GrowingOlderHopeWiser

¡Aye, aye, aye, aye! Canta y no llores. Great-grandmother Panchita’s song. She was always singing it.  If you can fix a problem, do so instead of worrying. If you cannot fix it, worrying still changes nothing.  “Don’t worry, be happy” is another version of this idea.  Celia Cruz has a…

Tuscany, Italy; Paris, France; the pyramids of Egypt; Madrid, Spain; Kyoto, Japan; Australia; Costa Rica; and Puerto Rico are still on my bucket list. I have visited Mexico City, Mazatlan, Panama City, The Bahamas, Ontario, Canada, Sintra, Portugal, and The Lake District in England. I would not mind revisiting San…

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This is an interesting quote. It implies not giving up; keep working. It is important to note the second implication: learn from your mistakes. It makes no sense to keep falling into the same hole; learn from your mistakes and walk…

Never stop learning. You can teach an old dog new tricks. In fact, it is good for senior citizens to keep learning and replace some of those shriveled brain cells with fresh ones. That is why I am taking a college course and challenging myself to keep up with the…

Isabel sat, looking around the room at her Characters, remembering every nuance of their story. It is time to kill your little darlings. That brutally honest moment when a writer confronts decisions that are painful yet necessary to move the story forward. The editing floor is left like a brutal…

I can’t fold a fitted sheet to save my life! And stuffing a duvet is another pet peeve of mine.

The fictional characters I relate to are Danae from Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller and her smart-ass sidekick, Lucy. Non Sequitur fits my outlook, blending social satire, childish ego, and imagination. Both of these characters reflect my mood swings. Sometimes Danae, sometimes Lucy.