DecaturSueWrites

When I was a kid I lived with my Grandma, Grandfather (Poppa), Aunt Gwen, Aunt Betty, Aunt Marge, Marge's son Bill and Uncle Walt. Just a small family. :) In the Spring my Aunt Gwen's friend Ruth White would come over and we would all go wildflower pickin in the woods by our house.  Now mind you, we lived in town, but close to the edge and near the Sangamon River.  That's the river that Lincoln took a flatboat on when he was young and his family had a cabin just west of here. Well anyway, back to the Woods.it's  still pretty much the same today as back then.  There were always houses surrounding it, and it was a hilly area with dips and ravines.  The woods is situated between Greenwood Avenue and South Edward St. As a child I spent lots of time playing in the woods with the kids in the neighborhood.  That was shortly after the end of WWII and the army surplus had loads of things to play War with; things even a kid could afford. We had a fort there ...

It is now officially 2010, time to get it into gear.  I messed aroung during the Holidays in a sugar induced haze; well those days are over.  I have postponed, procrastinated, and lazed until I can't stand myself.  Now I am sure I'm not the only one, and as you read this you're thinking... and?. Does that mean I'm normal or generally lazy like everyone else. Don't know.  But I know this, I have to let it go and start the new year with a grip on reality.  I have no intention of making grand resolutions that will never be kept. That's my point, I know what I am capable of and what I can generally accomplish.  So here we go: This year I will spend less time on Twitter and Facebook and more time writing something that needs to be written and in more that 140 characters.  I write short stories but the ain't that short! I will get going on All my creative projects; because, this could be the last year that I can get them done, who knows. Ah, you think tha...