write about being a writing teacher and about being a mother and about valuing female friendships and about falling in love at any age and about the beauty of container gardening. About standing someone up for a date, about getting really drunk and blacking out, about eating french toast for breakfast, going to dig for worms and coming back emptyhanded, about getting a vintage outboard for a boat, and so much more. There is where I will focus my writing. I must try so much harder to be faithful and write everyday this summer. I have been out of school for two weeks now and in a haze of daze and mindfog. But here I emerge with a new mission and a slew of new topics. I don't know if I will post pictures with each post or not. That was fun but limiting. And off we go, again!