The only problem with writing a post every day is sometimes it gets late in the day, and the story I have written gets accidentally deleted, which has happened more times than I care to admit.
Sometimes, I don’t know if I’ll have the time to finish it before the clock strikes midnight. There was one time I posted at 11:59 p.m. There are things to take care of around here, so I try to keep it between 300-400 words per post. But there have been times I’ve gotten carried away and written over 1,300. I’m on day 264 since I started on the last day of December 2022. Thank you for sticking with me.
The biggest challenge so far has been to find a picture to add to the post.
Sometimes, I’ll finish a story in thirty minutes and spend the next hour trying to find a good picture. And sometimes, I have to choose a random photograph and hope no one cares that it’s a random picture of a sunset over a field.
I’ve been trying to read more as well. So far, I’ve finished thirty-eight books, but I recently saw that someone has already read over 100. My first thought was either they read at the speed of sound — or they live alone and don’t have a social life.
The thing about books, both fiction and non-fiction, is they take you somewhere you’ve probably never been, and with the proper imagination, you can see the details or feel the feelings that the writer doesn’t describe.
I’ve read books where an author writes in vivid detail, but I’ve added to it as I thought about the situation the person was in. You can add smells, sights, sounds, and feelings. When a blacksmith puts the horseshoe on the anvil, I want to hear the ring as the hammer connects with the metal.
I recently read a book where Louis L’amour put a character halfway up a sheer cliff on a tiny ledge. I closed my eyes and imagined looking down from one hundred feet up a solid rock wall. That’s a feeling I only want to experience leaning back in my recliner.
Anyway, here’s my offering tonight. I think America should read more and go to the movies less. Whatever is created in the imagination is far superior to anything on film.
Also, please enjoy this picture of a calm lake surrounded by the colors of autumn, which has nothing to do with the subject matter of this post.
to the readers,
– Caleb
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