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I’m doing everything I can NOT to work on the novel. Why, oh, why? I even wrote up a little outline of what I’m going to say for the rest of the chapters. So now, I oughta just go forth and write.
Instead, I’m thinking about anti-plastic posts, posts about Thanksgiving, posts about pretty [...]

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This is really just an ad for another website: http://www.storyofstuff.com/
It contains a 20-minute movie about the stuff of the world – its creation, sales, and removal. Watch it, weep, then do something.
So I think I’m doing the right things, and then I realize I am not. I went to Target today and [...]

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Well, not NO writing at all. Just no writing group. 12 or 14 years ago, P and I started a writing group. We’d been reading Natalie Goldberg, notably Wild Mind, and doing writing practice on our own, and it was great. We wanted to be in a writing group, but we [...]

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Yoga

I’m not doing any. My old lady foot surgery (bunion/hammertoe) was two and a half weeks ago. I’ll be in the cumbersome velcro shoe for another couple of weeks. I’m using that as an excuse.
Things I can’t do right now: Standing poses, most inversions (hanging in the sling requires the foot, [...]

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And shilly-shallying, but reduplication isn’t the topic of my post. It’s really about what gets into me when I’m supposed to be doing my work (3 projects, minimum) and instead play Web Boggle, check Google Reader, see what’s on my Netflix queue, throw some wash in the washing machine, get a glass of water, [...]

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