Pink Think: “Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.” – Henry David Thoreau
Photo from onelilcupcake.com
My family and I made snowflakes the other night out of paper. I cut mine the “traditional” way, then held up my handiwork. My oldest said, “You made it how it’s supposed to look like!” I told her I loved their creative snowflakes. I loved that they made them all different and nontraditional looking.
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As I go out and try to leave my creative mark on the world, I realize more and more that we are all different. And it’s okay!
For our church Christmas program in a couple of weeks, I will be singing as part of a trio. One of the ladies I am singing with has a beautiful soprano voice. Mine is a low alto. When we get the notes right and harmonize, it’s a very interesting blend. If we sounded the same, then we would be…the same.
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My mind is not too much on Christmas preparations yet because:
Unless I hear otherwise, I will be giving out samples of food for our local grocery store on Friday, for their Christmas promotion. It’s a 4-hour temp job that I have always wanted to do, I kid you not. I’ve always wanted to give out the free food at the grocery store, smile and talk to people. I hope I hope this pans out.
I love the internet! I am discovering some freelance outlets that I might not otherwise know of unless my town has a library that subscribes to the national magazines. I have decided that in order for me to move forward in my freelancing career (and earn more money to get a nicer guitar), I should query bigger markets. I stall for time because I am teensy weensy scared of querying and actually getting an assignment; also, because I am not sure how to go about it. So I will do something about this. I will research the process and query away. Jessica Burkhart (who freelanced extensively as a teenager and is now a published author of a popular horse series) is my inspiration.
Next week, I will be providing background music (singing while playing acoustic guitar mostly Christmas songs) for a festival of lights in a neighboring town. I’m both excited and terrified. But I know it’ll be good for me to stretch this way. “What if no one comes?” I asked my husband. He said, “Then you won’t have pressure.” Either way, it’ll be an experience to remember.
Slowly but surely, I am progressing in my current novel. I’ve just introduced a ghost and I like her a lot.
Life is good!
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Psst. Let’s be flakes together. One, two, three, float-dance-spin and have an adventure!
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