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Writer's Block?

 I published this in "Once Upon A Time..." in 2007, "When I hit a wall of non-creativity, I feel rebellious. All the negative things appear to line up before me. Why am I doing this? To remove myself from that defiant little creature appearing before me, I talk to another writer, take a walk, enjoy an art gallery, or spend time in my woodland garden. Recently, I learned to sit and write silly little poems - play with words. It is like the artist who demonstrated how she loosens up She slaps several of her favorite acrylic craft paints on a canvas and proceeds to play with it - pulling and spreading this way and that - with unconventional tools to create a happy accident of an abstract show piece.

Looking back on My Career

 Good morning. The sun may not be shining, but I am feeling very blessed. I spent a couple of hours looking back to 1986 when I become the president of the Twin Falls chapter of the Idaho Writers League - what a year! This is when I became a freelance writer and illustrator. Our membership grew, we started a newsletter and we had an Authors Day and luncheon at the Holiday Inn. We were blessed to have 37 authors present their books and magazines.

I was blessed again to spend about five months at Manchester, WA writing a column for the Port Orchard Independent Newspaper. Again I met wonderful people.

So, every time I feeling sad because I am not moving forward, I'll pull out another notebook from my creative world. I not bragging, I am just sharing all my blessings that God has provided to a poor loved country girl - a dream that started as a young child.

Slowing down, in the quiet of the day can be a blessing to refresh our minds of all the special blessings God has presented to us - this will help heal the past where there was, so much pain. Counting our blessings is the best thing we can do for our self. Have a special rest of the week.

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                                        ANGEL DREAMS
 

Nautilus Ship's Store

  http://store.submarinemuseum.com/Books-Submarines/ History books - Heroes Beneath the Waves by Mary Nida Smith.

 Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1942 - the USS California (BB-44), flagship of the Battle Force, was hit forward and aft by Japanese torpedoes in the early minutes of the Pearl Harbor raid. She was later hit by a bomb and near-missed by another, which caused additional flooding. To read more and see the photos taken at the time go to http://history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-ca.htm or place in your search engine - USS California Pearl Harbor. In my book Submarine Stories of World War II, Ervin O. Schmidt RM1/C (SS) USN-RET, before joining the submarine service was a crew member of the USS California during the raid. A motorized launch pulled him from the oiled and debris filled water. In the confusion he was listed as missing in action. Before his family learned differently, they held a funeral in his honor. Ninety-eight crew members were lost and sixty-one wounded. Submarine Stories of World War II is written for children and adults. The book review below is by Deborah Edmonds, Children's Librarian, Baxter County Library. One can find any number of books about the different military branches, but the submarine service seems to fit in the category "out of sight, out of mind." These stories tug at the reader's heart because they are written in the words of the brave men who fought for and protected the United States during World war II from the "deep blue sea" in very definitely troubled waters. This book enlightens the reader as to the conditions experienced by submarine crew members. *The constant enemy surveillance and being under enemy fire. *Extended forced silence during "silent run." *High interior temperatures when all systems are shut down to hinder enemy detection. *Sudden dives in enemy waters. *Forced delays in surfacing, getting repairs and fresh supplies. *Intense pressure headaches from extended submersion. *Navigating mine fields. *Patrols lasting up to six months at sea.