oil spill

Backup wells are the bottom line for oil spill. Nothing else is going to work. We have to wait until August. According to Rachel Maddow, this has happened many years ago and even though it wasn't as deep, backup wells were the only thing that ever worked.

Have to ask if anyone is aware of the answer to oil spill--human hair. Check berkshireeagle.com, May 9, 2010. Honestly, it works.

Weight

Just watched on ET a woman who wants to be 600 lbs and is already about 450. Doesn't she know that if she becomes that heavy, she won't be able to get out of bed. A whale out of water is too heavy to survive and so is a 600 lb. woman. If she tries to get up at that weight, she will die.

I've been reading a book called "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon, who wrote the Outlander series, historical time travel. It's new at the library so I can only keep it for two weeks before it is overdue. The book is 814 pages and I am on page 659--and it's a day overdue. The book is a conglomerate of all the other books Gabaldon has written and sometimes it is confusing, but the time traveling couple is in America during the Revolutionary War and the history is fascinating. When I finish the book (on Monday), I'll return it and start doing more research on my fantasy novel.

Oh my! Spent all day yesterday and the day before setting up a new printer and finally had to connect to live on line. It took awhile, but I can finally use my printer. Then, I decided to connect computer to TV monitor. It worked, but I didn't have sound and I wanted to watch a Netflix instant movie. After unhooking everything on my computer and TV and then trying to put it back together, I became totally confused, nothing was working and I was convinced I had to call a computer expert. I called my son John and he gave me name of expert, but it was too late in the evening to call. In the meantime, I decided to try and put things back together again and voila - I did and everything but sound was working. Today, I discovered sound was not plugged in. Now, all is well.

I am applying for a Work In Progress Grant for young adult novel and signed up at NESCBWI Conference to consult with an agent on middle grade fiction novel. Now I can concentrate on material for a fantasy novel called "Myth of Mordo."

It's been almost a week since I last updated my blog, but after attending the New York SCBWI conference, I've been updating my website, creating this blog site, looking over unpublished manuscripts, signing up for New England SCBWI conference in Fitchburg, MA, May 14 - 16. Oh yes, also filed income tax and went to Barnes and Noble to check out what is available in children's books. Okay, back to work on manuscripts. I'm so motivated.

Okay. Here is my first off-the-cuff comment: Work ethic defines America and is its most important quality.