Snow Day

It was not a stellar creative day. I blame the snow. For some reason when I spend the night in, I get lazier. I'm always more productive if I stay busy because my natural state is SEDENTARY.

If left to my own devices, I could piddle for months - trust me, I have. I think there was an entire year in my 20's that I basically couch-surfed around the country. (NYC, Virginia, Nashville, Memphis, Berkeley, Las Vegas, Laguna Beach, etc., Thanks Friends!)

So, once I dragged myself out of bed at noon, had lunch and staggered upstairs, it was 2:00. And what can you really do with 3 hours? So, it was another reading day - and jotting down a few ideas.

I finished a play called Ruined by Lynn Nottage about the devastation wrought, particularly on women, during the civil wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner. A good read. Nothing I felt passionately connected to, but interesting enough, with a traditional structure. I'd go see it if it was up.

The nice thing about going to a play - which I don't do as much as I'd like - is that even when I see a bad one, I learn something new. Either an interesting set design, trick or particularly effective illusion. And sometimes just what not to do.

Plodding along in the new books - and they're really helpful. A lot of highlighting.

Also monitoring the progress of my first ever plant - pictured here. So far, so good. It's a paperwhite. It drinks vodka and they say it's hard to kill. Both good qualities to have in a living thing under my care. : )

I love the sound of the squirrels running on my roof. Very relaxing.  But I have a feeling that after another month or so I'm going to feel more like Chevy Chase in Funny Farm.  He starts out loving the birds singing outside his window...

So - not too much excitement or plotting today.  Identifying "inciting incidents" (the birth), points of attack (??) and climaxes (the river/church). As it is, the book does not easily lend itself to a play - but I knew that going in. If I'm not careful, I may just have 20 actors reading the book in a circle. While I'd enjoy that, I don't think it's quite the point.

Trivia of the day - I have 1, 419 songs in my iTunes library - 3.6 days of music.


Today's song fits the mellow mood - in honor the upcoming family trip to Hawaii in May.

Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World by Israel Kamakowiwo'Ole.

Hopefully I'll get out of the house tonight!