Bealtaine was always a big deal in my household when I was growing up. We had new clothing, cleaned the house from top to bottom and burned the old in the backyard so we could make room for the new. Everything felt as though it sparkled, literally. Mother has been gone for forty years now and it's funny how things ingrained in the first thirteen years of your life never go away. The first week of each May is still a magical, special time for me. So I've been decluttering, letting old things go. Books will always be a part of my clutter but I am downsizing; it's been a good while, many months, since I have purchased a physical, bound book. My Kindle grows, however and I feel like that is a step in a positive direction. Especially if I replace physical books with electronic ones and pass them on to other book lovers.
Anyone else out there have a tablet? I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Tab from my phone service provider and I just adore that little bugger. In one fell swoop I have replaced my bulky daybook, journals, data sources and also a lot of books with my Sammy. Now I can travel much more streamlined, just stack my Sammy, my netbook, my kindle and my rudimentary cell phone and I am ready for whatever inspiration or duty comes my way. My next purchase may be a portable keyboard that my Sammy slots into so that I can write more easily on the tablet. I have become an Android junkie and have found the most wonderful tools there in the Android Market. If you use Android, download the free Juice Defender. All my batteries last days with this app installed. It's a miracle worker as far as I am concerned.
So what else is new? My new granddaughter, Sophia, is growing well in my youngest daughter's baby bump. My eleven year old granddaughter, Jazzy, is doing much better in school. My tortie calico cat, Caspurr, is finally well. I have resolved most of the mortgage insanity on my home. The plants in the yard are recovering nicely from February's freeze, with several new plants added for good measure. Also Carol's sons are healthy, for the moment.
New writing ventures include three being slated for 2013--Poison Flowers, a murder mystery with a twist; Family Issue, a PI story set in New Orleans LA, and Separate Vacations, a comedy of errors, starring Beanie Murphy, one of my favorite goofy characters.
I also have three coming out in 2012: The Quality of Blue (which I am trying to get out in 2011 if space permits) a love story and intrigue set in Key West, Florida; Identity, which is a story about a stalked, abused woman who thrives with the help of new love; and The Book of Eleanor, a loving ghost story set in Port Isabel TX, a quaint fishing village.
I am also in the process of shopping around a book of erotica. I will let you know how that goes.
Well, that's all for now. I hope the Elementals and Lares leave many blessings on your doorsteps during this lovely springtide.
'Til next time,
Natty Burns
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