Just finished reading No One Cares What You Had For Lunch  100 Ideas for Your Blog Margaret Mason.

One of my favorites was number 99 Obsess.  Mason writes:  Photograph everywhere you go for a week, note everything you buy for a month, record each outfit you wear for a year.  Mildly (or majorly) obsessive posts are much more illuminating than a snippet here and there.

I’m listening to Old Friend from far away Natalie Goldberg.  It’s a writing workshop on how to write memoir.

I remember the afternoon I discovered Natalie Goldberg.  My daughter was in school, and I wandered over to our local library.  The place was very quiet; the sunshine coming in through the high bank of windows on the right wall warmed me.  With no particular kind of book in mind, I wandered the aisles.  On the last set of shelves, just before the reference section, a slim volume with a white cover caught my eye.  The cover had blue and black type and graphics on a white background; I like that combination of colors.  The book was called Writing Down The Bones.  I liked the title.  I borrowed and read it. 

My writing self was never same after that book came into my life.  There is always a notebook in my bag becaose of that book.  I write in coffee bars and cafes because of that book.  I am less afraid because of that book.

If you haven’t already - read that book.