American Pride and Strawberry Fests
This is Memorial Day weekend...a time to remember what our ancestors did to fight for our freedom. People should be proud of where our country is today and feel pride for those who died so that we may live in freedom.
I have family members who fought in the American Revolution, the Civil War, World war II, the Korean War, Vietnam, and Desert Storm. Becasue I can prove my heritage, I can join the Daughters of The American Revolution. In order to join this group you muct prove you are a direct descendent of someone who was a signer of the declaration of Independence, the constitution, or fought in the american revolution. I am proud of my heritage and would fight so that we could be free.
If one looks down my steet, you can see American Flags on almost each house. I live in a military town, so we are proud of who we are.....as we should be.
Where does the strawberry fest fit into all of this....it really does not. I just went to the festivel yesterday and enjoyed fresh strawberries becasue it this the season for them. Strawberries were everywhere....food, drink, games, books, gifts, you name it. Personally, I thank God for such wonderful sweet berries....YUM.
I finished my short story today. Wrote my query letter, polished everything up and will send it out tommorrow. I have to wait 8 weeks to get an acceptance or rejection letter....8 weeks...thats all summer. Oh well......its my first short story Ive sent to a major magazine and Im excited, even if I get a rejection. Im excited becasue I polished it up....edited...worte the query letter. That is alot of work. Now its back to the book. Ill strat writing again tonight. I alwas try and leave off so thats easy for me to pick up where I left off. Am I always in the mood to write? NO! But I try to put myself into the mood. Some days I have to sit and listen to music or read for awhile before Im "in the mood". thats Ok....its a matter of dedication. I want this book done...becasue I have other books to write. I ahve some ideas for romances....for a serious book.....a mystery...to rerite my childrens horse story.....to publish my thesis project which is a business project. I also have some short stories tha Id like to write and publish. I hope to do a project with a close freind and send off. I hope to do work for others...henceforth...freelance writing. I dont are is it takes me years....I will persist....I will not give up. To write is to breathe....to write is to relieve my mind of so many ideas and thoughts....its like therapy...beside....books put people in places they may never travel too and gives them expereinces they would not have in their lives......books are freedom of the mind. Lets hear a cry for that! Freedom of the mind....creativity.
Happy Memorial Day!
Slainte!
Heidi
=)
I have family members who fought in the American Revolution, the Civil War, World war II, the Korean War, Vietnam, and Desert Storm. Becasue I can prove my heritage, I can join the Daughters of The American Revolution. In order to join this group you muct prove you are a direct descendent of someone who was a signer of the declaration of Independence, the constitution, or fought in the american revolution. I am proud of my heritage and would fight so that we could be free.
If one looks down my steet, you can see American Flags on almost each house. I live in a military town, so we are proud of who we are.....as we should be.
Where does the strawberry fest fit into all of this....it really does not. I just went to the festivel yesterday and enjoyed fresh strawberries becasue it this the season for them. Strawberries were everywhere....food, drink, games, books, gifts, you name it. Personally, I thank God for such wonderful sweet berries....YUM.
I finished my short story today. Wrote my query letter, polished everything up and will send it out tommorrow. I have to wait 8 weeks to get an acceptance or rejection letter....8 weeks...thats all summer. Oh well......its my first short story Ive sent to a major magazine and Im excited, even if I get a rejection. Im excited becasue I polished it up....edited...worte the query letter. That is alot of work. Now its back to the book. Ill strat writing again tonight. I alwas try and leave off so thats easy for me to pick up where I left off. Am I always in the mood to write? NO! But I try to put myself into the mood. Some days I have to sit and listen to music or read for awhile before Im "in the mood". thats Ok....its a matter of dedication. I want this book done...becasue I have other books to write. I ahve some ideas for romances....for a serious book.....a mystery...to rerite my childrens horse story.....to publish my thesis project which is a business project. I also have some short stories tha Id like to write and publish. I hope to do a project with a close freind and send off. I hope to do work for others...henceforth...freelance writing. I dont are is it takes me years....I will persist....I will not give up. To write is to breathe....to write is to relieve my mind of so many ideas and thoughts....its like therapy...beside....books put people in places they may never travel too and gives them expereinces they would not have in their lives......books are freedom of the mind. Lets hear a cry for that! Freedom of the mind....creativity.
Happy Memorial Day!
Slainte!
Heidi
=)
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