Whenever I feel overwhelmed by life, I think about the vast expanse of our world and how easy it is in some places to feel alone. To feel like there is enough oxygen for us all. The Namib Desert is one of those places. It is an AWE-some (in the truest sense of the word) open space.
I can’t say I loved climbing that dune, but I did it anyway and CAN say I loved how small it made me feel to stand on its crest. Like a single grain of sunburnt sand. What a wonder to see a lone Oryx plodding steadily over the dunes in the distance. The two of us a momentary blip in each others’ lives. And then gone. What is this thing we call life, anyway? Maybe you can tell me.
I’m taking leave from the blog for a few weeks, and looking forward to sharing some wonderful books coming this Fall. So stay tuned!
Maybe I’ll just hang out at this house and look out over the ocean for awhile…I’ve got a picture book to finish revising. And a novel to ponder before I take the leap into its messy first draft. Like staring down at the water from a 10 meter platform. What is just below the surface? I need to find out.
Hope the rest of your summer treats you well!
Enjoy your well-deserved break! I will be on one, too, in August but I already scheduled all my posts for the month so nobody will know that I am gone…not that anybody notices regardless 😂
Thank you! I hope you enjoy your break as well. There’s so much going on, it’s really hard to tell if what you’re putting out into the world makes any difference. Maybe all we can hope to do is to enjoy creating whatever it is we create and if others want to join us, then that’s the Strauss Family vanilla ice cream on top of the Frog Hollow peaches.
Enjoy the well-earned break!
Thank you, Patricia! I’m looking forward to it.
Enjoy your vacation to the fullest!
Thank you, Gloria! See you in the Fall!
Way cool house. How do you get any work done? The view is distractingly magnificent!
This is where I’d like to be, LOL. My usual view of the ocean is from the beach or occasionally a boat. But I won’t complain!
Enjoy your break! Hope it gets your creative juices flowing!
Thank you! I hope so, too!
Happy chillaxing, Jilanne!
Thank you, Donna!!
Enjoy the break! I will see you while you’re gone … in the pages of HEARTLAND!
Thank you!!! And yes, I’ll be right there with you!❤️
Enjoy your well-deserved break!!!! xo