Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Sep 24 2018
Looking toward that lazy river after the snaking rapids roll
The parts of the house not in disorder can only be reached by wading through the disorder. We've been freshening up the paint in the living room and are finding that it's rare to complete one task without delving into 6 more tasks. You have to shop for paint and supplies, trim, tape, cleaning products (because dust has settled on many things), plus other odds and ends. You have to have an area to put all the contents you take off shelves and bookcases. Since you have to move everything anyway, you end up sorting through old items and making decisions about what to keep. You have to reserve space for being able to just sit and relax and have a little dinner, even if it means pulling up the nearest box to use as a table. You might redo furniture arrangements and even buy a new piece of furniture that works better than the old one(s).
By far, the most daunting task is this last wall, the wall that contains the TV, audio equipment, satellite connection. My husband found a snaking river of cords and cables that made him reconsider the whole electrical network of the house. And so, after painting will come rebuilding and rewiring cables and equipment placement.
The truth is that I could not do this alone. I'd have to hire someone to come in and figure out the snaky river of cords and how to coax it all away from a swelling rapids into something more like the lazy river in the old song. Meanwhile, I continue to sort through items from the storage units and glass-doored cases to figure out what stays and what goes. I do sneak off to this computer now and then to write a few lines. If you write, you know that writing can be the sane tower in an otherwise cluttered castle.
posted at: 14:30 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
The parts of the house not in disorder can only be reached by wading through the disorder. We've been freshening up the paint in the living room and are finding that it's rare to complete one task without delving into 6 more tasks. You have to shop for paint and supplies, trim, tape, cleaning products (because dust has settled on many things), plus other odds and ends. You have to have an area to put all the contents you take off shelves and bookcases. Since you have to move everything anyway, you end up sorting through old items and making decisions about what to keep. You have to reserve space for being able to just sit and relax and have a little dinner, even if it means pulling up the nearest box to use as a table. You might redo furniture arrangements and even buy a new piece of furniture that works better than the old one(s).
By far, the most daunting task is this last wall, the wall that contains the TV, audio equipment, satellite connection. My husband found a snaking river of cords and cables that made him reconsider the whole electrical network of the house. And so, after painting will come rebuilding and rewiring cables and equipment placement.
The truth is that I could not do this alone. I'd have to hire someone to come in and figure out the snaky river of cords and how to coax it all away from a swelling rapids into something more like the lazy river in the old song. Meanwhile, I continue to sort through items from the storage units and glass-doored cases to figure out what stays and what goes. I do sneak off to this computer now and then to write a few lines. If you write, you know that writing can be the sane tower in an otherwise cluttered castle.
posted at: 14:30 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry