Archive for April 2011
Walking the Dog
So I just took out my pup for a walk around our neighbourhood, & enjoyed it so much. Now, if you know me, you’ll know that’s a strange comment coming from me – I HATE exercise in any shape or form, unless it’s horseriding. Other than that, you’ll never find me at the gym, or jogging along the road, or (horrors of horrors) taking classes where you bounce around or stretch until you pull or break something.
But there’s something so peaceful and calming about walking a dog. The quiet, and the fact that my mind empties of all thoughts and worries, brings me such a deep sense of contentment.
We walk along, my pup’s nose glued to the ground as he sniffs out every scent along the path, and on many occasions, yanks at the leash in his bid to meet the many dogs behind our neighbours’ fences, almost causing me to meet the dirt face first. For the most part though he jogs along, tail constantly wagging, trying to snatch at his leash, his eyes bright and so happy. I don’t think there is anything happier on earth than a puppy – just like kids, they seem to see everything in great splotches of vibrant colour, and never see the dark corners or masses of grey that the rest of us see.
As our walk comes to an end and we are rounding the corner into our street, the sky comes into view where the sun is setting – what a sight. It’s just one of those moments that you drink in, where it’s just you, your dog, and the vast, brightly painted sky.
Now that’s what I call a great end to a long weekend 
Add comment April 25, 2011
Evaluating the ‘Now’
I I last wrote an entry for this blog in September, 2009. I vowed that I would never let this blog fall down the list of things to do, but I’m ashamed to say that’s exactly what happened… oops. A friend of mine asked me about this blog and it occurred to me that I rather miss having my thoughts circulating around the huge world of the web – so I’m undertaking a second (and hopefully more lasting) vow to keep it going.
Life is very different since 2009 – I’ve finally mastered a writing regime, which runs pretty smoothly most days, although it can definitely do with a bit of tweaking and refining – all in good time.
A friend and I have also decided to take the plunge and start something of our own. I won’t say much more here, but we’re both hoping that this idea will shoot us out of mediocre writing jobs and into something we can really get immersed in, and throw ourselves into 100%. I’m soooo excited about the prospects of what this idea will do for us if it’s a success – which I have no doubt it will be, with enough hard work and pushing beyond what we’ve ever done before. The biggest thing this idea could give us is the very thing we have been chasing ever since we realized we wanted to write for a living – freedom. Freedom to write what we want, to write it however we choose, and to not have anyone looking over our shoulders with a red correction pen in hand.
I have so much to be grateful for at the moment – I catch myself waking up most mornings with a feeling of light-hearted joy, and as impatient as I am for certain improvements in my life to become reality, I try to tell myself every day that I’m lucky to be alive. And I am.
1 comment April 19, 2011
