I love that cat picture!

So i'm supposed to be writing a book. I had set a goal to have the outline done by the end of this January. Well the outline is started. Doesn't look like its going to be done by the end of January. I have it started, which in itself is a major accomplishment considering what's been going on for me the past few months.

Mid crisis about a year ago I decided that it was time to begin doing the things I've always wanted to do. I have had been waiting to do these things someday, or when my ship came in. And I realizied if I waited much longer I might never get to do these things. And so I made a list. And I started checking things off the list.

Its amazing how if you visualize something it will come to you. Maybe not in the exact form you think. But its good enough to experience the flavor of the item and move on.

One of the items on my list was that I wanted to be wealthy enough to afford fresh flowers every day in my home. Now my life has not been going that way financially. But the strangest things have happened. While I was looking for a good job, along came an opportunity to work for a florist. And as one of the perks of the job, I got to bring home fresh flowers almost every day for about 8 months. Here I was able to check an item off my list that I never thought I would be able check off until I was wealthy.

I've always wanted to own my own pizza place. Crazy ideas that I have. Well I also took a part time job delivering pizza for about 6 months and got all the free pizza I wanted. And enough pizza expereince to know that I didn't want to own a pizza place.

So I'm thinking there are ways to accomplish the items on the list or a close proximity to the item- that lets you check the item off and go on to the next one.

So one of the items on my list is writing a book. This is a goal I've had for most of my life. And I've written enough to fill several books. As a matter of fact when I presented a seminar at an elearning conference a few years back I was approached about writing a book on elearning. Only that's not the book I want to write.

I believe that everyone has at least one good book in them. Seriously. I believe that we each have a story to tell and it is the story of our lives. Particulary gay and lesbian people alive today. And particularly women.

So much of our documented history is the story of men. Because men are the ones who were educated and did the writing. And so they told their story. The history of the people who did not write, many times is left for us to only imagine.

And so as women and as lesbians , I feel, we have an obligation to tell our stories. And so this book will be a compilation of women's stories and mine will be among them. I love to hear women talk about their lives and how they have become the women they are today. I know there are many people writing books out there today. The goal for me is not to make money, but to leave a contribution.

And so we begin with me writing my story, and possibly the story of some of the women I have met along the way.