Saturday Sky in NW Oregon

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!

This idea of blogging is going to take some getting used to for me. I generally try to spend the afternoon writing. On the other hand, while I am writing, I find my thoughts drifting to what I would possible want to blog about that would be of interest to others. I had mentioned earlier that I was trying to read more books in a year's time. I read more books in 2005 than I did in 2006 and that was a disappointment to me, so this year I've determined to read more. Mostly due to suggestions for writers on Nicholas Sparks website. Instead of making a New Year's resolution, which I always break, I have steered away from them for many years now, I made a reading program for myself instead of a resolution that I am determined to keep. So far it has worked, with a few little adjustments. If left to my own devices, I would read only mystery novels. I have a lot of books I've collected over the years that are nonfiction, biographies, and spiritually related. Because I love mysteries so much I haven't given myself much room to grow. So…I decided to design a program for myself. In rotation, I read two fictions, then a nonfiction, a classic (added after the first round), something spiritually minded (this does not include the scriptures that I read from daily), and then I'm free to read two fictions again. I've succeeded two rounds of this so far, but after the second round I realized I need to punctuate the program with more fiction because my stack of mysteries and other fictions I've purchased lately are piling up and it's rather boring for me to go too long with out one. Adjustments were made once more, I've decided to read my two fictions, a nonfiction, fiction, classic, fiction, and spiritual…and so on. At least for a while, until I reduce the number of new books I've purchased since starting this program. I'm always buying new books.