Sweet Bursts

I used to think it would be so wonderful to be retired so I’d have the time for my art and could do it uninterrupted for hours and days. But now that I am retired, I still have some trouble finding time.  Life is very busy in a 55+ community where there is every imaginable activity to pursue. But I learned quickly that if I wanted to “find” time for art, I had to “make” time for it.  So I decided that, since I could not possibly give up all the fun activities I participate in, I’d just have to put art before housework and bill paying and chores.  So that is what I do and I succeed at it very well, thank you!  

The most interesting thing about my art is that I am better at it in short bursts rather than long sessions – perhaps because I lately have the attention span of a flea?? So it’s pretty easy to work my art in around everything else – an hour or two at a time.  And since I have many different art interests, I can be working on lettering designs in the morning burst, found-object jewelry in the afternoon spurt and freeform crochet while I’m watching TV in the evening.  

Who’d a thunk it – time enough for the enjoyments, and it’s amazing how one thing leads to another in my art and  improves it because I do so much of it in those short, sweet bursts!

The Beez Kneez

I haven't written for awhile.  Sometimes life gets in the way.  First it was family matters, then it was my knees.  Jeez, knees, on top of everything else, I thought I was gonna have to stop playing sports. Then, it occurred to me that it wasn't my knees at all, but my back causing pain in my knees.  That was a relief since I know how to handle the back pain - EXERCISE and STRETCHING and BUYING NEW SNEAKERS. 

So, those of you who are young, are you getting the message?  Take care of your body and your body will take care of you.  At least until you get old and decrepit.  Don't work your body to injury, practice moderation, be smart.  How dull.  But how true it is when you get old enough to remember the good old days!!

Stay well, enjoy life, experience the good and the bad. But darn it, don't grow old gracefully.