The "Still Blogging" Story

It was an ordinary day. I was sitting by my Mac reminiscing. I found that since I started this blog, I do that daily. I have remembered more about my life in the last 3 months than I have in many years. Kind of fun. Everyone in my family is giving me ideas for stories. Hey Dad, remember when you........... Yep, I remember, but do I have too? That could be a story! I'm sure it will be. Carol and I traveled to North East yesterday to deliver a few of my photos to a gallery and on the way she reminded me I need to talk about the bats we used to have in our house on Janet Ave. Not the baseball bats which we kept in the garage, but the live bats that always found their way into our house either through the fireplace flue or through the holes in the bricks that I may have forgotten to repair. That could be a story! Again, I'm sure it will be. I am trying to make it a years' worth of stories if possible. I have a blue binder with ideas in it and it is brimming with stories. Some I write and then delete since they end up really stupid. Others I have to wait until I see people again to ask them for more details to make the story truthful. I recently wrote a story called "Molly and Mark" and I said I'm not sure if I every wrote a love letter in my life. My sweetheart of a cousin, Susan, emailed me with this: I beg to differ about you never writing a love note..........seems you do every day now......your love of life and the love you have for your family shines through each and every story. So, you see, you have written lots of love notes. It at times can be an obsession. People always say to write what you know the most about. Hey, I've lived my stories. I'm finding it hard to sleep at night. I keep waking up and remembering an event in my life. I used to get out of bed and write it down, but I'm finding I am dozing off more during the days now because of lack of sleep, so I stay in bed and try to get a good night's sleep. Carol said, "Just put a notepad next to your bed, but don't turn the light on!" I have to actually take Tylenol PM to help me sleep the entire night. Boy do they work. Took one last night and I slept until 9:00 AM this morning. Of course, I didn't think of any stories during the night. I WAS SLEEPING!! I have found new and unique ways to add photos or documents to the stories. If someone has a website I pull it up and use my trusty camera to snap a photo off the screen. I try to copy the image by clicking on it, but am denied. I think what I'm doing is legal. I used to teach legal restrictions in publishing before I retired, but that was over ten years ago and I'm sure I forgot some things. BUT NOT ON PURPOSE! Anyway, they didn't have all this web stuff back then! As long as I'm not trying to sell my blog I'm OK. Which brings me to this. I found that after the year is over I can publish my blog in book form. Wouldn't that be a neat piece of history for future generations. NOT! But it could be my legacy, couldn't it. We'll see. I am becoming a better speller and writer. You may not think so, but you should have seen how bad I used to be at composition. I'm still struggling with the use of the "comma" and the placement of the "apostrophe." But, I think, you get the idea. I'm up to three months worth of stories already. I try to stay a few drafts ahead in case I can't type one night. A month ago I was on vacation and didn't write any stories for a few days and a few people wondered what happened to me. I'll try not to let that happen again! If you've ever seen my handwriting, I'm sure you're glad I have the Mac! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.